6th Grade: He or She?
Before winter vacation 6th grade students started a new topic, `He is famous`. This is one of a number of topics that the students have been studying this year that are not part of Hi, friends!.
The first two classes in the topic followed a similar structure. As usual our classes started with a greeting game.
The students had to use any English that they know to speak to their friends.
Our 6th grade students are focusing on linking together English sentences and questions to make natural conversations.
"Nice blue shirt!"
"Thank you!"
"Do you like blue?"
"Yes, I do! What's your favorite color?"
"It's red."
Next, Ms.Emily and Ms. Keiko read a picture book.
6th grade students enjoy books and they are great for input.
The teachers gave some "Who is he/she?" quizzes about people. In the first class they used famous people and in the second class they used teachers in the school. "She is from Nagoya. She can jump. She can spin. She is very beautiful. She won a gold medal. Who is she?"
"Mao Asada?"
"Yes, that's right!"
In the first class we asked the students if they realised anything from the quiz.
"You used `He` when talking about boys and `She` when talking about girls!"
"Yes, that's right!"
"How about Ms. Emiko? When we talk about Ms. Emiko what word should we use?"
"He?"
"She?"
"She! She!"
"That's right!"
Next, we learnt a lot of different words to describe someone's personality. There were many words so it took two classes for us to learn them all. The teachers acted out the words and got the students to realise the meaning in Japanese. Then Ms. Emily taught everyone the English word.
Ms. Keiko is a good actor!
Good job 6th grade students!
The first two classes in the topic followed a similar structure. As usual our classes started with a greeting game.
The students had to use any English that they know to speak to their friends.Our 6th grade students are focusing on linking together English sentences and questions to make natural conversations.
"Nice blue shirt!""Thank you!"
"Do you like blue?"
"Yes, I do! What's your favorite color?"
"It's red."
Next, Ms.Emily and Ms. Keiko read a picture book.
6th grade students enjoy books and they are great for input.The teachers gave some "Who is he/she?" quizzes about people. In the first class they used famous people and in the second class they used teachers in the school. "She is from Nagoya. She can jump. She can spin. She is very beautiful. She won a gold medal. Who is she?"
"Mao Asada?"
"Yes, that's right!"
In the first class we asked the students if they realised anything from the quiz."You used `He` when talking about boys and `She` when talking about girls!"
"Yes, that's right!"
"How about Ms. Emiko? When we talk about Ms. Emiko what word should we use?"
"He?" "She?""She! She!"
"That's right!"
Next, we learnt a lot of different words to describe someone's personality. There were many words so it took two classes for us to learn them all. The teachers acted out the words and got the students to realise the meaning in Japanese. Then Ms. Emily taught everyone the English word.
Ms. Keiko is a good actor!Good job 6th grade students!
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