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Congratulations on the success of passing the first part

of your journey at Whales English!
You’ve reached at our second stage ‒ a mock class

Application Background Service

Mock Class
Submission Check Agreement

A mock class is a 30-minute live meeting including a short demo and a short Q&A session.
• Please see page 2 the mock instructions to prepare for your mock class.
• Please see page 4 the lesson material to demonstrate your mock class.
• Please see page 8 the evaluation criteria to succeed in your mock class.
Mock Instructions

You are required to present a 10-minute mock lesson demonstrating your approaches to
teaching a phonics and reading piece of Reach Higher from National Geographic Learning. This lesson falls into
the level scale of GKB-G1B(CCSS) and the age scale of 4-7.

In your demo, we’re expecting:

• Professionalism and Good Attitude: This can be reflected in your preparation, teaching environment and
demeanor for the lesson.
• Clear and Concise Instructions: Clear, explicit and level-appropriate verbal instructions and prompt visual
aids such as annotation on the screen.
• Effective Verbal and Physical Guidance: Effective guidance to encourage high student talking time with Total
Physical Response integrated.
• Good Classroom Management Skills: Great pacing, logical transition and error correction shows a good
classroom management skill.
• Extension and Questioning Skills: Ability to generate comprehension questions and make connections with
the lesson and the individual.
Mock Instructions

In your demo, you’re encouraged to add:

Supplemental Material: Pictures, videos and props to make it more effective and fun.
Extra Skills or Strategies: Anything that you think would apply such as Repetition, Scaffolding & Modeling...etc.

Gather your teaching materials, procedures and strategies for supporting your target student from the level &
age scale provided. Develop your own comprehension questions and present them throughout the process.
Please strictly follow the steps listed below:

• 1. Share the lesson material with the interviewer using screen-share function on Zoom.
• 2. State your target student (level/age) and elaborate on the procedures you have designed for the lesson.
• 3. Introduce extra skills or supplemental material you have added to the lesson (if any).
• 4. Present the lesson with the interviewer who is going to be your student.
Warmup – Phonics Fun
Initial sounds & blend words

Goals

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plane
What do 00:00
BIG Introduce this family photo. Guide students to talk about the labels. Have

Question families do? students read and repeat the words, focus on the blends and initial sounds. 02:00
While-Reading

Families help each other. Families celebrate birthdays.

While-Reading - Build comprehension
TG 1. Model how to read with appropriate intonation and natural pausing. Then have students read.
2. Have students talk about the pictures using comprehension and follow-up questions. Example: How do you help your family? 03:00
How do your family celebrate birthdays?
While-Reading

Families play together. Families laugh together.

While-Reading - Build comprehension
TG 1. Model how to read with appropriate intonation and natural pausing. Then have students read. 03:00
2. Have students talk about the pictures using comprehension and follow-up questions. Example: What are the families doing? How do they feel?
Post-Reading

help

What
Families Do
Together

I learned that _____.

Post-Reading – Retell the story & Make conclusion

TG 1. Guide students to fill in the thinking map and use annotation tools to type in the words.
2. Help and encourage students to retell the story. Then, give a conclusion about what they’ve learned. Use the given sentence structure. 02:00
3. Make connection. Have students talk about their own family. (Optional)
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Criteria
Evaluation Criteria