Overall Course Materials
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Setting:
This is an English Language enrichment class for middle school students (7th to 9th grade) in China. Normally, English class won't be the first class in the morning. It usually takes place between anytime from 9:20 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.. However, most schools will offer a 20 to 30 minutes morning reading for English class twice a week. *All the materials could also be used in an American-Asia summer camp setting or an international school setting. Intended Learners: This unit is meant for middle school Chinese student. These students will be mainly at their 8th grade. Mixed levels of proficiency in English: For this project, most of them have received over five years of English language learning. They understand basic grammar, simple English articles and can communicate in daily conversation. They would be viewed as an upper intermediate level students. Cultures: The culture setting is mainly for Asian community. In their education, they focus a lot on memorization instead of listening and speaking. In addition, teachers in most Asian cultures are considered as parents or authoritarian figures. It’s important to create a less intense class setting and offer more creative and innovative activities. * Suggestions for language teaching in China
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Multimedia Display: Roman Holiday
A famous scene from romantic comedy "Roman Holiday" (1953), directed by William Wyler. The poem is "Arethusa" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Storyline Joe Bradley is a reporter for the American News Service in Rome, a job he doesn't much like as he would rather work for what he considers a real news agency back in the States. He is on the verge of getting fired when he, sleeping in and getting caught in a lie by his boss Hennessy, misses an interview with HRH Princess Ann, who is on a goodwill tour of Europe, Rome only her latest stop. However, he thinks he may have stumbled upon a huge scoop. Princess Ann has officially called off all her Rome engagements due to illness. In reality, he recognizes the photograph of her as being the young well but simply dressed drunk woman he rescued off the street last night (as he didn't want to turn her into the police for being a vagrant), and who is still in his small studio apartment sleeping off her hangover. What Joe doesn't know is that she is really sleeping off the effects of a sedative given to her by her doctor to calm her down after an anxiety attack, that anxiety because she hates her... Retrieved from: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046250/ |
Preparation Materials for Students
Intentions:
The learners will understand how to use past tense and how to use special questions and be able to use what they learn in reading and writing. It emphasizes on loving nature and developing an awareness of being environmentally-friendly citizens. Overall Objectives: SWBAT
The Ten-hour-teaching Plans:
In a normal Chinese class setting, English class will normally be 40 to 50 minutes, depending on how fast the teacher can teach. Thus, it would be a complete 10 hour-lesson-teaching project in total, with reading and writing mixed into eight lessons and a final review lesson. Each lesson is around 50 to 60 minutes. How I plan to teach my class:
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