VELT Module 3 Lesson Plan

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General Cleaning Vocational English Language Training

Module 3

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

Module Description: Teach 6 vocabulary “action words” (verbs) and three new vocabulary words. Help

students get a basic idea of 5 different colors.

Module Goals:

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

Teach the following words:

o Wash

o Sweep

o Scrub

o Dust

o Wipe

o Spray

o Towel

o Trash can/garbage

o Recycling bin

Review the words through classroom activities

Have students demonstrate actions hands-on

Send students home with vocabulary list and activity handouts to study

Module Materials:

Sign-in sheet

Day 3 PowerPoint

o Vocabulary slides

o Spray bottle number activity

o Spray bottle color activity

o Recycle v. Trash Activity

o Matching Review Activity

Flashcards (classroom set)

Props for hands-on activities/demonstrations

Hand out for Matching game

Take-home vocabulary sheet

Cleaning video


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.

o Ask less if the group is larger than 6

people.

ACTIVITY:

Have students come to the front of

the class and introduce themselves.

Overview of

class

(8 Min.)

Explain that today we will be learning about

action words.

Stress that these are very important for on the

job.

Show the cleaning video.

ACTIVITY: Demonstrate actions

MATERIALS: video linked to the

slide

Demonstrations

with

accompanying

videos

(10 Min.)

Demonstrate with props how to spray and wash

the desk/whiteboard, and sweep the floor.

Before each demonstration bring up the

appropriate slide and write what you are doing

on the board.

MATERIAL: PowerPoint Module 3

ACTIVITY: Demonstrate cleaning

Students try

cleaning

(15 Min)

Next, have students try using each item.

Ask the most comfortable student to come up

first. Set out the spray bottle, the rag, and the

broom.

Give them a cleaning instruction in command

form, for example, “spray and clean the desk.”

Repeat with other students and try to make sure

everyone has a turn to try cleaning.

ACTIVITY: Student cleaning


Demonstrations

with

accompanying

videos

(10 Min.)

Demonstrate with props how to scrub the chair,

dust the _____ and wipe the desk.

Before each demonstration bring up the

appropriate slide and write what you are doing

on the floor.

MATERIALS: PowerPoint Module 3

HANDOUT: Cleaning Tools

Matching Game handout

ACTIVITY: Demonstrate cleaning

Cleaning video

(6 minutes) Watch the video again, pausing to review words

and actions that were covered.

Make sure to talk in helpful and complete

sentences that emphasize the right words: such

as, “she is scrubbing the desk” or “watch her

vacuum the floor.”

MATERIAL: video linked to PPT

Students try

cleaning

(15 Min)

Next, have students try using each item.

Ask the most comfortable student to come up

first. Set out the scrub brush, the wipes, and the

duster.

Give them a cleaning instruction in command

form, for example, “wipe the desk.”

Repeat with other students and try to make sure

everyone has a turn to try cleaning.

ACTIVITY: student cleaning

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

Review Colors

(10 Min) Teach the students the colors: red, yellow,

white, blue and green using spray bottles.

Teach them the idea that different colors clean

different things.


Color Review

Activity

(15 Min)

Go through the color review activity with the

students.

Give them the handout with the spray bottle

colors.

ACTIVITY:

Go over each slide and see if

any of the volunteers can say

the right color.

If not, ask them to consult

their handout and to say the

right color out loud.

Towel &

vocabulary

(5 Min)

Next, go over the towel vocabulary slide and

give each student a towel. See if any of the

students know the color of their towel.

Hold up a towel and a rag and emphasize the

MATERIALS: PowerPoint Module

3, towel props


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.

different words.

Trash v.

Recycle

vocabulary

Go over the differences between a trash can and

a recycle bin on the PowerPoint

Have students find the bins in the classroom

and bring them to the front of the class.

Teach them the different items that go in each

using the slides and the miscellaneous

trash/recycle props.


Trash v.

recycle hands-

on activity

(10 Min)

Hold up different items and ask the class if they

go in the recycle bin or the trash can.

Next, give all of the students an item and have

them come up at the same time and put it in the

right bin.

Go through the bins and correct any wrong

items.

MATERIALS: trash and recycle bin,

recycling and trash props

Trash v.

recycle PPT

activity

Go through the PowerPoint slides and ask

students to say aloud whether it is a trash or

recycle bin or whether the item should be

thrown away or recycled.


Extra activities

(N/A)

IF THERE’S

EXTRA

TIME

If there’s extra time have them review with

flashcards or go over all of the slides from the

day again.

MATERIALS: flashcards

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.


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

module.

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VELT Module 3 Lesson Plan