Unusual Hobby Lesson Plan
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
*2:00pm – 2:50pm Teach (1)Lvl: Pre-Int Class: 2AI Miriam/Jerry (International – Adults) Rm: 5
Topic: adventure sports &/or unusual hobbies – Reading/speaking skills lesson
Warm up: (Speaking)
Offer some sweets to students. Encourage them to take as many as they wish.
Now write “Hobby” on the board and explain what it means.
“Something you like doing in your spare/free time.”
Now advise the students that they have to tell the class as many of their “hobbies” as there are sweets that they took.
Begin by saying; “My hobbies (hobby) are (is)……..
Write down the student’s name on the board and the hobby he likes. Example;
Chung Kee likes to play football.
Do some CCQs by using the collected information on the board.
Example; Is Chung Kee’s hobby playing badminton?
Students: No, his hobby is football. Etc, etc.
Put students in pairs and get them to ask each other why they like that particular hobby. Teacher then asks a student to explain why his/ her partner enjoys that hobby.
Introduce the New Word:
“Un-u-su-al”
Show pictures of unusual things and say that “this is unusual”. Do a few examples with pictures.
Explain that “unusual” means not normal or different.
Demonstrate next activity for students to participate.
Hold up the pictures in front of the class and say according to what the pictures project; This is an unusual (fish)/ These people are (unusual) / This is an unusual plant, etc…
Pass the pictures around the class with pictures facing down. Then tell them to turn them over (one student at a time) and describe what they see using the model. Write structure on the board; This is an unusual…. / these are unusual….
Get student to explain why they think what they see is unusal.
Rotate the pictures around so that each student gets to describe other pictures.
Reading:
Tell them the title of the Article that they will read, “Storm Chaser”. Ask them if they know what the article is about.
Ask what is “storm” and what is “chase”. Make examples.
Hand out copies of article on an Unusual Hobby for students to read.
Teacher reads it once and work on some vocabularies.
Now students read. (Divide the class in half)
Explain about the article. Look at the underlined vocabularies.
Do some CCQs on the subject.
Hand out a cloze exercise of the article for them to do. Teacher reads the story while students fill in the gaps.
Reading Activity
Storm chasing is the pursuit of any severe weather condition, regardless of motive, which can be curiosity, adventure, scientific exploration or for news / media coverage.
A person who chases storms is known as a storm chaser, or simply a chaser. A tornado is the biggest objective for most chasers, many chase thunderstorms and delight in seeing big clouds and lightning. There are also a smaller number of storm chasers who chase hurricanes.
Storm chasers are not paid to chase, not like the television media crews in certain television markets and photographers, and a handful of graduate meteorologists and professors. A few entrepreneurs, however, manage to sell storm videos and pictures or operate "chase tour" services. Financial returns are meager given the expenses with most chasers spending more than they take in. No degree or certification is required to be a storm chaser. The National Weather Service does conduct severe weather workshops and storm spotter training, usually early in spring.
Cloze Activity
Storm chasing is the pursuit of any severe weather ______, regardless of motive, which can be curiosity, ______, scientific exploration or for news / media coverage.
A person who ______storms is known as a ______or simply a chaser. A tornado is the biggest objective for most chasers, many chase thunderstorms and delight in seeing big clouds and______. There are also a smaller number of storm chasers who chase hurricanes.
Storm chasers are not ______to chase, not like the television media crews in certain television markets and photographers, and a ______of graduate meteorologists and professors. A few entrepreneurs, however, manage to sell storm videos and pictures or operate "chase tour"______. Financial returns are meager given the expenses with most chasers spending more than they take in. No degree or certification is required to be a storm chaser. The National Weather Service does conduct severe weather ______and storm spotter training, usually early in spring.
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