Module 4 –Assignment - Lesson Sharing

Preparation/Planning

ESL Course:
Burlington English
Level Beginning Intermediate Advanced Multilevel
Topic/Theme: House
Ad x □ □ □

Listening Students will listen to questions regarding apartment inquiries.

Objectives Students will engage in an apartment inquiry conversation.

Speaking Students will describe the apartment unit that interests them.

Students will engage in an apartment inquiry conversation.

Reading Students will read and understand housing acronyms.

Students will read online apartment ads.

Writing Students will describe an apartment based on a floor plan.

Bridging

What background We have been learning about key vocabulary words that relate to housing:
knowledge do the apartment, bathroom, bedroom, dining room, laundry room, living room,
students already have? basement, closet, garage, house, kitchen, rent.

Have played several games to make sure that students know the meaning of
these words. So far, we played matamosca, caramba, and pictionary. Students
made their own flashcards. On one side, students wrote the words in English.
On the other side, students drew pictures that depict the words. Since I have
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students who speak different native languages, I decided to use pictures as our
common language.

What will you do to Students match the vocabulary words with the corresponding acronyms. Some
activate or link of these words were not introduced yet.
students’ prior
knowledge or Apt.BR, BA, dep: Deposit, elec: Electricity, elev: Elevator, mo: Monthly, avail:
experience to upcoming available
content?
I will show them apartment rental ads and point out the acronyms.

Engagement with New Material

What will you do to I will teach students acronyms for housing.

engage students in the
active learning of the Then, using Google Slides, I will choose a floor plan and describe it using
new material? acronyms as if I were a realtor. We will do this as a whole group.

What will you do to Once the model email is completed, students will choose a different floor plan
ensure that all students and write the email as a triad. Students can choose to use paper/pencil or
are engaged? Google Slides. If needed, students can write the email independently.

Application

What opportunities will Apartment.com

you provide students to
practice and apply their I will show students how to create a free account with their student email. I will
knowledge/skill to meet also show students how to navigate the website. I will point out which tab to
the objectives for this press to look for the number of bedrooms/bathrooms, pricing, floor plans,
lesson? To apply to available units, amenities, restrictions, and lease information.
other contexts?
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Students will share at least two apartments that they explored with their
partners.

Assessment

How will you assess I will have students work on CASAS Practice: Housing Ad.
their learning of the
objectives? I will evaluate students’ mock phone calls.

Closing

How will you help I will conduct a mock phone call with each student. Students will pretend to call
students recap the an apartment office to ask about the apartment they saw online. I will ask a
learning and link it back series of questions and students will answer them.
to the original purpose
of the lesson?

Technology

If applicable for your I will show students how to use Google Slides. However, if it becomes too
context and your cumbersome, students have the option of writing their emails on paper/pencil.
lesson, how will you
meaningfully integrate I will show students how to create a free apartment.com account, using their
technology into your school account. Since it is not linked to their personal account, they don’t have
lesson? to worry about getting their emails filled with notifications from
apartment.com. They will also learn how to navigate online platforms.