Mini-project 2 Theme based lesson :Thanksgiving Chrystal Vance Eun Jung Kim APLNG 410 Teaching American English Pronunciation.

Mini-project 2Mini-project 2Theme based lessonTheme based lesson:Thanksgiving:Thanksgiving

Chrystal VanceEun Jung Kim

APLNG 410 Teaching American English Pronunciation

Lesson planLesson plan Objectives: Objectives:

Students will be familiar with Thanksgiving as an American

tradition.

Students will do integrated tasks.

(reading+listening+speaking+vocabulary+writing)

Students will contribute to class discussions.

Focus on:

ESL adult students at high intermediate level

Lesson procedureLesson procedure Association activity:Association activity:

As an ice breaker, students are asked what Thanksgiving is associated with. It will help students to be aware of the topic and get them ready to go on to the main lesson smoothly.

Reading an article and watching a video clipReading an article and watching a video clip:

To understand the history of Thanksgiving, students will complete the following activity for comprehension and key vocabulary check-up.

Writing:Writing:

Students will free- write about Thanksgiving, i.e.) their first hand or secondhand experience. They will get more sensitive to a narrative genre by practicing past tense, time sequence, and transitions.

Video ClipVideo Cliphttp://www.history.com/video.do?name=culture&bcpid=1681694254&bclid=1672079702