CEP Lesson Plan_ First Day of Class

Aim/Skill/Microskill Activity/Procedure/Stage Time

Review or Preview (if 1. Take attendance 11:30

applicable) 2. T introduces herself
a. put 5 words on the board
- Tokyo (Japanese culture and fashions, a little
Japanese, French, German, Korean, dabble) (Taiwan,
location, mandarin)
- 4 (five moms)
- being mortal by Atul Gawande (used to love,
Facebook, get back into, so far so good)
- January (zodiac sign, Aquarius, people person,
introverted, teaching)
- peanut butter
b. Ss guess the connections between the words and T
c. More info
- third semester
- teaching pronunciation/pragmatics

Questions?

Activity 1: 1.1 Pre-Stage: 11:40

Remembering names Name cards (visual aid)
Do you think its possible to remember everybodys name in
five minutes?
Who am I?

I want each person to tell us your name and your name only.
Since we have
remembered 1.2. During Stage:
everybody names,
now lets know Who is this person?
something more about Everybody look at ______.
each other! Who is wearing ______.

1.3 Post-Stage:
Who is gonna take on the challenge?
Questions?

Activity 2: bluffing 2.1 Pre-Stage: 11:50

1. T gives out index cards (40m)
2. T gives instructions
 a.
draw a picture of yourself on one side
b.
write down three things about yourself on the other side
c.
one of them should be a lie
d.
demo
-Im from Taiwan
-I have five sisters
-I like reading
Questions?

3. After Ss are done, collect the cards and randomly

distribute the cards

4. T gives instructions
a. find out who the card owner is
b. talk to the card owner about the three things
c. find out which one is a lie
d. feel free to talk about other things if theres enough
time
e. after youre done, you will have to introduce the person
to the class
Questions?

2.2. During Stage:

Ss talk to each other as instructed while T circulates and takes
notes

2.3 Post-Stage:
1. Ask for a volunteer to go first
2. Ss introduce one another

Activity 3: Syllabus Go over the syllabus 12:30

and class agreement 1. Call on SS to read
2. Learning strategies 12:40
- dictionary skills
- through TV shows
- discussion strategies
- presentations (next Tuesday)

Class agreement
4.1 Pre-Stage:
T talks about the importance of making a class agreement

4.2. During Stage:

In pairs, Ss discuss what an ideal classroom looks like
 4.3 Post-Stage:
While Ss share their thoughts, T writes down what they say
- asking questions
- answering questions (call on you)
- error corrections (your mistakes are my syllabus)
- respect cultures (cross-cultural communication)
- L1

confidence
Mandarin as my L1, used to hate English, Im here, I
know how to become a successful language learner, my
goal
give yourself credit for being here
admire SS for taking the trouble to learn an additional
language, learning an foreign language is extremely
difficult, you couldve used the money you paid for this
class to, say, watch a few Broadway shows
proud of yourself, I will help you become better at
speaking English, and actually through teaching you
English, Im also learning how to become a better
teacher, so we will grow together.

Tangible Outcome & Assessment

Activity 4: Needs
analysis Ss fill in the needs analysis

Finalize the course schedule by Friday

The more you write, the more it helps me choose topics

Quality over quantity

Less is more

VIDEOPTAPING: Name one thing youd like to accomplish

at the end of this course. Be specific.
Back-up plan: Lining-up 3.1 Pre-Stage:
1. T gives instructions of the game: five students stand
in a line, so there should be two lines with one and the
other facing each other.
2. Ss will be given five questions, one question for
each round. And the students get to talk to each other.
The students in the first line will switch their position
to the right each round.
(Pause and ask if Ss have any questions)
Question 1: What surprised you when you first came
to New York?
Question 2: What do you miss most from your home
country?
Question 3: What brought you to this class?
Question 4: What did you have for breakfast?
Question 5: What do you value the most right now at
this age?

3.2. During Stage:

Ss talk to each other as instructed while T circulates
and takes notes

3.3 Post-Stage:
Every student goes back to their seat and have a short
discussion of every question.
Tangible Outcome & Assessment
Students should get to know each other more.