ESL Conversation Class
What do you see in the picture?
Hour 1
Office Hours (5)
Here are my office hours.
Feel free to visit and discuss class questions or your book report.
Mon-Tu Which one is better? (15)
Purpose: to explain ideas with two or three good reasons
What to do: Make a question and ask your partner to choose one and explain why it is better.
How to describe which is better?
- think about cost, quantity, quality, taste, health, comfort, atmosphere, meaning
- cats or dogs
- winter or summer
- ice cream or sulbing
- books or computers
- rice or bread
- McDonald’s or Lotteria
- spicy rice cake or pajeon
- coffee or green tea
Mon-Tu Puzzle Talk (20)
Part 1
You and a partner get a puzzle. It is a story with pictures. Sadly, the pictures are not in the right order.
You and your partner have to:
- put the pictures in the right order
- tell the story (1-2 sentence per picture)
- use a different verb for each picture
Part 2
- Find a new partner with a different picture.
- Tell your story again.
Pictures
Thu-Fri Which one is Better? (15)
Read the slide show.
Thu-Fri What’s different? (20)
Read the slide show.
Get the worksheets.
Hour 2
Mon-Tues Homework for next class (5)
Read this short story (a Zen Buddhist koan). Each story teaches a message.
- Summarize the story in one minute.
- Describe what happens. Tell us the message. Answer questions.
- Get the stories here.
Textbook – online resources (5)
Go online to get the listening resources for the textbook.
- www.mmpublications.com
- sign up for an account
Chapter 2, page 18, 2a (10)
- read the tips for photos
- underline words you don’t know
- then listen with no reading
- audio file m2_2
Chapter 2, page 18, 2c (10)
- work with partner
- answer questions on side of page
Present Perfect Simple (15)
Check out this slide show.
Chapter 2, page 19, 2b (10)
- work with partner
- fill in blanks
Chapter 2, page 21, 2b –since and for (10)
- work with partner
- fill in blanks
Hour 3
Homework (2)
- Get a book. Read the book. Write a report. Due week 5, remember.
- Read page 22-23 in the textbook. Read the story and answer the questions on page 23, C and D.
- page 24, 2d #1 – vocabulary (learn the words and separate into two groups — negative and positive)
Mon-Tu Retell a story (20)
Tell your story. Tell us the message.
- Answer questions (everybody in the group asks 2 questions).
- Click here for the worksheet with pictures.
Shopping word puzzles (10)
- Look at the worksheet.
- Answer the questions.