Lesson Plans for Multiple Intelligences ‘ Learning through Computer Assisting Content- based approach: Topic: Animals By: Hui-min Lee To: Professor Lyra Riabov

Content 1. Description of the class 2. Potential Problem 3. Lesson Plan Day1~3: Getting to know the animals Day 4: Easter Bunny Day 5: Animals’ habitat Day 6~7: My pet Day 8~9: Endangered animals 4. More useful links about the topic

Description of the class Target learners: Taiwanese children in grade 1 to 6 in an intensive EFL program. They have been learning English for 7 months or more. Location: in a private English institution or public elementary school with a computer lab. The lab has at least 6 computers, a projector, a printer, and internet connections. Class time: 3 hours a day. The class time can be variable according to learners’ level or class time. One day lesson can be extended to 2 days or longer. Teacher can also adopt only part of the lesson to the class according to their needs. Class size: maximum 14 students.

Description of the class Lesson introduction: The lessons intend to provide teachers with ideas about how to adopt technology into their classroom and how to enhance teaching and students’ English learning through computer. All of the activities can be done with the help of the computer. The lesson should best be conducted with computer access for every student or every two students. However, many of the website resources are printable, teacher can preprint the materials as a back up activity. Also, if the classrooms don’t have such facility, the teacher can print out the materials before class as teaching resources.

Description of the class Lesson objectives: The lessons are designed to suit multiple intelligences learning through the content-based approach. Children, the technology generation, can learn English through storytelling, songs, games, art, etc. By the end of the course, students will be able to increase their English vocabulary, grammar, speaking, listening, and writing skills and enhance their culture awareness of English speaking country. They will feel that learning English is not stressful but fun through computer assisted learning.

Potential Problem Problem: Children may lack of computer and English literacy to do work individually. Solution: 1.Teachers use the projector to demonstrate the operation procedure and lesson first. Then have the students follow the computer operation step by step until they successfully enter the activity. 2. Preset each computer screen for the activities before the class starts. Then, check the Internet connection before class and preprint the materials as a back up if necessary. 3. Many activities can be done as a group with teacher together such storytelling and sing alone, teachers may use the projector to tell the story, sing the songs with students and read and explain the articles on the computers.

Day1: Getting to know the animals 1. Warm Up : Show the picture and tell students that this week they are going to learn about animals with Billy Bear. 2.Vocabulary: Point and Say Use the Animal Alphabet Flash cards to teach the vocabulary. Say the animals with children. At the same time, try to elicit the vocabulary from students.( teach about 15~20 vocabulary or less ) 3. Yes/ No Activity: Is it a/an_______? The teacher points to the flashcard and say “Is it a/an______? “ Students has to answer: Yes, it is a/an ______.or No, it is not. It is a/an______. 4.Game: Take a picture with animals: Ask each student to take a picture with animals and learn more about them.

Day1: Getting to know the animals 5. Song:Hickory, Dickory, Dock or Bingo Teachers sing the songs with students as the music play. Teachers can also add some body movements or gestures to the songs. 6. Storytelling and Coloring ( culture) : Noah and the Ark Bible Coloring Pages Print out the pictures and tell the story. First, Teachers may preteach the vocabulary. Next, read the story to the students.Then, tell students that next class we are going to learn more animals in Noah’s Ark. After the storytelling, give students the handouts to color. Extension: Have a role play or ask questions about the story.

Day 2: Getting to know the animals 1.Vocabulary and Review: Use the flashcard to review and learn more about vocabulary. ( teach about 15~20 vocabulary or less ) 2. Ask and Answer Activity: What is it? It is a/an ________. The teacher points to the flashcard and ask students “What is it ?”. Students have to answer “ It is a/an ______.”Teachers can use this activity to have a team competition. 3. Guessing Game and Coloring: Preprint the coloring pages. Use animal facts in the bottom of the coloring page to have students guess what animals it is. The students who have the correct answers can get the coloring page.

Day 2: Getting to know the animals 4. Activity: Matching Animal Quiz Use the web page to ask students questions. 5. Song: Itsy Bitsy( Eensy Weensy) Spider Teachers sing the songs with students as the music play. Teachers can also add some body movements or gestures to the songs Storytelling:Baby Animals Download the story and tell the story to students. Extension: Have a role play or ask questions about the story. 7. Art: Make doorknob signs Print out the doorknob signs page. Have the students create their own doorknob signs.

Day 3: Getting to know the animals 1.Vocabulary and Review: Use the flashcard to review and learn more about vocabulary. ( teach about 15~20 vocabulary or less ) 2.Vocabulary memory game: Animal Concentration Use the game to test students’ memory and enhance their vocabulary. 3. Storytelling:Alphabet Zoo Download the story and tell the story to students. Extension: Have a role play or ask questions about the story. 4. Listening: enjoying the zoo: Have students do the listening activity and exercise on the computer.

Day 3: Getting to know the animals 5. Song: The ants go marching Teachers sing the songs with students as the music play. Teachers can also add some body movements or gestures to the songs. 6. Writing: write a post card. Have the students write a postcard to their friend online. 7. Art: Make a bookmark Have students choose an animal they like and make a bookmark.

Day 4: Easter Bunny ( Culture class ) 1. Storytelling:Online Easter Story Download the story and tell the story to students. Extension: Have a role play or ask questions about the story. 2. Story and game: The interactive Easter Story Guide students to do the interactive Easter story. 3. Art : Online Easter Colorbook Have students use computer to color their Easter colorbook online.

Day 4: Easter Bunny ( Culture class ) 5. Writing: write an Easter postcard or greeting card. Have the students write a postcard to their friend online. 6. Song: In the cabin in the woods. Teachers sing the songs with students as music play. Teachers can also add some body movements or gestures to the songs. 7. Craft: Make an Easter Bunny Basket(optional ) Use the website instructions to teach students to make their own Easter Bunny Basket.

Day 5: Animals’ habitat 1.Vocabulary and Review: Use the flashcard to review and learn more about vocabulary. 2. Vocabulary Exercise: Unscramble the words Have the students do the exercise and check the answers with the students. 3. Activity: Matching animal quiz Teachers do the activity with students. Use the activity to match animals with the statements. 4. Reading: Where do the animals live? ml ml Use above to learn where the animals live.

Day 5: Animals’ habitat 5. Storytelling:The Everglades Download the story and tell the story to students. Extension: Have a role play or ask questions about the story. 6. Song: Puff the magic dragon Teachers sing the songs with students as music play. Teachers can also add some body movements or gestures to the songs. 7. Game and art : 1. Drawing lesson:what is it ? 2. How to draw animals? Teachers use the first activity to have students guess what animal it is.Then, have students choose a drawing lesson and learn how to draw. Finally, have the students draw by themselves.

Day 6: My pet 1. Storytelling: Visit the pet shop Download the story and tell the story to students. Extension: Have a role play or ask questions about the story. 2. Activity: Ask and answer”Pet care” Use information on the website to ask students questions and teach them how to take care of their pet. 3. Activity: Pet quiz Have students to take an online quiz to know more about animals.

Day 6: My pet 4. Song: I want a dog Teachers sing the songs with students as music play. Teachers can also add some body movements or gestures to the songs. 5. Reading Activity: Our Pot Belly Pig Guide the students to read the story. 6. Writing Activity: Pet Pig Postcard Have students write and a postcard to their friend. 7. Grammar: Simple Present Teach the children present simple tense and do the exercise.

Day 7: My pet 1. Vocabulary Exercise: Animal crossword puzzle crossword.html crossword.html Use the exercise to enhance spelling and vocabulary. 2.Real story: We found….5 turtle eggs Teachers use the story to tell about turtle’s facts. Extension: Have a role play or ask questions about the story. 3.Reading Activity: Choose an animal to learn Teachers choose several animals to read about their facts. Then have the students choose the animal they like to read.

Day 7: My pet 4. Writing Activity: My Pet or My favorite animal After the students read about the animal facts, have them write an to their friend and talk about their favorite animal or pet 5.Reading: Beauty and the Beastie Guide the students to read the story and ask them questions. 6. Reading and do: Hammerbird Read the story to the students, ask them questions, and try do the activity. 7. Activity: Make a pet certificate Have students make their own pet certificate.

Day 8: Endangered animals 1.World wild wolf: the interactive map and the web guest questions Click and learn the wolf populations in different country and take a quiz. 2.Reading: Endangered Panda in China Read the panda facts to the students or guide the students to read. 3. Activity: Panda quiz Guide the students to do the activity.

Day 8: Endangered animals 4.Reading: Save the big cat Read the panda facts to the students or guide the students to read. 5.Activity: Pledge it. Have students read the statement and talk about how to save the animals. 6. Song: Bear in tiny shoes. Teachers sing the songs with students as music play. Teachers can also add some body movements or gestures to the songs.

Day 9: Endangered animals 1.Reading: Endangered Alligators in China Read the panda facts to the students or guide the students to read. 2.Activity: Share it! Have students read the statement and discuss how to save the animals. 3.Writing : share a successful story Have students write their successful story about saving an animals.

Day 9: Endangered animals 4.Activity:Create a wildlife area Lead students to create a wildlife area. 5.Writing: Create a nature journal Guide the students to create a nature journal. 6. Activity: animal quiz Guide the students to take a quiz. 7. Activity: Give the students a certificate Give the students a certificate to wrap up the class.

More useful links about the topic 1.Fable(story): Make an animal album ls/scrapbook.html ls/scrapbook.html html 3. Story: the web life: 4. Animal stickers: spices fact sheet: 6. Create a memory book: book: book: 7. Create a children website: