| Before the Session:
1.
Resource Box:
Prepare a Classroom Resource Box. This shared resource is a useful place
to keep activity cards, game boards, strip story texts, etc. and classroom
supplies. Contents of the box should include (as appropriate):
-
2 or 3 paper knives or pairs of scissors
-
at least 6 large dice (and board-game
markers if possible)
-
rubber bands
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2 or 3 glue sticks
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scotch tape
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pens, pencils, board pens, chalk
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etc. (stickers, labels, scrap paper)
2.
Session Duration: The sessions
in this book (see page 1) last for 50 minutes. If your classes have
different durations, you need to adjust the sessions. For example, a
two-hour block, this would represent 2 sessions.
3.
Attendance
Sheet:
- Write the dates of each session on
the register. Class Journal, page
9.
4.
My Classmates:
- Prepare blank sheets of A4 paper for
students who do not have a copy of the Workbook in Session 1 (one
sheet per person).
5.
Can You …?:
- Prepare a game board
for each group of 4 students. It is a good idea to have one board
in reserve as well. Class Journal, page 37.
- Prepare dice – one for each group.
- Prepare one set of 120 cards. Divide
these among the groups.
Class Journal, pages 39 - 53.
6.
Have You Ever
…?
- Prepare a game board for each group
of 4 students. It is a good idea to have one board in reserve as well.
Class Journal, page 38.
- Prepare dice – one for each group.
- Prepare one set of 120
cards. Divide these among the groups. These are the same cards as
for Can You …? Class Journal, pages 39 - 53.
7.
Photo Pages
- Put your photo in the first photo box
and fill in your details.
Remember you will need to do this for each U2U class.
Class Journal, pages
13 - 15.
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Scheduled Events:
1.
Attendance Sheet: Pass this around the
room, so that students can enter their names and other details. Asking students
to take this responsibility is an effective and efficient allocation of classroom
time. It also demonstrates to students that they will be participating in
classroom administration as in every other aspect of the course. Class
Journal, page
9.
2.
My Classmates: This activity is in the
Student Workbook (page 2), but if students do not have the book for
the first lesson, they should transfer the information into their Workbooks
as their first homework assignment.
3.
Can you …? , Have you ever …? : These are board games, which the teacher brings to the classroom.
4.
Photo Page: Mention to students that they
need to bring a photo to the next class, so that they can put it in the Class
Journal (pages
13 - 15) along with their
personal information. Note that the first box is for the teacher’s photo/information.
If this is already completed, with photo and introduction, the teacher will
be offering immediate positive role-modeling
for the students.
Teacher notes:
- The activities for this session
presume that many students will not have the Student Workbook. Therefore
the teacher is asked to supply interactive activities which will immediately
get the students talking. It is important to note that this first session
is not a throwaway lesson. Students must be involved from day 1, minute 1,
even if they don’t have the books. The teacher needs to prepare a number of
materials for this, but the effort will be worthwhile.
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My Classmates:
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A4 blank paper, in case students without
books need extra sheets.
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Draw a diagram on the board for these
students:
| Name ___________________
( ___________________
8 ___________________
Hobby ___________________ |
Name ___________________
( ___________________
8 ___________________
Hobby ___________________ |
Name ___________________
( ___________________
8 ___________________
Hobby ___________________ |
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Write sample language on the board (Student
Workbook, page 2).
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Let the students finish My Classmates
at their own rate. As students complete this activity, get them to sit down
in groups of four to play the board games.
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Can you …? , Have you ever …? Game
Boards:
n
Prepare the game boards and the cards
for your classes. Students will play these games in groups of 4, so a class
of 20 students needs a minimum of 5 boards (it is useful to make one spare
board).
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There are 120 cards in one set.
Divide these equally among the groups.