Storytelling Technique for Elementary School Classes

Objective: Listening comprehension for warm-up. Building up self-confidence in your students by letting them guess
Level:  Used for 5^th and 6^th year ES students, small to mid-sized classes.
Materials:  Short story for Children, A4-size of pictures taken from the internet or personal pictures
Required:  Some knowledge of Japanese to judge the student`s understanding.
Time: v5-10 minutes
Based on:  English stories for Children, http://www.rong-chang.com/easykids/

Counting Objects (Lesson Plan)

Objective: Counting; Students should know 1-20, but 1-100 is even better
Skills: Speaking
Grade: ES 4th Graders
Materials: Bingo Sheets, Hidden Pictures, Plastic Jenga Sets
Time: 50 minutes

Shall I give you this BOMB?

Objective: Practice “Shall I”/”May I” questions
Skills: Speaking, listening
Grade:  JHS
Materials: Objects/slips of paper for “Bomb”
Time: 7-10 minutes

Translation Evolution

Objective: Practice/highlight homophones, words that are visually similar, and words with multiple meanings
Skills: reading, writing, dictionary skills
Grade: JHS 1st year
Materials: dictionary,worksheet
Time: 25 minutes

Travel Brochure Writing

Objective: Create a travel brochure for a  foreign country
Skills: reading, writing, creativity
Grade: SHS (Advanced level)
Materials: Paper/Worksheet that has a places for students to draw and write, Markers, Country Photos (either folded up or put in envelopes), dictionaries
Time: 30-50 minutes

Comparative Championship

Objective: Comparatives
Skills: Listening, Writing
Grade: JHS 2nd years
Materials: None
Time: 5-10 minutes

“Shall we…”

Objective: Making Plans
Skills: Listening, reading, and speaking
Grade: JHS 3rd years
Materials: Slips of paper in two different colors. Statements (e.g. I like shopping.) are on one color and questions (e.g. Shall we go to the mall?) are on the other color of paper.
Time: 20 minutes