Where are you?
Geoffrey Kiefer
| GRADE LEVEL: | ES 5-6 |
| SKILLS: | Speaking, Conversation, Vocabulary, Simple Grammar Point |
| TIME: | ~45 minutes |
| MATERIALS: | Blackboard, Flashcards, Magnets, Worksheets, Small cards with flashcard images |
| YEAR: | 2007 |
OBJECTIVES:
1. To teach vocabulary about rooms in a house
2. To learn and practice the dialogue/grammar, “Where are you?” “I am in…”
PROCEDURE:
1. I use this lesson plan to teach the English words for various rooms in the average house.
2. Using flashcards, teach the vocabulary to the students and practice it several times. You can use a quick game to reinforce the vocabulary.
3. Demonstrate and explain the phrase, “I am in ~” (私は～にいます) using the vocabulary words you’ve just taught. You can have the students practice by showing each student a flashcard and having them say the appropriate sentence.
4. Demonstrate and explain the question, “Where are you?” (あなたはどこにいますか) Have the students practice asking the question several times.
5. After practicing the question and answer, tell the students that they are now going to play hide and seek (かくれんぼ). Give each student a worksheet (which has the flashcards images as well as lines for writing names) and a card with a flashcard image (this is the student’s “hiding place”).
6. The goal of the activity is to find out where everyone is hiding. Students need to ask each other, “Where are you?” and answer using the image on their cards. Students write their names under the picture of their hiding place on the worksheet.
7. After the students have found each other’s hiding places, you can practice one last time by asking each student, “Where are you?”
NOTES:
• I use this activity for teaching rooms in the house, but it is easily adaptable to similar topics, like places around town or country names (“Where are you?” “I’m in the police station.”).
• If you teach your students how to use he/she, you can make Step 7 a little more interesting (or difficult, depending on your point of view). Instead of asking each student where they are, ask the students, “Where is Taro/Hanako?” and have them answer using “He/She is in ~.”
• The flashcards I use for this activity are from Mark’s English School (www.mes-english.com). The site has many, many wonderful flashcards that are free for the taking, as well as worksheets and games (sorry for the shameless plug).
• The enclosed worksheet can be use as is, or as a template for designing for own worksheet.
HANDOUTS and WORKSHEETS:
The worksheet for this activity is here
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