Sample Lesson Plan Student Hyun-Chu Date August 3, 2003 Objective(s) Learner will increase vocabulary. Learner will be able to use the comparison form with one-syllable adjectives. Materials Vocabulary cards based on the objects highlighted in the landscape and city photos from Regina and area. (These were the learner's photos of Regina used during the last lesson for vocabulary development.) Review Review list of vocabulary from last day (nouns and adjectives related to Regina) using vocabulary cards (words written out on cue cards) and photographs of the landscape and city. Part I: Review Landscape/city vocabulary (nouns) Model exercise: match a couple of vocabulary cards with their pictures (put word underneath). Have Hyun-Chu match the word card with the picture. Model exercise: Say the word and point to the picture. Say the word and have Hyun-Chu point to the picture. Part II: Review the Adjectives Review the cards and have Hyun-Chu repeat each word. When appropriate, have her give a synonym or "similar word" in meaning. (For example, attractive, beautiful and pretty are all similar in meaning.) Part III: Classify Words Using the vocabulary cards, Hyun-Chu will put them into two rows. One row will be for nouns; the other row will be for adjectives. Overview Discuss the assignment that she will need to do at the end of the semester, and how the following exercises will help her to compare Regina and her hometown, Seoul. Presentation * note the presentation involves exercises; often this will be the case Part 1: Classify adjectives Model: Read six or seven adjectives. While reading the word, clap your hands for each syllable the word has. Big (clap once), small (clap once), beautiful (clap once for each: beau, ti and ful) Have the learner read the adjectives and "clap out" the syllables for a couple words. Model: Take four or five cards and set up three rows on the desk. One row is for "one syllable" adjectives, the second row is for "two syllable" adjectives and the third row is for "three or more syllable adjectives" Have the learner continue classifying the rest of the adjectives.