SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY MS TEFL

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SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITYMS TEFL

• Class EFL 537 CALL LESSON PLAN
• Computer Assisted Language
• Learning
• Instructor Lyra Riabov
• Presented by Hsiu-nien Chen (Nora)
• Date 02/19/04

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Dangerous Earth Air pollution

• An Integrative Approach
• Language and technology

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Overview

• Description of the Class
• Material and Resources
• Objectives Goals
• Procedure of the Lesson
• Potential Problems
• Conclusion

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Description of class

• Length of lesson Three class periods.(1½ hours
  3)
• Grade level 6 grade
• Age 10-12 years old
• Class size 12 students
• Native language English, Spanish, Chinese

• Place Prince Elementary
• School
• Language proficiency level Intermediate
• Previous computer work Word processing,
  PowerPoint, accessing the Internet

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Materials

• Other materials
• Pencils
• Markers
• Poster board
• Pictures of air pollution

• Computer needs
• Computer lab
• The Internet access
• PowerPoint
• Word processing
• Color printer

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Dangerous Earth Air pollution

• Objectives
• Language skills
• Reading
• Writing
• Vocabulary
• Listening
• Speaking

• Computer skills
• Internet
• Word processing
• PowerPoint

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Dangerous Earth Air pollution

• Goals of the lesson
• Students will know
• What air pollution is
• What the major pollutants of air pollution are
• How air pollution impacts our health
• How to use Internet to find information and,
• How to internalize all of this information by
  playing games provided on the Internet

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Outline of the lesson

• Warm-up
• Presentation
• Practice
• Reading
• Note taking (use word processing)

• Play games
• Evaluation
• Assignment

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Warm-up On-line video
DAY 1

• Use the websiteUrban air pollution to
  lead students to the topic.

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Presentation
DAY 1

• Discuss that the earth is facing a lot of
  disasters which are mostly caused by humans.
• After showing the pictures of air pollution, tell
  students the most serious disaster is air
  pollution, and discuss what kind of impacts air
  pollution might have on the earth.
• Introduce the Air Quality Standards (AQS) and the
  Air Quality Index (AQI)
• Let students check what level of air quality they
  have in their own community

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Practice
DAY 2

• Divide students into four groups. Give them
• some websites to explore about air pollution,
• and have them use Word processing to take
• notes. Refer to the following questions
• What is air pollution?
• What are the major pollutants of air pollution?
• How air pollution impacts our health?

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Practice (cont)
DAY 2

• Here are some useful websites I suggest
• EduGreen
• Familydoctor
• Environment Protection Agency (EPA)

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Practice (cont)
DAY 3

• Have students play Quiz and Memory
• Games provided on the Internet

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Assignment
DAY 3

• After searching for information about air
  pollution, write a paragraph (about 150 words)
  which paraphrases from the article they read
  about solution of air pollution on the Internet.

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Evaluation

• Use the following three-point rubric to
• evaluate students' work during this lesson.
• Three points Students were highly engaged in
  class activities, and the homework they did was
  well-organized.
• Two points Students participated in class
  activities, and the homework they did got the
  main point, but it was not well-organized.
• One point Students participated minimally in
  class activities, and the homework they did
  didnt get the main point, and it was not
  well-organized.

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Potential problems

• If the network is down
• ?Go to the library and watch the video
• about the topic.
• If there are no available computers
• ?Set the time limit and take turns.
• If the students need additional training for
  computer skills
• ?Support them outside the class.