Lesson 4 Asking About Classroom Objects

Objectives:

To be able to ask for the whereabouts of personal belongings.

To be able to identify the locations of objects in the classroom.

Dialog:

A. Where's my book?

B. I don't know. Look on the shelf.

A. Which shelf?

B. Try the top one.

A. It's not there.

B. Check in the desk drawer.

A. Here it is. Thanks.

Practice 1: Commands, Listen and Do

Stand up.

Go over to the book stand.

Look on the top shelf.

Go over to the filing cabinet.

Look in the bottom drawer.

Go over to the desk.

Check in the middle drawer.

Go back to your seat.

Sit down.

Practice 2: Vocabulary Expansion

Look on the	top shelf
	middle
	bottom

Practice 3: Ordinal Numbers

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
FIRST	SECOND	THIRD	FOURTH	FIFTH
6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
SIXTH	SEVENTH	EIGHTH	NINTH	TENTH

Practice 4: Vocabulary Expansion

Check	in the	top drawer.
Look		middle
Try		bottom
		first
		second
		third

Practice 5: Commands, Listen and Do

Stand up.	Look behind the desk.
Go over to the desk.	Look beside the desk.
Look under the desk.	Try on top of the desk.

Practice 6: Vocabulary Expansion

Look in the	desk drawer.	Check	under the	table.
	filing cabinet.		on	desk
	box.		behind	chair
	folder.		beside
	briefcase.

Practice 7: Game

The teacher closes her eyes while the students hide various possessions, such as book, pencil, pen, notebook, watch, etc.

The teacher opens her eyes and asks:

T. Where's my __________?

S. Look under the desk.

T. It's not there.

S. Try on the shelf.

T. Which shelf?

S. The __________ one.

Practice 8: Vocabulary Expansion

Where's my	book?
	pencil?
	pen?
	folder?
	watch?

Practice 9: Role Play

A. Where's my book?

B. I don't know. Look on the shelf.

A. Which shelf?

B. Try the top one.

A. It's not there.

B. Check in the desk drawer.

A. Here it is. Thanks.

Lesson 4

Teacher Training Module I (Continued)

Teaching the Dialog

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Purpose:

By the time you finish this section of Module I you should be able to apply the techniques you have learned to the remaining dialogs in this manual.

Preparation:

Steps 1 thru 3: Follow examples in previous lessons.

Step 4: Prepare Ways of Communicating Meaning of Additional Vocabulary.

If your classroom has shelves, a desk with drawers, a filing cabinet, and a chair, you will only need to bring a pencil, a pen, and a watch. If you do not have the large items in your classroom you may use the pictures of shelves, desk and filing cabinet in the Appendix, or you will have to change the lesson to fit the things you do have.

Teaching:

Steps 1 thru 11: Follow Procedures In Module I Lesson 3 For The Following Cycles.

Cycle 1:	I do not know. Look on the shelf.
	Where's my (book?)
(Integrate Practice 8)
Cycle 2:	Try the top one.
	Which shelf?
(Integrate Practice 2)
Cycle 3:	It's not there.
	Check in the desk drawer.
(Integrate Practice 4)

Lesson 4

Teacher Training Module VI (Continued)

Teaching a Command Sequence Lesson

(Practice 1)

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Purpose:

By the end of this part of the module you should be able to apply the skills you have acquired for teaching command sequences to almost any set of commands. For subsequent sequences in this manual refer back to this module.

Preparation:

 Make a list of the previously taught commands and vocabulary items which you wish to review.

Teaching:
Step 1: Review previously learned commands.
You should start by giving commands to individuals and groups of students. Students who wish to practice giving commands should be encouraged to do so.

Step 2: Model a new command.
Teacher: Go over to the bookstand.
(Have a student carry out the command or you carry it out yourself.)

Step 3: Give a new command to students.
Teacher: Bill and Mary, go over to the bookstand.

Step 4: Repeat Steps 2 and 3 with each new command.

After each new command mix in previously taught commands and create novel sequences, e.g. Sit down on the table. Also you can give a command to one student and while he is carrying it out you can give other commands to others.

Step 5: Have students give commands.

Practice 3: Follow procedures in Module V - Teaching Numbers.

Practice 4: Follow procedures in Module VI - Command Sequence.

Practice 9: Follow procedures in Module III - Cloze Dictation.