Each week is composed of 2 classes. This is a tentative lesson plan, as there are holidays the kids might have a field trip, or exams, etc. The first class, I will introduce myself, the class rules, as well as an assessment test, so I am familiar with their level.
Please note, that week 1 begins when their textbooks arrive. Until then, my A level classes will do a reading on International Suicide Prevention Day, and B classes will review phonics.
Weeks 1-4 is basically a review of last year's grammar (7th grade, 100 level ESL). Week 5, the students begin to organize their thoughts for writing and practice editing.
WEEK 1 Subj/Verb/Object
Class 1: pg. 5-6
Class 2 pg. 7-9
WEEK 2 Prepositions + Capitalization
Class 1: pg. 10-12
Class 2: pg. 13-15
WEEK 3 Kinds of Sentences
Class 1: pg. 18-20
Class 2
WEEK 4 Building Vocabulary
Class 1: pg. 21-22
Class 2 pg. 23a
WEEK 5 Writing and Editing
Class 1: pg. 23b-24
Class 2: pg. 25-28
REVIEW/TEST
Showing posts with label Unit 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unit 1. Show all posts
Monday, July 30, 2018
Sunday, July 29, 2018
The Price of Fashion: Studying the Garment Industry
Central Theme Question: We buy 80 million pieces of clothing each year. How does buying things, or buying into an image impact the world and ourselves? How does buying clothes we don’t need, impact the environment?
Handouts: A Class/BClass
LESSON 1-2
Learning Question: Why Are We Studying the Fashion Industry? What is ‘Fast Fashion’?
Fast Fashion Social Effects It’s cheaper to buy clothes made from low-cost economies. Developing governments are at the corporations’ mercy because they are under the constant threat of relocation. Wanting to keep the corporation from locating to another poor country, governments will avoid enforcing local labor or environmental laws. Companies profit without any responsibility. but there are problems in their Supply Chain (sweatshops).
LESSON 3-4: Exploitation of Workers
Learning Question: What are some negative consequences of the production of clothes?
Critics of the fashion industry say garment factories are not safe and the workers’ human rights are not guaranteed, and the presence of these corporation keeps people in poverty. Likewise, the majority of garment workers are women who are separated from their children because of long hours and lack of childcare.
There are 40 million garment factory workers, 4 million are in Bangladesh which has 5,000 factories, 85% of these factory garment workers are female. They are paid less than 1-2$ a day, and are beaten if they try to unionize for better working conditions. In the interest of Big Business, owners/managers will “cut corners” in safety conditions which has had some horrible effects.
Case Studies:
Compare the worker's movement and the minimum wage of both countries. What can we conclude?
Case Studies:
Compare the worker's movement and the minimum wage of both countries. What can we conclude?
- Rana Plaza Disaster: 931 people dead, and management was aware of the workers’ safety concerns
- 2014 Labor Unrest and Police Violence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
B. Consumerism and Unhappiness
LESSON 5a. Consumerism and Unhappiness
Lesson Question: What are some negative social consequences for consumers?
LESSON 5b-6 Being Fashionable Can be Unhealthy High heels cause arthritis and damaged knees (A/B)
Group Activity: Media Literacy and Decoding Advertisments' Unhealthy Body Image
Group Activity: Media Literacy and Decoding Advertisments' Unhealthy Body Image
LESSON 7-8: BODY IMAGE Children worrying about their body image,
LESSON 9: BODY IMAGE France fights anorexia – level 1
REVIEW/ TEST
II. Impact on Environment
Landfills; Clothes are disposable, or we ship the unwanted clothes to the developing world, destroying their local clothes industry (ie Haiti).
The land is the factory and cotton is modified (GMO). The company Monsanto has a monopoly on seeds. Their redesigned seed is patented so their plant can take on more of the chemicals, like nitrogen fertilizers, which Monsanto also sells. The poor farmers fall into debt and often commit suicide by drinking their poison. (In India 1 farmer kills themselves every 30 minutes).
Resources:
These “ecological narcotics” (pesticides, fertilizers) contaminate the soil and drinking water. The side effects for the farmers and their families include birth defects and cancer.
B. Leather
Kripor, India Tannery pollution produces 50 million liters of toxic wastewater daily
Chromium and other “effluents” produce liver cancer and other liver problems.
C. Dyes
Vibrant colors, prints, and fabric finishes are appealing features of fashion, but many of these are achieved with toxic chemicals. Textile dying is the second largest polluter of clean water globally, after agriculture.
D. Polyester
Polyester is the most popular fabric used for fashion. But when polyester garments are washed in washing machines, they shed microfibres that add to the increasing levels of plastic in our oceans. These microfibres are so tiny they easily pass through sewage and wastewater treatment plants into our waterways, but because they are not biodegradable, they are a serious threat to aquatic life. Small creatures like plankton eat the microfibres, which then make their way up the food chain to fish and shellfish eaten by humans.
III. Solutions
The current system of capitalism requires people to be big consumers, to be materialistic. Economist Richard Wolf says that we need to rethink capitalism and improve our economic system. There is nothing democratic or equal about capitalism, which is based on a classist system. The American tradition of Black Friday embodies all that is materialistic and selfish in this kind of mentality.
Part 2: Discussion
Where do you usually buy your clothing? Have you ever purchased clothing from a used clothing store? Why or why not? Is used clothing in fashion in your hometown?
Resources:
https://taiwanmarketresearch.com/2015/10/16/fashion-industry-in-taiwan/
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/08/27/2003699274
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/08/27/2003699275
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2018/09/23/2003700965
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/08/27/2003699274
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/08/27/2003699275
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2018/09/23/2003700965
Videos: True Cost
The Stream - The true cost of fashion
Counting the Cost - Bangladesh: The cost of fashion
A solution for a sustainable fashion industry | Fredrik Wikholm | TEDxGöteborg
Fast Fashion’s Effect on People, The Planet, & You
Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price
Made in Bangladesh: Behind the Factory Fire - REWIND, The Machinists
Do we change it? Ethical fashion documentary [English]
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Unit 1: Level Assessment and Phonics Review
I. Phonics Review
The Alphabet
The Alphabet
II. Reading 1: A Map (short a)
Vocabulary: van, Dan, map, gas, at, cap, can, tank, glad, bank
III. Writing: “My Favorite Food”
Do they know what a complete sentence is or the parts of a paragraph? Since they are new, I am having them write right off the bat to asses their writing level. It will help me to know what sort of skills they already have mastered and those they need to improve on.
TOPIC SENTENCE: MAIN IDEA
DETAILS: SUPPORTS MAIN IDEA
CLOSING SENTENCE: RESTATES MAIN IDEA, SUMMARIZES THE PARAGRAPH
Do they know what a complete sentence is or the parts of a paragraph? Since they are new, I am having them write right off the bat to asses their writing level. It will help me to know what sort of skills they already have mastered and those they need to improve on.
DETAILS: SUPPORTS MAIN IDEA
CLOSING SENTENCE: RESTATES MAIN IDEA, SUMMARIZES THE PARAGRAPH
IV. Grammar: Parts of Speech
Nouns 名詞 (More Practice, Plural, Many/Much)
people
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places
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things
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the teacher/s
my mother
John
a doctor
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the classroom
the park
England
a department store
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a pencil
a car
a cat
a house
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Verbs 動詞 (To Be, More Practice, Irregular )
I
You
We
They
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run
eat
write
walk
go
play
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(in the park.)
(pizza.)
(my homework.)
(to my house.)
(to school.)
(with my friend.)
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++ With He, She, and It, you have to add –s (or –es) to the verb:
He
She
It
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runs
eats
writes
walks
goes
plays
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(in the park.)
(pizza.)
(my homework.)
(to my house.)
(to school.)
(with my friend.)
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Adjectives 形容詞
EX: A bird -> A big red beautiful bird
My car -> My old, dirty car
This story -> This story is short and funny.
V. Reading 2: Mixed Gender Events Added 2020 Olympics
2020年夏季奧林匹克運動會
Vocabulary: Review Game
1. Mixed (adj.)2.Gender (n.)
3.Archery (n.)
4.Sailing (n./v.)
5.Triathlon (n.)
6.Urban (adj.)
7.traditional (adj.)
8a. event: 項目, EX: The women's 200 metre event will be followed by the men's 100 metres. 女子200公尺賽跑之後是男子100公尺賽跑項目。
8b. event:事情，事件
EX: This year's Olympic Games will be the biggest ever sporting event. 今年的奧林匹克運動會將是歷史上規模最大的體育盛事。
BMX freestyle
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There will be more mixed-gender events [項目] at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. They will be in archery, sailing, triathlon and other sports. There will be mixed relays [接力賽] in athletics [田徑運動] and swimming. A swimming champion said: "It's something that would make things a little bit more fun…[Mixed events] are great to watch."
There will also be more urban sports and more women in Tokyo. Not everyone wants urban sports, like skateboarding, 3-on-3 basketball, and BMX freestyle. These are to get more young people interested in the Games. There will be fewer athletes for traditional events like weightlifting and wrestling.
Get into four groups. You believe your sport is the most fun. Present to the class why the other sports are not as interesting.
Role A – The Marathon 馬拉松賽跑
You think the marathon is the best Olympics event. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their events. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): wrestling, skateboarding or swimming.
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Role B – Wrestling 摔跤運動
You think wrestling is the best Olympics event. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their events. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): the marathon, skateboarding or swimming.
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Role C – Skateboarding 滑板運動
You think skateboarding is the best Olympics event. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their events. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): wrestling, the marathon or swimming.
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Role D – Swimming 游泳
You think swimming is the best Olympics event. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their events. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): wrestling, skateboarding or the marathon.
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Partner Work: How can we make the Olympics more interesting?我們如何使奧運更有趣?Complete this table with your partner.
How?
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Why?
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Opening ceremony 開幕式
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Stadiums 體育場
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Medals 獎牌 ceremony
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Athletics 田徑運動
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Cycling 騎單車／腳踏車
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Closing ceremony 閉幕儀式
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VII. Assessment Test
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