Capstone 1 - Instruct & Model

This is for a writing prompt in the course: Teach English Now! Capstone Project 1 by Arizona State University through Coursera. 

Hopefully, you've taken some time to think of how to effectively instruct and model for your new lesson.

• Your lesson instruction should show evidence of
• Being sticky: memorable, usable and durable
• Using teacher talk
• Keeping the lesson conversational

Using one of the two instructional methods: deductive (teach, model, question) or inductive (model, infer, elaborate)

• Your model should show evidence of
• Allowing the students to try using the information before providing a model
• Providing more than one model for the students

LESSON 1

Instruct & Model

After the Objective Discussion, show the sentences that are used in the warm-up activity. Label each sentence according to what is being talked about.

• Number of family members/number of siblings
• Parents’ jobs and/or parents’ likes/dislikes
• Siblings’ jobs/level of education and/or Siblings’ likes/dislikes

Explain how to use S-V-O sentence structures and provide key phrases to be used when they are answering questions about their family.

• My family has ____ members.
• I have ___ siblings
• My father ____  /  My mother ____
• My brother/sister ____ / My brother/sister also _____

Do a Q/A with the students. Present another model essay that is aligned to the labels and questions. Present the sentences one by one.

**This is my family. I have two brothers. My mother works as a businesswoman. My father is a professional football player. My older brother likes taking photos. My younger brother plays tennis. We have two dogs

**My family is a group of four including me, my father, my mother and my brother. My father owns a convenience store. My mother is a homemaker and she cooks the best food. My brother studies engineering in college. He also plays basketball during his free time.