Lesson no. 8

Lesson no. 8
3 July 2009 / Friday
(16:05 – 17:40)

Topics of the day:

General class:
Opposites (Part 1)

Beginners:
Actions – What is happening in the pictures? (Part 2)

PART 1:
I used a handout from last year about ‘opposites’. I explained the students what was meant by the word ‘opposites’. The students were asked to choose the right opposites from the list and make sentences of the words and their opposites. The handout that was used is as follows:

PART 2:
While the students were busy with the handout I explained another handout to the beginners. It was about actions. I asked the students to look at the pictures and write what was taking place in them e.g. He is cooking. The handout can be found below:

While the beginners were busy with their handout, I went back to the general class. I went through the list of all words and explained each word that wasn’t clear. We also discussed the first part of the exercise i.e. finding the opposites of all the words. The moods were placed in the handout as an extra item and were explained. Any new or confusing words were explained.

Some other words that were explained in connection to this handout are as follows:
- the use of beautiful (for women or things) and handsome (for men)
- narrow-minded vs. broad-minded
- negative vs. positive (can be used for + and -, but also for humans and feeling)