Midterm Exam 4 - BORA JUNG

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Midterm Exam 4

 M20081416  BORA JUNG

▶ Lesson 13. That's Too Bad.(1/4).

▶ Data: The extract from the elementary school English 6th graders' teachers'    book(6학년 지도서)

Do you want a game? Let's play 'Guess and Say Game'.

추측하여 말하기 놀이를 해 봅시다.

Let me show you how to do it.

교사가 직접 해 보이며 놀이 방법을 설명한다.

(1) 교사가 실물 화상기를 통해 하나의 카드를 보여 주며 학생들에게 팀별로 추측하여 말하게 한다.(이 때, 실물 화상기의 화면을 최대로 확대하여 무슨 카드인지 알아보기 어렵게 한다.)

T: Ann can't go to school today.

Ss: Why?

T: Look at the screen and guess the reason with your team members.

(2) 팀원들이 상의하여 팀별로 이유를 함께 말한다.

T: Did you guess? Each team, say the reason aloud together. Team A, you go first.

Team A: Because she has a cold.

Team B: Because she has a headache.

Team C: Because she has a stomachache.

(3) 교사가 실물 화상기의 화면을 원래의 크기대로 축소시켜 정답을 확인한 다음, 다함께 말해 본다.

Ss: Because she has a stomachache.

T: That's too bad.

(4) 맞게 짐작한 팀에게 점수를 준다

T: If you guessed correctly, you get a point.

(5)같은 방법으로 계속하여 점수를 많이 얻은 팀이 이긴다.

T: If you have the most points, you are the winner.

1-a) Imagine you want to teach this game. How do you answer these two questions ?

 S1) How do I win?

 S2) What do I get?

 In this teacher's book, the teacher uses a conditional statement to give them information of how to win.("If you have the most points, you are the winner.")

 What it comes to the second question, the teacher also uses the same way to explain it with the conditional sentence.(“If you guessed correctly, you get a point.”) But, that way is not appropriate because those statements are too long for 6th graders to understand. In addition, the conditional form is not contained in the English curriculum of elementary level.

Therefore, if I imagine I teach this game, first of all, I will try to demonstrate how to win and what they get like below.

T: Let's play 'Guess and Say Game'.

   Look.(Showing the certain part of the picture) This is a hidden picture.

   Guess! Who is this?

Ss: Ann?

T: Right. Ann can't go to school today. Guess! Why?

  (Drawing a table on a board)

	1	2	3	4	5
Team A
Team B
Team C
Team D
Team E

T: I need a helper. Who can help me?

   Look! you are team A. I'm team B. Team A, first.

   Ask to him, Ann can't go to school today. Guess! Why? Repeat.

(It might sound strange to call a person as a team, but I want to connect this        demonstration to next real game with several teams. So, I name the volunteer as      team A.)

Ss:  Ann can't go to school today. Guess! Why?

00: Umm, because she has a cold.

T:  I'm team B, ask to me.

Ss: Ann can't go to school today. Guess! Why?

T:  Because she has a headache.

   Then, look at the picture. (Showing the whole picture)

   Ann can't go to school today. Why?

Ss: (After checking the whole picture) Because she has a cold.

T: That's too bad. Who is right?

Ss: Team A.

T: Lucky! Team A got some points.

  (Scoring 10points for team A on the table) How many points?

Ss: 10 points.

T: Right. Look! (Writing 10 points one after another for team C like 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 )    Who wins now?

Ss: Team C.

T: Right. Wow! 50 points, team C is the winner. No cleaning after class. 

 (In my class, I give some students a exemption right of the cleaning after class to  praise their desirable behaviors. Most of students do not like cleaning after class, this prize gives a stimulus to students.)

 In my demonstration, the answers of two questions are like below.

 S1) How do I win?

T: Right. Look! (Writing 10 points one after another for team C like 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 ) Now, who wins?

Ss: Team C.

T: Right. Wow! 50 points, team C is the winner. No cleaning after class.

 S2) What do I get?

T:  Lucky! Team A got some points.

  (Scoring 10points for team A on the table) How many points?

Ss: 10 points.

1-b) Now you want to present the PARTS, MOVES, OUTCOMES and RULES of the game. In each case, you want to get the children's attention, give information, and check understanding. What does the teacher say?

 I try to present the PARTS, MOVES, OUTCOMES and RULES of the game.

 In each case, I present three parts with three different colors - getting attention, giving information, and checking understanding .

1) PARTS

- Look! You are team A. I'm team B. Team A, first.

2) MOVES:

- Look! This is a hidden picture.

 (Showing the certain part of the picture) Guess. Who is this?

3) OUTCOMES:

- Look at the picture. (Showing the whole picture) Ann can't go to school      today. Why?

- Who is right?

4) RULES:

- Ask to him, Ann can't go to school today. Guess! Why? Repeat.

- I'm team B, ask to me.

- Lucky! Team A got some points.

  (Scoring 10points for team A on the table) How many points?

- Look! (Writing 10 points one after another for team C like 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 )    Who wins now?

- Wow! 50 points, team C is the winner. No cleaning after class.

1-c) Which words are too long for Sixth Graders? Which sentences are too long for Sixth Graders? Can you change the WORDS into SENTENCES? Can you change the SENTENCES into exchange?

 I suppose that there are not so long words for 6th graders in this teacher's book, but 'reason' is not common but too formal for elementary school students. So, I exchanged the word for 'why' in my reconstructed data.

 Furthermore, these three sentences are too long for 6th graders because the number of those words are 8 ~ even 12words.

 Therefore, I tried to change them into simpler sentences or devide them by several shorter sentences in my data.

 For example,

- Let me show you how to do it. → (Just) Look! (Also, I show how to play           through the demonstration.)

- Look at the screen and guess the reason with your team members.

  → Look.(Showing the certain part of the picture) This is a hidden picture.

     Ann can't go to school today. Guess! Why?

- If you have the most points, you are the winner.

  → Wow! 50 points, team C is the winner.