LANGUAGE LEARNING ACTIVITIES

LESSON PLAN

Title: Using Pronouns: I, We, You, She, He, They and (be verbs) Am, Is and Are

Teacher: Mrs. Johnson

Duration: Introduction (1st day) of a one-week lesson for an hour a day

Materials: worksheets, whiteboard, whiteboard marker, laptop, projector, projector screen, pointer

Grade/Category: First Grade /Level 1

Demographics: There are nine (9) students in the class. Five (5) are boys and four (4) are girls. Of the 5 boys, 4 are Filipinos and 1 is Chuukese. Two (2) of the girls are Chuukese, one (1) is Chamorro and one (1) is Filipino. Seven (7) of the nine (9) students were born and raised here in Guam and have been attending this school since Kindergarten. One of the boys transferred here to this school during the middle of second quarter last school year from Manila. One of the girls moved here on island from Chuuk with her family when she was 5 years old. She went to LBJ Elem in Tamuning for Kinder and transferred to this school for First Grade at the start of the school year last August. All of the students are on the reduced/or free lunch program. They are all auditory, partly kinestetic, and visual learners.

Objectives:

a.) By the end of the lesson, students would be able to say and use the personal pronouns I, We, You, He, She, and They with 90% accuracy.


b) By the end of the lesson, students would be able to use and say the 'be' verbs am, are, and is with 90% accuracy.

Procedures:

In this activity, it is important to use gestures, pointing and modeling. The subject pronouns I, He, She, They, We, You and also the ‘be’ verbs; Am , Is and Are will be introduced at the same time in this simple exercise. There’s a lot of student-to-student interaction with the teacher facilitating the activities.


Part I:

To start the lesson and for the first 7 to 10 minutes of the period, the teacher plays a short video presentation of a ‘Bingo’ inspired song using the pronouns. The class will sing the song with the movements, i.e., pointing to their classmate(s) either a girl or a boy for corresponding third person and second person pronouns and pointing to themselves for first person pronouns, I and We to get the kids moving and give them a concrete idea of the correct way to use these pronouns.

Part II: I am + Name

After getting the kids all excited with the song, the teacher gives them a few seconds to settle down then proceeds with the rest of the lesson.

Teacher: Hi, I am Mrs. Johnson. (Pointing at myself))
Teacher: Hi, I am Mrs. Johnson. (Repeat stressing each word)
Teacher: (Point to each student and have them repeat 'I am...')


Part III: We, Are

After it’s been assessed that everybody has gained mastery on
the First Person Singular Pronoun, teacher proceeds to introducing and
doing similar procedure for First Person Plural.

Teacher: “We are in the classroom.” (Pointing to myself and the whole class. Teacher continues to give more examples…"We are happy.” Then teacher goes near another student and say, “We are….” Then do another example encompassing three people and then more, until they get the idea that 'We' is used when talking about oneself plus another (and another) or with a big group of people. The students then do their turn of using “We are….”, filling the blank and completing the sentence, saying something, anything, until everybody gets it.


Part IV: You, Are

Teacher will do the same procedure for Second Person Singular
and Plural, modeling it then having the students take turn in using it themselves .


Part V: He, She, Is,

Teacher: I am Mrs. Johnson. He (stressing 'He') is ... (Point at a male student)

Students: Silo. (Students give that particular male student's name).

Teacher: I am Mrs. Johnson. (Point at the student again and say, “Everybody, He is…say the whole thing!

Students: He is Silo.

Teacher: I am Mrs. Johnson. She (stressing 'she') is ... (Poining at a female student)

Students: She is Amenta. (If students make a mistake and say 'He' instead of 'She', teacher points to her ear and repeats the sentence stressing 'She')

Teacher: (Point at different students and repeat a number of times until each one has done his/her turn.)


Part VI: They, Are

Teacher repeats procedure in introducing the Third Person Plural Pronoun (They)
and ‘be’ verb – are, i.e., giving examples and modeling then having each of the students try using it in a sentence or two themselves.

Assessment:

Teacher is continuously doing assessment during the entire activity, doing repetitions for mastery and making notes which part of the lesson students stumble on to do firm up on that.

Closing Activity:

Teacher briefy reviews the lesson just learned with the class and reads an interactive book “Happy Mother’s Day, Dear Dragon”,

reinforcing use of words I, You, We, She am, are. Before class is dismissed, a worksheet is handed out to each student for homework. On one side, given the “be” verbs in the word, they are to fill in the correct auxiliary verbs: am, are, or is in a sentence. The directions on the other side of the worksheet asks them to write the missing pronoun to complete each sentence (given the pronouns in the vocabulary box), at the same time drawing a line from the sentence matching it to the correct picture at the right column that depicts what’s happening in each sentence. The teacher goes over the directions with the students before dismissing them.

Resources:
• YouTube
• 'The Personal Pronoun Song' by David Osaka -Debikun.com
• “Happy Mother’s Day, Dear Dragon” by Margaret Hillert
• http://www.starfall.com/

. Clip art courtesy of http://www.aperfectworld.org/ and

. http://www.teacherfiles.com/

Assessment: Technology Tools

FIREFOX (Rating: 5)
I’ve recently added Firefox for web browser in my computer and I have to say that I really like it. I can personalize the appearance of my browser to suit me, I can add the add-ons that I want, however which way I want it. I can clear my web browsing data with a click. And I can use tabs to open and view multiple web pages in a single browser window. Loading is fast. Talk about time saving measures.

MOODLE (Rating: 5)
I like the fact that I can just upload my assignment on line period. I don’t have to worry about ink, paper and other printer problems (I had my share of those.) or accidentally leaving it at home come submission time (I've definitely been there, done that). I like how I’m able to continuously check and be updated of assignments and what’s going on in class, its progress and my grades. I can interact, and share with classmates by just logging in Moodle. I think it helped the participants learned more cooperatively and independently. Another feature I like about it is how I’m able to email all posts in the discussion forum directly to my group mates. And best of all - it’s very easy to use too!

Del.icio.us (Rating: 5)

All hands down for this tech tool. You just have to simply love it. How did I ever go about wandering the net without it before? The network, sharing and bundle feature add to the deliciousness of it all.

Google Suites

Gmail (Rating: 5)
Aahh! The ever reliable Gmail, with everything that you can ask for and still it gives you more. The interactive document feature is a very good tool for any classroom. It allows teacher to interact with students or vice-versa and students with fellow students. Slide presentations and spreadsheets can be created, saved and shared. It has a very nice web photo album and calendar feature too. And I like how it can link to a lot of sites, it being by Google. I can see this technology tool as one that can be put to good use in my classroom.

Blogger (Rating: 5)
I like the idea of having an online forum. As a teacher, I can post a topic for discussion and have my students respond to it and freely express their views. It’s another avenue for some students who are otherwise hesitant and shy to speak in the classroom to participate in classroom discussions. It’s a way to encourage them to practice their writing. Again, the key word is easy access. What a wonderful and useful technology tool that educators can use.

Diigo (Rating: 5)
I personally find Diigo very functional, easy to navigate and very user-friendly when it comes to social bookmarking and slideshows. The highlight and sticky notes (for comments) features are extra bonuses. One can highlight text on a certain page that’s of interest and add comments on it which can be seen privately, publicly or maybe for just a select group if one so chooses.

Weebly (Rating: 5)

I did my first website with ‘tripod’ a couple of years ago and took such pride in it. I had a fun time doing it too. Weebly is another free web site creator that I’ve used. I find it quite easy to follow. I liked the drag and drop feature making things easier. It’s a simple technology tool that I think my students can easily follow with some guidance. It can be used to engage them in active learning that promotes cooperative learning, their creativity and higher-order thinking. And it’s free. You can't go wrong with that.

TeacherTube (Rating: 5)

Just as other people are addicted to YouTube, I’m feeling the same way with this remarkable file hosting and sharing site. I think every educator should be a subscriber to TeacherTube. There are all sorts of educational and instructional videos that can be shared. Members can give comments and discuss about it. It's such a great free resource for use in our classrooms to grab students' interests and engage them to be active participants in their learning.

Learn Out Loud (Rating: 5)
I like this podcast directory better than any other site I’ve visited and tried. I like how it can quickly narrow my search for the topic that I’m looking for then pulls out the good ones. There are a lot of materials and different topics to choose from which is what we always look for. The audio and visual learning features would surely impact our students. It’s another important resource for my ELLs.


Resources:
-Google Images for the logos