DaDa Teaching PlanTrial Class - WondersG3Anansi Learns a Lesson

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Basic tips1. Greet students by saying "Welcome to DaDa's Wonders class". (The following page will be the greeting part).2. DO finish this class within 25 mins.3. Lesson structure:1) warm-up2) vocabulary3) reading4) comprehension strategy5) vocabulary strategy6) wrap-upFor advanced students/Too hard for students/AimBy the end of the lesson, students will be better able to: 1. make predictions according to the context clues.2. identify and say the keywords, which are "tricked" and "cooperation".3. identify and recognize antonyms in the text.4. develop the spirit of cooperation.

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Basic tipsGreet students.Do some warm-up conversations like "What did you do today?"Ask something about their friends. This lesson is about cooperation. For young students, their cooperation could probably be with friends. After talking about friends, it will be easy to lead in the theme.For advanced studentsTalk more about friends.Encourage students to ask the same questions to the teacher.Too hard for studentsFocus on some basic information, such as the name, age and city.Writing down the answers or showing some interesting objects to help students understand.AimTest students' English level and know more about students.Ask personal questions to keep them interested.

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Basic tipsRead the question and lead students to circle the answer.For advanced studentsAsk "What problem have you and your friends solved?" Encourage them to share their experience.Too hard for studentsCircle the puzzle in the picture and ask "What is it?" or "What can you see in the picture?"AimLead in the topic and motive students' interest.

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Basic tipsRead the questions and lead students to observe the picture and answer the essential question of this lesson.For advanced studentsDiscuss with the teacher the benefits of working together.Too hard for studentsAsk "What can you see in the picture?"or "What are they doing?". Tell students they can find out the answer in the story later.AimIllustrate the essential question in an easy way and develop the student's critical thinking ability.

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Basic tipsIt's a transitional page. Tell students they will learn some new words before reading.For advanced students/Too hard for students/AimRemind students to get ready to learn words.

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Basic tipsRead the sentence on the slide.Observe the picture to identify the meaning of "tricked".Make students read this word correctly.For advanced studentsHave students read the sentence.Too hard for studentsDemonstrate "tricked" several times for students to get them clearer about it.AimIdentify and say the keyword: tricked.

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Basic tipsRead the question and encourage students to answer the question.For advanced students

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Basic tipsRead the sentence on the slide.Observe the picture to identify the meaning of "cooperation".Make students read this word correctly.For advanced studentsHave students read the sentence.Discuss with the teacher about what did you do with your friend's cooperation.Too hard for studentsAsk students "What are they doing?" or "Can you guess where they are?"AimIdentify and say the keyword: cooperation.

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Basic tipsRead the question and lead the students to answer the question.For advanced studentsAsk students to think more occasions about cooperation.Too hard for studentsCircle the picture and ask "Is DaDa rowing a boat alone or with his friends?"AimCheck the understanding of "cooperation".

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Basic tipsRead the sentences and guide students to choose the answers.For advanced studentsEncourage them to make new sentences with "cooperation" and "tricked".Too hard for studentsGuide students to choose the answers with TPR.AimCheck the understanding of "cooperation" and "tricked".

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Basic tipsIt's a transitional page.Tell students they will read a story about "Anansi learns a lesson".Read the title for the students, but please DO NOT spend too much time on this page.For advanced students/Too hard for students/AimRemind students to get ready to read a story.

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Basic tipsRead and teach the story. Guide students to make predictions about the question below.For advanced studentsRead the story alone.Encourage students to answer the prediction answer below and give some reasons.Too hard for studentsAsk "Did Anansi want to share bananas?"AimMake students understand the context of this story.Develop the ability to making predictions.

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Basic tipsRead and act the story with students.Key Vocabulary: trickedFor advanced studentsRead the story alone.Ask "What did Anansi do to Turtle?"Too hard for studentsRead the story for them. Underline some keywords to help students answer "What did Anansi do to Turtle?"AimList what Anansi did to Turtle and understand the trick in the story.

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Basic tipsRead and act the story with students.Key Vocabulary: cooperation, tricked.For advanced studentsRead the story alone.Predict what will happen next.Too hard for studentsAsk "What did Turtle want to do?" and "Who was Turtle talking to?"AimKnow the meaning of "cooperation" and "tricked".Let students know Turtle wanted to teach Anansi a lesson.

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Basic tipsRead and act the story with students.Guide students to answer the question below.For advanced studentsEncourage students to explain reasons to support their predictions.Too hard for studentsLet students guess what will happen next.

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AimDevelop the ability to making predictions and persuasion.

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Basic tipsRead and teach the story.For advanced studentsAsk students "If you were Turtle, what would you do to teach Anansi a lesson?"Too hard for studentsRecall the story and summarize what Turtle and fish did.AimConstruct the ending of this story and develop the ability of imagination and presentation.Ask personal questions to keep students interested.

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Basic tipsIt's a transitional page. Tell students they will check their predictions.DO NOT spend too much time on this page. For advanced students/Too hard for students/AimRemind students to get ready to check their predictions.

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Basic tipsAsk the question on the slide and have students to make and confirm their predictions.For advanced studentsAsk students to recall the plots about Anansi's trick and speak out.Too hard for studentsReread the sentences again, and help them to revise the prediction.AimDevelop the ability to make, revise and confirm predictions.

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Basic tipsAsk the question on the slide and have students to make and confirm their predictions.For advanced studentsAsk students to recall the plots about what Turtle and fish did and speak out.Too hard for studentsReread the sentences again, and help them to revise the prediction.AimDevelop the ability to make, revise and confirm predictions.

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Basic tipsRead the question and guide them to make a prediction about what Anansi has learned.For advanced studentsAsk them to make a new ending for Anansi.Too hard for studentsAsk "What will Anansi do in the future?"AimDevelop students' ability to make prediction and imagination.

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Basic tipsIt's a transitional page. Tell students they will learn more about the story.For advanced students/Too hard for students/AimRemind students to get ready to learn about the story.

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Basic tipsRead the question and help students to recall the plots.For advanced studentsEncourage students to summarize the cooperation between Turtle and Fish in their own words.Too hard for studentsOffer some key words like "grab", "heavy stone" and "drop" to help students recall the plots.AimRetell the story and develop their ability to summarize.

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Basic tipsRead the questions and guide the students to answer the question.For advanced studentsDiscuss with the teacher the benefits of cooperation. Too hard for studentsModel it first by sharing teacher's idea, then discuss.AimGive an example of the benefits of working together. Develop critical thinking ability.

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Basic tipsIt's a transitional page. Tell students they will learn some antonyms.DO NOT spend too much time on this page.For advanced studentsAsk students about the meaning of antonyms.Too hard for students/AimRemind students to get ready to learn some antonyms.

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This is an example of antonym. The teacher can give more examples for antonyms like "high and low" to help students understand.For advanced studentsAsk students to think more examples for antonyms, then say the sentence like "... and ... are antonyms."Too hard for studentsProvide some words for students, and lead them to choose antonyms.AimIdentify and recognize antonyms.

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Basic tipsRead the story and lead the students to find an antonym for "clean".For advanced studentsRead the story alone and find the antonym for clean.Ask them to think more antonyms for clean.Too hard for studentsRead the story for them.Emphasize the word "filthy" while reading.AimCheck the understanding of antonyms.Recognize the antonym for clean.

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Basic tipsRead the story and lead the students to find antonyms for "light" and "sink".Check the understanding of these two words first, then lead them to find the corresponding antonyms.For advanced studentsRead the story alone and find the antonyms for "light" and "sink".Ask them to come up with more antonyms for these two words.Too hard for studentsRead the story for them.Emphasize the word "heavy" and "float" while reading.AimCheck the understanding of antonyms.Recognize the antonyms for "light" and "sink".

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Basic tipsAsk students to match the antonyms on the slide.For advanced studentsLet students say "... and ... are antonyms." while matching.Too hard for studentsLet students say the words and matching.AimCheck the understanding of antonyms in the activity.

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Basic tipsThis is an interactive part with parents. Tell them what students have learned. Give some solid praise.If students have totally mastered the knowledge point, please circle the thumb sign.If not, please circle the up sign, which means students need to work harder and study more.For advanced students/Too hard for students/AimCheck what and how much students have learned.

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Basic tipsThe key purpose of this page is stimulating parents to buy DaDa's courses.Tell them you are very happy and ask them how they feel about this class.Guide students to answer the question.Introduce this lesson is from Wonders.For advanced students/Too hard for students/AimStimulate parents to buy DaDa's courses.

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Basic tipsSay "Thank you so much." to the parents. Highly praise students for their achievement. Please say "We REALLY hope to see you in DaDa." End the class with a goodbye song or a fun, short game.For advanced students/Too hard for students/Aim/