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Urgh, I have a wonderful idea for a lesson about prepositions that involves a spider puppet and a fly puppet, but it'd require two people, and I can't really get a volunteer for the fly and expect them to know when to giggle maniacally. Or when to give the spider a concussion so everyone has to direct him in how to finish his over-under-around-through web. Sigh.
Mr. Spider was going to be a policeman. I may have even done a terrible, terrible gruff British accent. (... Vimes!Spider ftw.) The puppet would have a lovely little policeman's cap.
Maybe I'll take tomorrow off and crochet them anyway.
Lesson Plan Title: Caught up in a Web of Prepositions
Concept / Topic To Teach: Prepositions
Age Level: 6-8 years
Time: About 30 minutes
General Goals:
1) Recognition of simple prepositions.
2) Constructing sentences using prepositions.
3) Vocabulary and conversation review.
Required Materials: Puppets (Mr. Spider and Mr. Flyand Mr. Anderson) and a length of string for the demonstration. Paper plates and yarn or string for student webs.
Procedures: Begin with an overview of the prepositions that will be covered by writing them on the dry-erase board and reading them with the class. Give the definition of a preposition (A "where" wordaaagh and there's another pesky idea. Werewords.), and ask for any other prepositions the students may know.
With the help of Mr. Spider, you can demonstrate a few propositions. "Mr. Spider is on the box, near the box, etc." Mr. Spider can ask students where to go next.
But wait! Mr. Fly keeps interrupting. He's in the air, above the box, and he's making a lot of noise. (I'm going to make him out of a can, and fill him with beans, and put him on a string at the end of a stick.) Mr. Spider has a plan, though. He'll lay a trap. With the students calling out the words with him, he can make a web by going over, under, around, and through. Until Mr. Fly hits him in the head. Then, it's up to the students to help him finish his web.
Evaluation: Students will show their understanding of the prepositions by giving Mr. Spider instructions.
Needs a lot more editing. And I'm not sure about spending so much time talking to myself. Other drawbacks: the likelihood of me using the words "nemesis" "antagonist" or "formidable opponent." Today I was thinking about explaining to the "kids" that they'll never have to use a word like "preposition" unless they grow up to teach English like me. But then I went off on a mental tangent that ended up trying to explain how to pronounce antecedent. One should never say the word "antecedent" to a roomfull of ESL students, right? Maybe there can be a third puppet called Auntie Seedant, who grows a lot of flowers and hires Mr. Spider to get rid of the bugs. His web holds the power of prepositions, and it's all for Auntie Seedant. Though Mr. Spider is... actually the antecedent in most cases. So Mr. Spider... is... Auntie Seedant? And this is where it stops being an ESL class for children and starts being some kind of psychological drama.
(I'm pretty sure this is a sign that I'm well-suited to teaching kids but goshdarnit it is not helping me get ready for anything official.)
(Or it's a sign that I'm in serious need of help.)
Mr. Spider was going to be a policeman. I may have even done a terrible, terrible gruff British accent. (... Vimes!Spider ftw.) The puppet would have a lovely little policeman's cap.
Maybe I'll take tomorrow off and crochet them anyway.
Lesson Plan Title: Caught up in a Web of Prepositions
Concept / Topic To Teach: Prepositions
Age Level: 6-8 years
Time: About 30 minutes
General Goals:
1) Recognition of simple prepositions.
2) Constructing sentences using prepositions.
3) Vocabulary and conversation review.
Required Materials: Puppets (Mr. Spider and Mr. Fly
Procedures: Begin with an overview of the prepositions that will be covered by writing them on the dry-erase board and reading them with the class. Give the definition of a preposition (A "where" word
With the help of Mr. Spider, you can demonstrate a few propositions. "Mr. Spider is on the box, near the box, etc." Mr. Spider can ask students where to go next.
But wait! Mr. Fly keeps interrupting. He's in the air, above the box, and he's making a lot of noise. (I'm going to make him out of a can, and fill him with beans, and put him on a string at the end of a stick.) Mr. Spider has a plan, though. He'll lay a trap. With the students calling out the words with him, he can make a web by going over, under, around, and through. Until Mr. Fly hits him in the head. Then, it's up to the students to help him finish his web.
Evaluation: Students will show their understanding of the prepositions by giving Mr. Spider instructions.
Needs a lot more editing. And I'm not sure about spending so much time talking to myself. Other drawbacks: the likelihood of me using the words "nemesis" "antagonist" or "formidable opponent." Today I was thinking about explaining to the "kids" that they'll never have to use a word like "preposition" unless they grow up to teach English like me. But then I went off on a mental tangent that ended up trying to explain how to pronounce antecedent. One should never say the word "antecedent" to a roomfull of ESL students, right? Maybe there can be a third puppet called Auntie Seedant, who grows a lot of flowers and hires Mr. Spider to get rid of the bugs. His web holds the power of prepositions, and it's all for Auntie Seedant. Though Mr. Spider is... actually the antecedent in most cases. So Mr. Spider... is... Auntie Seedant? And this is where it stops being an ESL class for children and starts being some kind of psychological drama.
(I'm pretty sure this is a sign that I'm well-suited to teaching kids but goshdarnit it is not helping me get ready for anything official.)
(Or it's a sign that I'm in serious need of help.)
