LEVEL 5 CLASSES

Teacher: Ramón Guerra         class 1                                     Date: January 13, 2015

Level: 5			Text: Wordlink		Number of students: 14
Objectives (At the end of this lesson students will be able to…): ·          Introduce themselves and provide information about themselves as well as the reasons they want to learn English. ·          Understand class policies, evaluations, projects and other activities within the course ·          Make a list of expectations and discuss it. ·         Schedule the first class project and understand the rules and evaluations.
Lesson:
Time	Procedure			Notes
< 10 mins	Warm-up			My classmate is a famous person.
< 5 mins	Activity Cycle 1	Welcome students. Talk about the advantages of learning English.
~60 mins		GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER Students will interview their classmate Students will introduce their classmate
~25 mins		Talk about class policies: teacher information, schedule, class description and goals, course text, expectations, computer lab and internet resources (blog, wikispaces) assessments and grading.
< 10 mins	Activity Cycle 2	Schedule first class project (touristic places in Panama)
~10 mins		Closure Encourage students to be constant and responsible.

Teacher: Ramón Guerra         Class 2                                    Date: January 15, 2015

Level: 5			Text: Wordlink		Number of students: 14
Objectives (At the end of this lesson students will be able to…): ·          Retell an improvised story. ·         Use an idiomatic phrase in English in daily speaking. It is up to you ·         Read and listen to a news about the hungriest place on Earth. The hungriest place on Earth ·         Tell ways he or she knows other people. ·         Use the simple present and the present continuous tenses in the right way.
Lesson:
Time	Procedure			Notes
< 10 mins	Warm-up			Retell an improvised story.
< 5 mins	Activity Cycle 1	English in a minute. Use the idiomatic phrase IT IS UP TO YOU. See video. Practice saying sentences.
~80 mins		Read and listen to a news about the hungriest place on Earth. Discuss glossary words. Say sentences with each one. Language link: the simple present vs. present continuous. See slides in the class blog www.raguerra-celi.blogspot.com Do book activities pp. 2-5
~10 mins		Review the class. What have we done? Did the objectives were accomplished? Discuss.
< 10 mins	Activity Cycle 2	Reminder about project 1 (touristic places in Panama)
~10 mins		Closure Encourage students to be constant and responsible.

Teacher: Ramón Guerra         class 3                                     Date: January 20, 2015

Level: 5			Text: Wordlink		Number of students: 14
Objectives (At the end of this lesson students will be able to…): ·          Develop team spirit ·         Work collaboratively in a class project ·         Share ideas and information about touristic places in Panama. ·         Speak to others about touristic places in Panama.
Lesson:
Time	Procedure			Notes
< 10 mins	Warm-up			Watch a video about touristic places in Panama
< 5 mins	Activity Cycle 1	Welcome students. Talk about the advantages of learning English.
~60 mins		PROJECT DIRECTIONS SHOW PICTURES OF PREVIOS CLASSES USING THE CARROUSEL TECHNIQUE. Students work on their visual aids Students talk between themselves to develop ideas and promote knowledge about touristic places in Panama. Students put visual aids on the wall. Teacher provides an extra direction
~25 mins		The students will move around the class listening and sharing visual aids to others in a carrousel technique.
< 10 mins	Activity Cycle 2	Discuss about what was learned in the project. Demonstrate the way internet activities are done http://ors.celionline.com/
~10 mins		Closure Encourage students to practice English every time they can. Do internet quiz 1 for the next class.

Teacher: Ramón Guerra         class 4                                     Date: January 22, 2015

Level: 5			Text: Wordlink		Number of students: 18
Objectives (At the end of this lesson students will be able to…): ·          Use the simple present and present continuous properly. ·         Know their classmates by the activities and routines they do. ·         Add new words to their daily speaking. ·         Relate about professionals and activities they do.
Lesson:
Time	Procedure			Notes
< 20 mins	Warm-up			Is it you? See p. 6
< 20 mins	Activity Cycle 1	Review and discuss ppt about how to use the simple present and the present continuous tenses from the teacher´s blog www.raguerra-celi.blogspot.com
~40 mins		Vocabulary link p. 7 (do activities A and B) Listing activities p. 8 (do activities A, B and C) Reading comprehension p. 8-9 (do activities A, B and C)
~20 mins		Review of simple past p. 10 ( do activities A, B, C)
		Revise student´s workbook Encourage students to practice English every single time they can. Acquire new vocabulary words every day. LET STUDENTS HOW TO USE THE CHAT ROOM AT THE TEACHER´S BLOG.
		Closure Encourage students to be constant and responsible.                             Teacher: Ramón Guerra         class 5                         Date: January 26, 2015 Background Information: Level: 5  Text: Wordlink Number of students: 17 Objectives (At the end of this lesson students will be able to…): ·         Review the simple past. ·         Acquire vocabulary regarded to food ·         Know about foods in southern USA ·         Pronounce phrases using the correct stress and rhythm ·         Speak about food ·         Use everyday expressions Lesson: Time Procedure Notes < 10 mins Warm-up Ask and comment what a classmate did in the last weekend.   < 5 mins Activity Cycle 1 Read about yearbooks in USA pp 9-10 Do activities related to the use of the simple past Encourage students to memorize regular and irregular verbs in the past tense. ~80 mins Unit 2 pp. 12-14 Vocabulary link Listening activities about food in southern USA Pronunciation practice Sentences stress and rhythm Speaking about Thai food Review everyday expressions < 5 mins Activity Cycle 2 Review objectives ~10 mins Assignment Tell students what is your favorite food and how is it prepared. Teacher: Ramón Guerra         class 6                         Date: January 28, 2015 Background Information: Level: 5  Text: Wordlink Number of students: 17 Objectives (At the end of this lesson students will be able to…): ·         Acquire new vocabulary by playing an online game. ·         Tell different favorite food for them and classmates ·         Compare nouns using comparative adjectives Lesson: Time Procedure Notes < 30 mins Warm-up Hang man game My favorite food and how it is cooked.     < 20 mins Activity Cycle 1 Describe an object. Students may move outside the classroom, find an object they like and make a list of the description. Discuss different descriptions ~60 mins Do communication page p. 16 Discuss slides about comparative adjectives Do p. 15 < 5 mins Activity Cycle 2 About the next class ~10 mins Encourage activities for practicing English at home.   Teacher: Ramon Guerra      Class 9        Date: Feb 10th, 2015 Level: 5  Text: Word Link Number of students: 15 Objectives (At the end of this lesson students will be able to…): ·          Describe each classmate behavior in class. ·         Use the expression IS THIS FREE. ·         Acquire new vocabulary words ·         Understand that second chances sometimes work. ·         Listen to activities related to be lucky or unlucky. ·         Differentiate between past and present tenses vowel shifts. Lesson:   Time Procedure Notes 25 min. Icebreakers: In a sheet of paper write three things that are true about you and one that is false. Tell the class. Write a description of each of your classmates. Each student reads what classmates wrote about them. Group activities 40 min.         30 min. Watch a video entitled IS THIS FREE Comment the video with students Create a short role play using this phrase Perform the role play     Unit 3 Unsolved Mysteries, vocabulary link p. 22 Listening activities p. 23 Pronunciation activity p. 23 Book activities 10 min.  Talk about the writing homework Comment about the book report activity at American Corner.  Closure