Lesson Plan & Material 3

Topic of Lesson Plan 3: If I were my parents? It focuses on prompting students to think about and reflect on their family budget and show gratitude to their parents.

・ As the end of the three lessons, this class started with a quick share of spending categories and an easy vocabulary review・

・ Three questions are given for students to think about before the lesson starts・

・ An article is thoroughly interpreted from the beginning to the end to further elaborate the importance of allocating family budget and gratitude while the target vocabulary is elicited for the day・

Vocabulary Scaffolding

Listing out all the vocabulary with visual aids (illustrations) and an example sentence allows students to get a concrete picture of how the vocabulary should be used.

・ Vocabulary Page 1 ・

・ Vocabulary Page 2 ・

・ Vocabulary Page 9 ・

・ Vocabulary Page 10 ・

Family Budget Table

Each student calculates and fills in one column of the chart to compose a complete family budget table.

・ After filling out the chart, four critical thinking questions are given to them ・

A table of family budget is shown on the screen while students are given 2 minutes to calculate their family expenses and all of us complete the chart together. (Most of them have a family of four, so the setting is as such - a family of four with $80,000 monthly income.)

Teacher: I spend 15000 on house rent/loan every month.

Student A: My family of 4 spends around $30,000 on food, which are variable expenses, because we eat different foods everyday.

Student B: My parents spend $18,000 on my sister and my cram-school tuition. It is fixed because we have the same classes every month.

Student C: We usually spend around $10,000 on streaming services and camping and anime products each month. They are variable expenses. Sometimes more and sometimes less.

Student D: My dad spends $6,000 on gas every month. He drives me to school and back home everyday.

Teacher: 恭喜大家這個月存下1000塊🤩

・ In the end, everyone just realized that a family budget can be tight ・

・ They have also understood heir parents have given them a perfect life so that they do not have to worry about money and they can just focus on their school work and studies ・

Final Output

If I Were My Parents - Students are asked with 3 questions. They have to act as their parents and try to allocate family budget (hyphothecially $80,000 monthly income.)

・ Questions and sentence patterns students can utilize are provided on the screen ・

Teacher's example: If I were my parents. I would allocate more money to education and less to entertainment because prices have risen due to inflation. I learned that it is hard to balance our family budget, so I should be more responsible with spending. I want to thank my parents for working so hard.

And then students take turn sharing their ideas.

Takeaway for Lesson 3

Getting to know how much money should parents earn to support a family monthly.
Understanding how to prioritize their money and allocate budget so a family will not be broke.

Homework

Students write a short (80-100 words) thank-you letter to their parents summarizing what they have learned about their family budget in this lesson while showing gratitude to the efforts their parents have paid.

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