Sample lesson plans

Follow-up activities: students can use computer to create game to practice English language skills.


Assessment (how will you know the lesson was successful?):

• 
  teacher observes the behaviors of the students when they group work and play games
  
• 
  teacher checks the JMix game
  

Topic: Writing a Paragraph (English for Academic Purpose)

Author: Kanokwan Nawawat, Foreign Language Program,
Faculty of Humanities & Social Science,
Phetchabun Rajabhat University


Date: October 20, 2004


Time: 12:45 – 15:20 (Period 5-7)


Materials needed:

1. 
   An Internet connected to each computer
   
2. 
   A summarized hand-outs
   

Teacher level: Advanced in both computers and English writing skills


Student level: Intermediate to Advanced Learners


Learning styles/intelligences supported: Interpersonal and Naturalist Styles


Why technology is used in this lesson: My students will be able to get a hand-on experience in working with computer software, for examples, Word Processing Program, and so on. Besides they will be able to share ideas with their peers.


Overview: The students will be using computer-based in this course.


Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

1. 
   Write a paragraph in English.
   
2. 
   Be able to communicate with other students via Internet.
   

Training content:
Warm-up activities/review:

1. 
   Introduction : Get the students to know www.nicenet.org
   
2. 
   Have them think about what they wish to write, a topic, such as My Future Career.
   

Instructions:

1. 
   Ask the students to think about some words that are related to the topic,
   

My Future Career (brainstorming stage). Each student writes down one sentence.