Lesson Plan

Teachers Names: Emily Guerin, Natalie

Brentano, Kassandra Knoff, Annette Jardon
Dates: 6-16-15, 6-17-15, 6-18-15
Grade/Level: 2, 3B

Lesson Title: Wish Upon a Star

Content Objectives: Students will be able to express their wishes concerning travel. Students will be
able to hold conversations about what they would like to do during travel/where they would like to
travel if they could.

Language Objectives:
Function

Form

1) Express desire to go somewhere

I wish I could go to I wish I could visit I wish I could

travel too

2) Express desire to complete certain activities

in certain places

I wish I couldin

3)
Review Vocabulary (if
applicable)

New Vocabulary
Landmark
Travel vs. Visit
Tour
National Treasure

Signal Words
I wish I could

By the end of the lesson, students will:

-Tell us where they would ideally like to go using the form I wish I could go to I wish I could visit I wish I could
travel to
-Tell us what they would ideally like to do there using the form I wish I couldin

Special Cross-Cultural Considerations:

Most Korean high school students havent travelled outside of Korea before, so this activity will allow
them to consider travel.
Because of lack of experience abroad, many of their responses maybe based on stereotypes.
The girls are highly interested in boys and dating, so they may focus on romantic landmarks.

Materials:
Homemade destination deck of cards.
Projector to project the PowerPoint presentation
Stickers for rewards
Lesson Sequence:
I.

MOTIVATION:
TIME:____8____

The teacher will

Demonstrate a conversation including the new
vocabulary about where they wish they could go
using a PowerPoint with photos

The students will

Listen attentively

Foreseeable Problems
Students may not be attentive

Possible Solutions
Ask students to repeat what has been said.
Ask students to translate what has been said into
Korean.

Formative Assessment
Ask students to summarize what has been said.

II. PRESENTATION:
TIME:____7____

The teacher will

Review the new vocabulary from the
PowerPoint.
Present key grammar forms.
Ask students to repeat vocabulary and grammar
forms.
Ask students questions about where they wish
they could go.
Foreseeable Problems
Students might not repeat when prompted.
Students may not understand explanations.

The students will

Repeat vocabulary and grammar forms.
Answer questions if asked.

Possible Solutions
Call on students individually.
Be persistent.
Co-teacher will translate when necessary.
Ask simpler questions.

Formative Assessment
Students accurately repeating vocabulary and grammar forms, accurate and complete answers to
questions

III.

PRACTICE/APPLICATION:

TIME:____25____

The teacher will

Explain how to play Go Fish: Destination
Version.
Split class into groups of four.
Walk around the class to help with rules,
grammar forms, etc. when necessary.
Listen for common pronunciation errors.
Give individual feedback.
Encourage students to speak in English if they
use Korean.
Foreseeable Problems
Students may struggle with the grammar form.
Students may speak in Korean.
Students may not understand the rules of Go
Fish.

The students will

Play Go Fish.
Make a sentence about the destination they wish to
ask for using either the form, I wish I could or I
wish I couldin
Say, Here is your ticket, when giving a card to
someone else.
Say, Sorry. You cant go to if they are asked for
a card that they dont have.
Enjoy themselves.
Possible Solutions
Assist with grammar forms when necessary.
Encourage students to use dictionaries if they dont
know certain words in Korean.
Ask students to speak in English if they are using
Korean.
Help explain the rules directly to groups having
problems (with aid of co-teacher if necessary)

Formative Assessment
Accuracy and completeness of sentences formed while playing Go Fish

EXTENSION:

TIME:_____10_____

The teacher will

Practice challenging pronunciations.
Ask students to share one of their sentences
about one of their destinations.
Ask an additional question about what students
wish they could do at that location using the
vocabulary words.
Give stickers to students who answer questions.

The students will

Repeat words during pronunciation practice.
Present their sentences.
Answer the teachers questions.
Draw a card from the top of the fish pile to make a
sentence if they dont have any pairs to prompt
their sentences or any place they wish to go.

Foreseeable Problems
Students may struggle answering the additional
questions.
Students may have problems focusing because
of leftover energy from the game.

Possible Solutions
Be patient as it may just take time.
Rephrase the question if needed.
Have all students repeat individual students
sentences to encourage focus.

Summative Assessment
Accuracy and completeness of sentences about destinations, ability to answer questions in complete
sentences with accuracy, accuracy of pronunciation.