Craig_TP_#8(S)

Today I tutored two of my tutees (Ben and Xiaoyan) as well as one of Harrison's tutees(Sephora). I choose to do a lesson about common phrases in English, usually used in conversation. I think this is a awesome lesson for group 3 & 4 students because builds their schema and it also increases their breadth of knowledge. We warmed up with a recap of climbing and some of the vocab we learned. We also covered a few vocabulary terms that you might encounter while hiking or camping. (tent, flashlight, campfire, backpack, etc.)

We then went into the main lesson which consisted of a short list of common phrases:

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Touch Base(baseball)

Shopping Cart

Hike a price up

Math vs. Maths

About time

All set?

Nature

Second nature

Make ends meet

Make something from scratch

Worst comes to worst

I explained each one, gave an example, and asked if they could form a sentence. After we finished the explanations, I exercised their new knowledge in several ways; I described a scenario and had them answer with the best phrase, I asked them to construct their own sentences using one scenario(hiking, climbing, camping) and one phrase. I think this was a very successful way to reinforce the lesson.