Speaking – projectGENIUS

Ranking – Superlatives Lesson

Leigh Bitossi — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:36:24 +0000

Here’s another lesson from Stuart Dalziel that gives students practice in superlative and comparative forms. Students can rank a variety of items from different topics in discussions with their classmates.

Topic discussion sheet is here.

Lesson plan here.

If it Rains Tomorrow… (A First Conditional Lesson Plan)

Leigh Bitossi — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:00:53 +0000

The first conditional is a fundamental concept in English grammar. Here’s a lesson by Stuart Dalziel that has students practice forming their ideas and plans based on a variety of conditions and situations.

The lesson includes a worksheet and speaking prompts.

Lesson plan here.

New Year’s Quiz (2019 News Events)

Leigh Bitossi — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 15:45:47 +0000

It’s a new year and that means it’s time to reflect on what happened in 2019. This quiz is a simple activity containing numerous categories such as “World News” and “Entertainment” among others. Each category has 10 questions with 10 points being the easiest and 100 the most difficult. Of course, questions can be altered or entirely swapped out according to the level of your class. Easy to set up, most kids from junior-high through to high-school love playing it.

English Olympics

Leigh Bitossi — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 02:11:29 +0000

It’s 2020 and the Olympic games are a hot topic especially in Japan and Tokyo.

This lesson incorporates the theme of the Olympics by creating a “mini-Olympics” in the classroom in which students can represent countries of their choice and compete by testing their ability to form sentences and questions in English.

This is a picture-recognition based activity. Pictures and materials are available here.

Lesson plan here.

Shopping Lesson

Leigh Bitossi — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 03:14:17 +0000

Here’s a great lesson plan by Adam Strauss and Brian Heilenman based on shopping. Best suited for J3 ages and up, the lesson contains speaking and listening activities based around volition and even a few basic maths problems involving currency conversion.

Lesson plan

Japanese Food Lesson

Leigh Bitossi — Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:34:51 +0000

Here’s a nice lesson plan on Japanese food from Adam Strauss and Brian Heilenman.

The lesson aims to teach useful vocabulary regarding food and cooking as well as handy adjectives for describing taste and flavor. It also introduces three separate games that allow students to; learn new vocabulary, describe food, and talk about what foods they like or dislike.

Lesson Plan PDF here.

Game handout here.