Lesson Plan 05M1 - Topic4 - Family Time

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Air Force Culture and Language Center

Maxwell AFB, AL.
1 Xxx 12
AIR FORCE CULTURE AND LANGUAGE CENTER

LESSON PLAN -Topic 4
(Level 0+ )
LESSON TITLE: Family Time
DOMAIN: Family and Kinship
TIME: 2 Hrs.
METHOD: Contextualized interactive communication, culturally embedded content, guided
discussion, application with feedback.
LESSON REFERENCES: Find lesson references and at the end of document and under the
Lesson Plan tab of the class homeroom.
AUDIO/VISUAL INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS:
1. PowerPoint - to present new vocabulary, phrases and grammar rules.
2. Whiteboard - to explain and illustrate key points.
3. Authentic Materials [list all materials used in class].
STUDENT PREPARATION: Students should check for assignments on the eMentor
homeroom webpage and prepare them before the next class.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Understand how Families spend Time in target
country.
COGNITIVE OBJECTIVE:
1. Know the popular past-times of families in TC.
2. Apply knowledge and language skills to real-life settings.
COGNITIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
1. Identify three typical activities for families in TC.
2. Describe how a family spends time together.
3. Ask and answer questions about family fun time.
AFFECTIVE OBJECTIVE:
1. Receive information about family time in TC.
2. Respond to instructions and class activities.
AFFECTIVE SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR:
1. Voluntarily engage in popular family past-times of TC.
2. Willingly share pictures of some of your favorite family time.

LESSON OUTLINE:
CONTENT
INTRODUCTION & REVIEW:
Review homework for todays lesson and discuss any questions; recall
prior learning that is useful to help students acquire the new content;
begin with grabbing the students attention with something interesting yet
relevant to the lessons topic, followed by an explanation of the learning
objectives.
PRESENTATION:
Introduce new material and use interactive activities and other learning
aids to improve comprehension and appreciation.
ESTIMATED
TIME
10 minutes
20 minutes
Suggested activities:
Present key vocabulary of the corresponding semantic field
(see vocabulary list below) by presenting a chart/graph
describing the popular family activities in TC; and/or by
reading sentence-long answers to a questionnaire asking
people in TC about their favorite family activities; and/or
by showing students pictures of TCs popular activities for
families with their descriptions; and/or by watching video
clips of people being interviewed in TC about how they
spend time with their family, and presenting students with
the sentence-long transcripts of the key parts; and/or if
applicable, introduce or review a grammatical or lexical
feature that is relevant to the material and likely to occur
in the context of the topic.
GUIDED PRACTICE:
30 minutes
Provide opportunities for the students to drill on new learning and commit
it to memory. Provide timely feedback.
Students read short sentences about activities in a TC
family then students read a summary of the text with
words missing and fill in the blanks; and/or show pictures
of different activities popular in TC and ask students to
match the pictures with their descriptions, and then to
write sentences for each picture (e.g. they are camping,
they are playing cards); and/or show a calendar with
certain dates and times circled and ask students to write a
sentence about the activities (e.g. on Monday, the 5th of

August, at 8 am we can go camping); and/or using a
table, ask students to question each other about what
they like to do with their family and to write down the
information (provide a word bank); and/or students listen
to a conversation between two people discussing activities
(e.g. week-end, summer) in TC and ask students to identify
the activities; and/or watch a short video and ask
students to answer multiple choice questions and to
describe the activities (provide a word bank); and/or
students read a short article about the most popular activities in
TC and write a title for the article.
BREAK
10 minutes
APPLICATION:
35 minutes
Allow the students to apply the new knowledge and skills to new
situations. Provide timely feedback.
Students name three typical activities for families in TC
and their own three favorite activities; and/or students
share pictures of their favorite family moments and
explain/describe the pictures (e.g. we went camping last
month); and/or students share their experience in
participating in activities with their host family in TC (if
applicable); and/or students discuss in English their
interest in popular family activities in TC (e.g. what they
are interested in and why/if they are not interested, why
not).
FEEDBACK & CONCLUSION:
Determine whether the learning objectives are achieved, where the gaps
may be, and how to bridge the gaps.
Students briefly summarize what they have learned in the lesson; identify
need for more work on the lessons topic by asking students for feedback
and address any questions students may have; provide constructive,
positive feedback for students according to their performance in the
assimilation phase; assign homework for next lesson; conclude the lesson
and give a sneak peak of the next lesson.
VOCABULARY LIST
15 minutes
English
Target Language
Board game night

Camping
Gather
Important words of the semantic field
Precious
Fishing
To eat out
Fun
To visit
Picnic
Dinner
Cook out
Tradition
Always
Useful phrases for

discussion
How does your family spend

time together?
We usually (go to the park, go
to the movies, etc.)
We like to
What do you like to do?
Quality time
Homework:
Write several fun activities with your family when you were a kid. OR
Write sentence-long descriptions of your picture of the favorite family
activity (e.g. October 2008, my parents and I went fishing.)
LESSON REFERENCES: Provide lesson references such pictures, videos, audio links and
texts here.
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Provide additional references and supplemental material
that aid to improve comprehension and appreciation here.
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Air Force Culture and Language Center

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