Teaching Demonstration with Cooperative Learning and TBL at CGSH

Teaching Demonstration at CGSH

With Lesson 6 already covered by the original teacher, this class is aimed at demonstrating how incorporating authentic application of the language and some cooperative learning activity techniques can help motivate and engage students with intriguing learning tasks.

I. Pre-Task

Objective 1: With the given activity, students are able to match vocabulary words with their corresponding pictures correctly.

Activity 1: Hammer it

Assessment 1: Observation, Check List

Objective 2: With the given map, students are able to give directions to those desired locations correctly.

Activity 2: Giving Directions

Assessment 2: Mini Whiteboard, Oral Report Rubrics

Objective3: With the prepared questions about travel experience, students are able to brainstorm ideas as many as they can.

Activity3: Think-Pair-Share

Assessment 3: Observation, Oral Report Rubrics

II. Main Task

Objective 4: Divided into 5new groups(Expert Groups), students are able to complete their tasks collaboratively. 

Activity 4: Jigsaw Tasks with a variation of the Literature Circle

Assessment 4: Observation, Check List

Objective 5: Working in their original groups (Home Groups), each student shares what they accomplished and helps with the travel brochure.

Activity 5:  Creating Travel Brochure for Wuchi Fish Market

Assessment 5: Check List, Poster Rubrics

III. Post-Task

Objective 6: With students’ brochures posted on the wall, the first three and the other three take turns elaborating on their posters and walking around to learn from each other respectively.

Activity 6: Gallery Walk

Assessment 6: Observation, Oral Report Rubrics

Objective 7: After the Walk, students work in groups and decide on the most inspirational group so that they can improve their originals accordingly.

Activity 7: Discussion and Oral Report

Assessment 7: Peer Evaluation

IV. Teaching Procedures

1. Greeting, introducing the topic and what we’re going to achieve today (2 mins)

2. Review Reading on p.66 (3 mins)

3. Review how to give directions (5 mins)

4. Eliciting students’ travel experience (3 mins)

5. Introducing some travel brochure templates (2 mins)

6. Introduction to the role sheets,Students taking on their tasks in Home Groups, Expert Group (15 mins)

7. Gallery Walk (10mins)

8. Peer Evaluation, Discussion (2 mins), Report (3 mins)

9.Wrap-up (3 mins)

Creating a Travel Brochure for Wuchi Fish Market

Role Sheet Group: Paragraph 1 Rewrite: No.________  Name:___________________ Rewrite Paragraph 1 on page 66 by filling in the blanks and creating your own sentences to describe your hometown, Wuchi.  Paragraph 2 Rewrite:No.________  Name:___________________ Rewrite Paragraph 2 on page 66 by filling in the blanks and creating your own sentences to describe your hometown, Wuchi. Map of the Fish Market:No.________  Name:___________________ Draw a map of the Fish Market. Giving Directions to Wuchi: No.________  Name:___________________ Give directions to the Fish Market. Graphic Designer(s):No.________  Name:___________________ Use your imagination and creativity to bring out the best of your group poster.

Paragraph 1 Rewrite

Wuchi Fish Market is a ______ place with ______ for _____ lovers. The fish market is divided into several areas, including a ______ ______ area, dining area and supermarket. There are plenty of freshly-caught ______, ______, ______ and ______. A popular way of experiencing the market is to _______________________________ and _________________________________________.

Paragraph 2 Rewrite

When you have the opportunity to visit Wuchi, you rally can ____________. You can spend ________ there __________________________. It doesn’t cost much to _______________________________________. You can also stop by ___________ and __________ along the western coast nearby to enjoy ___________________.

Map of the Wuchi Fish Market

Giving Directions to Wuchi

To get there, exit Highway____ at Taichung Harbor, or if coming directly from Taichung City, take T_____ H_____ Road. After passing the town of Sha Lu, turn ______ onto Chung Yi Road. Follow this road for about 3 or 4 k______s and turn ______ at Bei Ti Road. If driving, you will need to pay NT$50 to enter the parking area.

By Bus :

1. Cingshuei Township(清水鎮): take Fongyuan Bus(豐原客運) to Taichung Port(台中港), exit at Wuci stop(梧棲站)

By Car :

1. National number 1 highway(國道一號), exit Taichung Port Rd offramp(中港交流道), drive along Tai 12 route(台12線) pass Shalu(沙鹿) and Wuci(梧棲) to reach.

http://www.travelking.com.tw/eng/tourguide/taichung/taichung-port.html