Friday, June 19, 2015

TRAINING WEEK JUNE 2015 INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS 101 TEAM: “THE EWOKS” LESSON PLAN - ADDENDUM

LEVEL:
Basic II

MATERIALS:
Textbook, Channel Direct 2, Video

OBJECTIVE:
Have students understand what the origin of names is and show them similarities and differences with other cultures.

ACTIVATE SCHEMA:
 1. Ask Ss the following set of questions:
Do you know what your name means?
Do you know where your last name comes from?
2. Have students pair up and discuss which the most common name in the group is.

ACTIVITY#1, READING: WHAT’S IN A NAME?

1. Have Ss read the magazine article on p. 14 in their student’s book (unit 1, Lesson 3) that talks about the meaning of last names and first names.
2. After they finish reading have them answer Ex. 3 about the magazine article.



 ACTIVITY#2: NAME HUNTING
1. Tell Ss to make a list of names and last names they find in the magazine article they have just
read.
2. Tell them that they will watch a video about last names and names and ask them to write as many last names and names they get and identify their origin.
NOTE: Tell students that they have to pay a lot of attention because video is very fast. Play the video twice.


WRAP UP:
1. Teacher will have students investigate the origin of their names and/or last names.
2. Students will write a short paragraph as homework to share the information they found with the group the next class.

JUSTIFICATION TO THE ADDENDUM:

In our opinion there was a need to connect the reading to our own culture by including activities where students could personalize the topic to their culture.

As a result we decided to bring more authentic and updated material about the topic by the use of a video which we predict it might be a bit difficult for the aimed  level but it will provide visual examples about the target topic (origin of names/last names).

The main objective that we intend to achieve with this addendum is to have our students pinpoint the difference between a name and a last name and be aware that names have equivalents in other languages around the world.


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