Sample Lesson Plan – Secondary Level

(2) Presentation

Activities

Multilevel activities:
The teacher has the students arrange their desks in a circle so that everyone is facing each other. On the front board, the teacher has posted a very large sheet of paper with a chart template that would include columns with labels similar to the following: Presenter, Holiday, Time of Year, Brief Description, Customs/ Traditions.

The students each take turns reading their homework assignment from the previous day’s lesson, in which they were instructed to write about their own holiday traditions. Each student spends a few minutes sharing their cultural/ family traditions about one holiday they celebrate. The teacher starts off asking for a volunteer; the first student to present then decides who will go next by tossing a Koosh ball to another student (and so on). In addition, the teacher asks someone (high level 3 or level 4 student) to be the class ‘note taker’ during the presentation. This person goes to the chart posted on the board and uses a marker to completely fill in a row for that presenter. There is a different note taker for each presenter.

After each student finishes their informal presentation to the class, the teacher encourages students to pose questions to the presenter. The teacher asks questions too; however, each student is required to ask at least two questions during the class activity. Every column must be filled out for the presenter’s row on the class chart before moving on to the next presenter.

Four Skills:

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  Listening: Students listen to the informal presentations.
  
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  Speaking: Each student presents to the rest of the class.
  
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  Reading: Students can read the notes on the class chart; Level 2 students can also refer to their vocabulary handouts.
  
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  Writing: Students take turns filling in the class chart during the presentations.