Lesson plan for elementary school (5th-7th grade) – one 60-minute lesson
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Introduction – warm-up game (10 min)
Good morning, everyone! We will speak English most of the time today but if you don’t understand or if you cannot remember the correct word, it is ok to ask in Norwegian. We are going to play a game on iPads today. But before we start with that, I have a little warm-up game for you. In this bag, there are some things. I want you to put your hand in, grab one of the things and without looking, tell me what you are holding. Then take it out and we will see if you were correct.
Things in the bag: yellow metal car, red plastic pen, empty plastic bottle, green lego/duplo block, small metal spoon, small white and orange ball, white plastic cup. Try to have them use both nouns and adjectives.
Good job! Now, do you know what a noun is (or substantiv in Norwegian)? How about an adjective? Can you give me some examples? Good. We will need nouns and adjectives in the game today. Let me now show you what the game is about.
Game cinematic (5 min)
Play the opening cimenatic introduction to the game from YouTube on the class projector (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dngx4TKi7ro), ideally on 0.75 speed for this age group. Summarize in English or Norwegian after: Ok, so let’s see if everybody knows what the game is about. Can someone tell me what the goal is in the game? What do we need to do? How do we do it? Etc.
Playtime (35-40 min)
Ok, so now it’s time to start playing. You will play in pairs and we would like you to talk to your partner and help each other find solutions to the problems in the game. You don’t need to watch the intro again; you can skip it. We will walk around and help you. Make sure that you read what is written on the screen. The game will give you ideas and instructions. Remember that you need to use nouns (names of things) and adjectives (descriptions of things) and write them down in the magic notebook. They will then appear in the game.
The teacher(s) walk around the classroom and help pupils advance in the game if needed. Try to ask questions leading them to possible solutions instead of giving direct instructions. Point out the use of the built-in dictionary if needed (most players discover it quickly themselves).
Wrap-up (5-10 min)
Collect the iPads before summarizing. Elicit some nouns and adjectives the pupils used in the game. Repeat the definitions and uses of nouns and adjectives.