Week FourELITE

New Vocabulary• To practice the new vocabulary below, pronounce them as

you write them down

Words about FeelingsAngerHappinessJealousyBoredomCourageCuriosityExcitementFrustrationLoveRegretSadness ShameSurpriseTrust Wonder

AngerBoreLoveRegretEmbarrassTrustWonder

AngryBoredEmbarrassedWonderfulInterestingSadLovingFrustratedExcitedCuriousBraveJealousGreatBad

Prepositions, Infinitives, and GerundsOnInAroundThroughInsideOutsideFrom WithUntilAboutNearForFrom AfterBeforeBeneath AboveTo AtOfBehind Across

To walkTo runTo turnTo goTo fightTo arriveTo leaveTo enterTo exitTo driveTo like(“To” + any verb)

WalkingRunningTurningGoingFightingArrivingLeavingEnteringExitingDriving(“ing” of any verb, acts as a noun)

ClothesT-shirtJacketSweaterPantsShortsUnderwearSocksShoesShirtJeansDressSkirt

WearTake-offThrow

Long ShortThickThinHotCoolDirtyClean

The HospitalDoctorNurseDiseaseMedicineTreatmentWaiting roomExamination

ExamineTreat

SickHealthy

Connecting Old and New Vocabulary• Take out your old vocabulary sheets and make five

connections between the new vocabulary and the old vocabulary

Extended Writing• Draw from your old vocabulary and the new vocabulary to

write five sentences.

Practicing Infinitives and Gerunds• Fill in the blank with the correct choices that best express the

meaning of the paragraph

Practicing Vocabulary through Conversation• Write down your conversation as you talk about the following

topics• The Hospital• The Weather• Houses• Transportation• Emotions

Roleplaying• Pretend you are one of the people you read about in the fill-

in-the-blank passages.• Pick one of the passages and assume that you are the main

character in the passage. Tell your partners about yourself.• Step 1: Find the words that are new to you• Step 2: Practice pronouncing the new words out loud• Step 3: Give a speech to your partners• Step 4: Have your partners paraphrase what you said or ask you

questions about what you said

Picture Quiz• 1 3

• 2 4

Picture Quiz• 5 7

• 6 8

Old Vocabulary• Go back to the old vocabulary and start pronouncing them to

each other• Spend some time reviewing both the pronunciation and the

meaning of the old vocabulary

Teaching Abstract Vocabulary• Make it fun an engaging as always so that children will be

excited to learn the new vocabulary• Lesson Plan Example• Make a set of emotion pictures (e.g. a smiley face for

happiness)and gather the children around• Pull out a card and ask the children to pronounce the word• Make sure the children understand what the word means• Ask the children to try making the same face as the picture

Encouraging Children to Learn Abstract Vocabulary• Come up with interesting reading passages for your children

to read • Work with the children even more in-depth on reading and

writing• Lesson Plan Example• Come up with an interesting reading passage:

• Jim is happy that he can finally fly in an airplane. He is going to France and he is excited about all the food he can eat. He does not want to sleep on the plane. He does not think that he will be tired. He is too happy to feel sleepy. When he arrives in France, he will try to look around a lot.

• Ask the children to read the story to each other• Ask the children to draw some pictures regarding Jim• Ask the children to write about what makes them happy or

excited, and have the children read out loud their writing

Feelings in Conversation• Encourage children to use words regarding feelings in

conversation• Practice using pictures to teach new words and more abstract

concepts to children• Lesson Plan• Ask the children to draw emoticons for all the feelings that they

have learned about• Then ask the children to write one sentence for each emoticon to

explain why the emoticon feels that way• Help the children put their writings together into a little book

Teaching Children to Use New Syntax• By exposing the children to a variety of writing styles and

different phrases early on, the children will gain a strong base in English reading and writing later

• To encourage the children, participants can use a reward system such as stickers

• Lesson Plan• Provide a list of new phrases to the children (go around the

house, behind the hospital, running into the wind, feeling the rain)

• Ask the children to draw pictures representing the new phrases• Ask them to demonstrate the action (for example if a chair were

the hospital, the children would run behind it)

Interactive Songs• Lead the children through some more songs to help them

learn the English language through interactive channels• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTvNwAT29Lo• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDT0N5cxzak• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAYZo8a8AHg