Sample lesson plans

Follow-up activities:
Students work in pairs to create a short conversation and present in front of class.
Assessment (how will you know the lesson was successful?):

1. 
   Check the students’ answers on Hot Potatoes.
   
2. 
   Observe the students’ role play.
   
3. 
   Observe the students’ participation.
   

Topic: Hot Potatoes

Author: Wilawan Champakaew


Date: October 15, 2004


Time: 60 minutes


Materials needed: Internet, Hot Potatoes
Teacher level: Experienced


Student level: Beginner to intermediate


Learning styles/intelligences supported: - Mastery style learner
- Verbal-linguistic, intrapersonal and spatial intelligences


Why technology is used in this lesson: Teachers can use technology as a tool for their teaching.


Training content:


Warm-up activities/review:

1. 
   Students tell their favorite colors to class.
   
2. 
   They are divided in groups of colors accordingly.
   
3. 
   They Pair up with a partner, one student stands behind the other.
   
4. 
   Those who stand back have to touch the other’s shoulders, arms or waist as told. This activity helps everyone to get to know each other.
   
5. 
   Teacher reviews vocabularies from the previous lesson, by asking students to work in the same group and fill in a puzzle, in the Hot Potatoes: JCross program, filename: crossword3.htm.
   

Instructions:

1. 
   Upon finished, teacher shows different pictures from the web; www. and let them choose their most favorite one.
   
2. 
   Students who choose the same picture work together and discuss about their personality and present in front of class.
   
3. 
   Teacher explains the meaning of each picture.
   
4. 
   Upon finished, students do exercises about personality.