LESSON PLANS FOR SATURDAY CLASSES

OBJECTIVE: Select students for each section. Review introductions. Identify student interests. 

ACTIVITIES:  Students take ESL Placement test.

Turn and talk: Students complete an About Me Poster. Students will interview each other asking, What is your name? What is your favorite food and activity? 

Students will watch the video and ask each other two further questions. ESL Video 1000 Introductions

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Talking about yourself. The verb "to be" with numbers and nationalities. 

Icebreaker: Turn and Talk asking and answering questions about your nationality and your children.

ACTIVITY 1: Students will participate in a dialogue reviewing introductions. Express W 1 pages 2-5

ACTIVITY 2:  Review the verb "to be" in the present tense and the numbers. 

EE CB pages 18-21

EE PB pages 16-17

ACTIVITY 3:  Bingo cards with the numbers. 

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Greet someone and introduce yourself using wh- questions.
Ask informatioon about a neighborhood, using wh questions and yes/no questions. 

OBJECTIVES: Ask permission to do something. Offer to help someone, using two-word verbs. 

Icebreaker: 

ACTIVITY 1: Students will participate in a dialogue reviewing introductions. ExpressWays 2  pages 2-5

Activity 2:  Students will work on EE CB 12-15 Introductions. and EE PB 12-13

ACTIVITY 3:  Watch the videos and ask questions.  Video
Worksheet for asking questions.

ACTIVITY 4:  Chores Conversational Questions: Turn and talk. Ask and answer each question. 

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Talking about yourself. Learning names for members of your families. 

Icebreaker: Turn and Talk matching game

ACTIVITY 1:   Students will practice asking  "Where are you from?" ExpressWays L1 10-13

ACTIVITY 2:  Students will work on  family members  EE CB1  22-24 and EE PB1 18-19 worksheets

ACTIVITY 3:  Game: Jeopardy Game on Family Members

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Review continuous present tense that answers the question, "What is happening?"

Icebreaker: 

ACTIVITY 1: Students will participate in a dialogue reviewing introductions. ExpressWays 2  8-9

Activity 2:  Students will work on 

EE PB2 Unit 4 What's happening pages 22-25   Click to hear the recording 4.5

EE CB2 Unit 4 pages 24-27

ACTIVITY 3:  Watch the video and ask questions.
Worksheet for asking questions.

ACTIVITY 4:  

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Possessive Pronouns and Animals

Icebreaker: Turn and Talk matching game Animals

ACTIVITY 1:   Students will practice asking "Where are you going?" ExpressWays L1 page 23-24

ACTIVITY 2:  Students will work on  family members  EFE CB1 Unit 5 and EE PB1 Unit 5

ACTIVITY 3:  Matching of Animals Animal Bingo

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Types of verbs

Icebreaker: Review the action verbs and stative verbs

ACTIVITY 1: What is happening in the picture?  

What does the person hear, feel, see, taste, touch? 

Write sentences using these cards.  Tell a story using sentence starters, First she ... Then she ... Finally she ... She felt ... because ... 

Activity 2:  Students will work on EFE CB2 Unit 5  and EFE PB2 Unit 5

EE PB2 Unit 5  Click to hear the recording 5.3

ACTIVITY 3: Jeapardy using daily routines 

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES:  Review Daily Routines

Icebreaker: Turn and Talk matching  Daily Routine Cards Matching.

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will practice asking "What are you doing?" using conversation cards.

ACTIVITY 2:  Students will work on  EE CB1 Unit 13  and EE PB Unit 13

ACTIVITY 3:  Game: Family Feud on Daily Routines

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Review and Learn Words that Convey Emotions

Icebreaker: Matching Game. Match the picture to the emotion. Say each word. 

ACTIVITY 1: Which words are positive, negative and neutral?

Activity 2:  Students will work on EFE CB2 Unit 6 and EFE PB2 Unit 6

ACTIVITY 3: Students will play taboo using emotion picture cards. Two teams. Teams will take turns. 

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Learn about different things you have or use in your daily life. 

Icebreaker: Turn and Talk matching Every Day Things

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on  EE CB1 Unit 7  and EE PB Unit 7. 

ACTIVITY 2:  Students will formulate sentences using the "this, that, those" cards. 

ACTIVITY 3:  Jeopardy Game on Things You Have

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: How are you feeling? Use words to describe your emotions.

Icebreaker: Using these emotion cards, students will take turns picking a card and will write a sentence using that card. 

ACTIVITY 1::  Students will work on EEP7 and EEC7.

ACTIVITY 3: Students will play How Did You Feel board game in groups.

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Using demonstrative pronouns this, that, these those.

Icebreaker: Students will play matching with things from the home.

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on  EE CB1 Unit 8  and EE PB Unit 8. 

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play pictionary with the words from the cards. 

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES:Students will match the descriptions of the transportation vehicle and the picture.

worksheet for comprehension.

ACTIVITY 1::  Students will work on EEP2 8 and EEC2 8.
ACTIVITY 2: Transportation Family Feud

ACTIVITY 3:  Transportation Bingo
Bingo Deck of Calling Cards

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: 

Icebreaker: Students will play matching with occupation flash cards
occupation worksheet  Occupation matching and sentences.

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on  EEC1 Unit 9   Jobs.  EEP1 Unit 9

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play jeopardy game using occupations

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES:Students will complete puzzle using the word but.

ACTIVITY 1::  Students will work on EEP2 9 and EEC2 9.

ACTIVITY 2:  Students will play the jeopardy with routines.

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Review the verb to be and occupations

Icebreaker: Students will play Go Fish with the occupation cards.

Students will review am, is, are

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on  EEC1 Unit 10 and  EEP1 Unit 10

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play a guessing game. Groups will have one minute to determine the answer to a description of a certain occupation.  

Students will watch a video and in groups come up with as many sentences as they can in 2 minutes in small groups. Students will share sentences

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES:Students will play matching with body parts worksheets and body parts flash cards.

ACTIVITY 1::  Students will work on EECB2  Unit 10 and EEPB2 Unit 10

ACTIVITY 2:  Students will play jeopardy on body parts.

Students will play pictionary using body part flash cards.

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Review the days of the week and weekly activities

Icebreaker: Students will play Go Fish with the cards of daily routines.

Students will review am, is, are

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on  EECB U Lesson 14 and EEPB U14

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play a Family Feud game on weekdays and weekends and routines

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Students will work on illness sentences and matching illnesses. 

ACTIVITY 1::  Students will work on EEPB2  Unit 11 and EECB2 Unit 11 

Students will role play having different illnesses and what they would describe to a doctor in pairs.

ACTIVITY 2:  Students will play a jeopardy game on illnesses.

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Review negatives with to be.

Icebreaker: Students will play Go Fish game with careers.

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on  EECB U Lesson 15 and EEPB U15

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play 20 Questions with the career cards using this paper to write the questions. 

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Students will play a matching game with weather cards.

ACTIVITY 1::  Students will work on EECB2  Unit 12-13 and EEPB2 Unit 12-13

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will write weather report scripts using these pictures. This is the video you can present. 

Students will play 20 Questions using this paper to write the questions.

Play Family Feud on Weather

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Review the more negatives. 

Icebreaker: Students will write truths and lies about themselves on a bio page. 

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on EEC1 #16 and EEP1 #16

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play a Wheel of Fortune.  This is the board for the game.

Students will play Two Truths and a Lie 

Teacher will model:  I have 3 children.  I am married to a roofer. I have worked for 30 years. 

Which one is the lie. You do not ... 

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Students will work on travel vocabulary.  

ACTIVITY 1: Ice Breaker: Would you rather in small groups.  

Students will work on EECB2 #14  Unit  and EEPB2 #14 

ACTIVITY 2: Students will  role play a discussion about the best place to visit using these role play cards on travel. 

Class will ask questions of the panel. Students will vote on the best place to visit. 

ACTIVITY 3: Jeopardy on travel

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Review asking Questions

Icebreaker: Students will play go fish with every day things. 

Students will look at these pictures and will write questions they have about the photos. 

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work onEEC1 #17  and EP1 #17

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play a 20 questions game using the following vocabulary words: 

Students will play bingo with every day things. 

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Students will work on making comparisons in pairs. Students will answer the questions in full sentences. 

ACTIVITY 1: Ice Breaker: Students will identify which item they prefer and will explain why. 

Students will work on EECB2 #15  Unit  and EEPB2 #15 

ACTIVITY 2: Students will  play a role playing game selling an item. Students will have play money and will explain which item  they would buy.   Students engage in a general discussion around selling items. 

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Answering Questions

Icebreaker: Students will play matching with these health cards. 

interview each other using these questions. 

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on EEC1#18  and EEP1 #18

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will role play interview questions. 

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Students will work on Talking About Extremes

ACTIVITY 1: Ice Breaker: Students will make recommendations and warnings for services or restaurants in the city. 

Students will work on EEC2 #16 and EEP2 #16

ACTIVITY 2: Students will  play a role playing game selling an item. Students will have play money and will explain which item  they would buy.   Students engage in a general discussion around selling items. 

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Asking Questions Students will work on Geographical Features and play matching. 

Answer these questions and discuss in pairs. 

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will work on EEC1#19  and EEP1 #19

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play a jeopardy game on questions. 

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Students will work on Geographical Features and play matching.

Look at the different videos and identify the geographical land features.  Students will identify different features in a gallery walk. 

Pictures are here. 

ACTIVITY 1:  Students will work on EEC2 #17 and EEP2 #17

ACTIVITY 2: Students will  play a jeopardy game on geographical features. 

Students will play work on cloze activity for geographical features. 

LEVEL 1 

OBJECTIVES: Places around town. 

ACTIVITY 1:    Students will play matching game with places around town. 

Students will work on EEC1 20-21   and EEP1 20-21

ACTIVITY 2:   Students will play a jeopardy game on places around town. 

LEVEL 2

OBJECTIVES: Students will discuss these Would You Rather questions and write complete sentences to answer them.
They need to answer the questions in a complete sentence. 

ACTIVITY 1:  Students will work on EEP2 18 and EEC2 18

ACTIVITY 2: Students will  play Family Feud on Making Choices

 or role playing game selling an item.

or Can I Afford It Comparing Things

Matching game with classroom objects.

Bingo game with classroom objects. 

Jeopardy Game