L.1 Teacher's Guide -Hi, how are you

Teacher’s Note Lesson Type: Writing Reading Listening Grammar Vocabulary Speaking X X X Topic Hi, how are you? Level A1 Time 60 mins – 90 mins Lesson Aims Personal Aim - Students will learn how to greet people and introduce - Review the material. themselves. - Manage time. - They will be introduced to personal pronouns. - Make sure students are on track. - They will look through the English alphabet and learn - Use very simple, minimal language. to spell their names and that of others. - Use a lot of gestures and make use of the annotation tools Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved . and images. Technical check To ensure the lesson goes smoothly, - Check if there are any technical problems on your end. - Check if all students can hear and see you clearly. - Check if all students know how to use their headsets.

Slide 1: Introduction Aim: Greet students and introduce today's topic. Remember to leave your camera on throughout the lesson. Time: 3 mins Use a lot of gestures and your instructions/prompts should be very short because students have limited vocabulary; this prohibits them from understanding lengthy sentences. Always be conscious of that. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved .

Slide 2 - 3: Presentation Aim: To present new words. Slide 1 Time: 7 mins Wave your hand and say hi . Then say Hello. Have your students repeat. Slide 2 Point to yourself and say I am ____________________ . Slide 3 Point to your student and ask, and you ? Your student should know the difference between I and you. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved .

Slide 4 & 5: Controlled Practice Aim: To let students practice introducing themselves. Time: 7 mins Slide 4 Students will do the dialogue with you. If you have more than one student in your lesson, model the dialogue with one student first and then have them do it together. Make corrections accordingly. Slide 5 Students are more challenged on this slide as they have to fill in the gaps as they practice. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved .

Slide 7 - 10: Presentation Aim: to present personal pronouns. Time: 7 mins For each sentence, check pronunciation. Use drilling if needed (chorally and individually). Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved .

Slide 11 & 12 : Controlled Practice Aim: to practice with personal pronouns. Time: 10 mins Slide 11 – 12 Have students match the personal pronouns to the right images. Give them access to the annotation tools. If this is not an option then point to an image and ask them what word they need to match it with. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved.

Slide 13 : Controlled practice Aim: to practice with the TL. Have students match the personal pronouns to the right verbs. Time: 5 mins Answer am Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved. I are You is He She They We It

Slide 14: Less controlled practice Aim: to practice with the TL. Time: 7 mins Answers Underline the correct verb for each of the following sentences. E.g.: She are/am/is Sarah. She are/am/is Sarah. 1. We are/am/is Kate and Rob. 2. They are/am/is Tina and Ben. 3. I are/am/is Mary. 4. You are/am/is Sarah. 5. She are/am/is Sandy. 6. He are/am/is Tom. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved.

Slide 15: Less controlled practice Aim: to practice with the TL in a less controlled way. Time: 5 mins Answers Complete the following sentences using the right verbs. 1. She is Tina. 2. We are Brian and Kevin. 3. He is Robert. 4. They are Owen and Ricky. 5. He is Ronaldo. 6. I am John. 7. You are Kate. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved.

Slide 16 - 17 : Presentation & Practice Aim: To present and practice the English alphabet. Time: 7 mins Slide 16 & 17 For each letter, check pronunciation. Use drilling if needed (chorally and individually). Then point to letters randomly and prompt your students to say what it is. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved.

Slide 18 : Practice Aim: to practice with the TL. Time: 7 mins Spell your name as you type it and then prompt your students to spell their names. Continue asking for the spelling of the other names. Make corrections where necessary. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved.

Slide 19 - 23 : Freer Practice Aim: to have students practice speaking. Time: 10mins Students will describe the pictures. After giving you the full sentence have them practice spelling the names. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved. She is Linda. They are Mary and Mack. He is John. He is Mark. Slide 21 -23 Have fun with these slides. Try to have your students say the names of these celebrities. If it is difficult for them then tell them the names. She is Beyonce. He is Ronaldo. He is Messi. She is Alicia Keys. They are the Jonas brothers.

Slide 24- 25 : Freer Practice Aim: to have students practice speaking. Time: 10mins Students practice greeting and introducing themselves with the texts on slide 24 and then work without the texts on slide 25. Practice this until your students reach a reasonable level of fluency. At this point, they should feel comfortable introducing themselves to others. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved.

Slide 26: Summary Aim: to summarize what was covered in today’s lesson. Time: 5mins Ask students to help you summarize what they learnt today. They should be able to give you the words they learnt and some of the activities they did. After the summary, you can assign homework which is attached as a separate file in the document. Copyright © 2020 Lesson Plans For Millions | ESL. All rights reserved .