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General Cleaning Vocational English Language Training

Module 2

Module Duration: 2 hours (4:00-6:00, Tuesday)

Module Description: Teach 12 basic vocabulary words with accompanying activities.

Module Goals:

Have students successfully sign in on their “replica timecard.”

Teach the following words:

o Duster

o Brush

o Rag

o Sponge

o Toilet

o Toilet Paper

o Floor

o Bathtub

o Shower

o Mirror

o Sink

o Carpet

Review the words through classroom activities

Send students home with vocabulary list and activity handouts to study

Module Materials:

Sign-in sheet

Day 2 PowerPoint

o Vocabulary slides

o Cleaning Tools Matching Game

o Bathroom Review Activity

o Carpet v. Floor Activity

Flashcards (classroom set)

Props for hands-on activities/demonstrations

Hand out for Cleaning Tools Matching Game

Take-home vocabulary sheet

Cleaning tools video

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Topic Content Media/Materials/Notes

Fill out

timesheet

(10 Min.)

Have students fill out their sign-in/time sheet

when they first arrive in class.

Tell them that it is like a timesheet that they

will be required to fill out for their employer.

Make sure each student has done the first

week correctly.

Show them where in the classroom they can

find the time and date (you can write it for

them on the board)

ACTIVITY: Timesheet

Introductions

(10 Min) Introduce yourself

Ask for student introductions

o Ask them to say their name, where

they’re from, how long they’ve been here

and their address or crossroads.

ACTIVITY:

Have students come to the front of

the class and introduce themselves.

Overview of

class/video

(10 Min.)

Tell them that we will be using PowerPoint and

activities like last class to learn about cleaning

items.

If any of the items are available show them to

give the students an idea of what we will be

covering.

Show the cleaning tools video

o Start at 2:50

MATERIALS: Cleaning tools video

Go over

cleaning items

vocabulary

(5 Min)

Duster, brush, rag, sponge

MATERIALS: PowerPoint Module 2

DEMONSTATIONS: When teaching

each word show them how to use the

item if the prop is available.

For example: Grab the rag, spray it

with the spray bottle and clean off the

whiteboard.

Cleaning

Tools

Matching

Game

(10 Min)

Do the PowerPoint activity titled “Cleaning

Tools Matching Game”

MATERIALS: PowerPoint Module 2

HANDOUT: Cleaning Tools

Matching Game handout

ACTIVITY:

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Review with the class the answers

and make sure they get the right

answers on their handout.

When going over each answer have a

student come demonstrate how to use

the item as you have them repeat the

word.

Restroom

Cleaning

Video

(8 minutes)

Show Restroom Cleaning video MATERIALS: linked to PPTR

“Items to

Clean”

Vocabulary

PowerPoint

presentation

(10 Min)

Begin “Items to Clean” vocabulary review on

the PowerPoint

o Toilet

o Toilet paper

o Floor

o Bathtub

o Shower

o Mirror

o Sink

o Carpet

MATERIALS: PowerPoint Module 2

DEMONSTRATIONS: When

teaching each word emphasize the

cleaning tool that goes along with it.

Such as scrub brush with toilet.

BREAK

(10 Min) Give the class a 10 minute break

Make sure that they sign out on their timesheet

Make sure that they also sign back in.

ACTIVITY: Replica Timesheet

Flashcard

Practice

(10 Min)

Review with flashcards

Have the students work in groups to test each

other.

DEMONSTRATION - Show them

how to lay all of the cards down with

picture up and to turn it over and read

and say aloud the word.

Bathroom

field-trip Note: This activity may not work if there is only

one instructor. Use your discretion or ask

ACITIVTY:

Split the group into male and

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(15 Min)

someone of the opposite gender in the office to

help volunteer for this part of the lesson.

Travel to the bathroom with the group split into

male and female and ask them to identify

different vocabulary words with cards.

female and tell them we’re

taking a field trip to the

bathroom.

Take the bathroom cards

(toilet, toilet paper, floor,

mirror, sink) and tape with

you.

Highlight the fact that one

restroom is for women and

one for men and show them

the sign.

In the bathroom, see if anyone

can identify the object by

sticking the word to the right

place. Always make sure that

they say the word aloud.

At the end, make sure all of

the words are in the right

place, have the refugees wash

their hands (stress the

importance) and return to the

classroom.

Bathroom

Review

Activity

(5 Min)

OPTIONAL

depending on

time

Do the activity titled “Bathroom Review

Activity” on the PowerPoint

MATERIALS: Bathroom Review

Activity on Module 2 PPT

ACTIVITY:

Go over each circle item and

see if any of the volunteers

can name the item.

If not, ask them to consult

their vocabulary sheet or

flashcards and to say the

word.

Carpet v.

Floor

vocabulary

(5 Min)

Go over the differences between carpet and floor

once more on the PowerPoint

Take students out of the class and into Waleed’s

office to show them carpet vs. flooring in the

hallway. (if a carpeted rug is available as a prop

this can be used instead.)

Emphasize the fact that vacuums are used on the

carpet and mops on the floor.

Take these with you to demonstrate.

MATERIALS: PowerPoint Module 2

Carpet v.

Floor activity

(10 Min)

Do the Carpet v. Floor activity on the

PowerPoint

MATERIALS: PowerPoint Module 2

“Carpet Game”

ACTIVITY:

After going through the PPT

slides and asking for answers,

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Follow up:

Report the following to Stephen or Waleed

o Any students that really struggle to understand concepts or are very slow learners.

o Anyone that detracts from the class or has a bad attitude.

o Anyone that struggles with personal hygiene.

Log your progress and notes from the day on the GoogleDoc for the person teaching the next

module.

cycle through them again and

ask students to come pick

which item they would use to

clean that surface (set out the

mop and broom to choose

from).

Extra

activities

(N/A)

IF THERE’S

EXTRA

TIME

Be creative – bring in your own wrap-up

activity.

Have students act out how to use different props

from the lesson.

o Example: Tell a student to imitate

“washing the floor with the mop” or

“sweeping with the broom.”

You may decide to use flashcards at this point if

they were skipped earlier.

Finalize

“timesheets”

(10 Min)

Have students finalize their sign-in card and

collect them. They are not to go home.

ACTIVITY – Timesheet card

Next Module

Info

(2 Min)

Tell them when their next lesson is and ask them

to study their vocabulary/note sheet and

handouts each day.