SKILL BUILDING & SKILL USING ACTIVITY PLANNER Real World Task Assessment: Start, participate in, and close a small talk conversation with your teacher. CRITERIA 1: Icebreakers / Start CRITERIA 2: Respond Skill-Building Ideas: Skill-Building Ideas: Listen to examples and identify how they start appropriate responses to some the conversation (questions, transcripts, etc.) icebreakers (worksheet) Sort a list of icebreakers into polite/rude Read short dialogues and find or choose the topics (appropriate/inappropriate), go over most appropriate response appropriate topics in Canada Brainstorm good and bad responses to common icebreakers Skill-Using Ideas: Skill-Using Ideas: Half the class gets an icebreaker (strip/card), Cut up icebreakers/topics into strips, one for the other half has to come up with a response each student and start a conversation with a (no paper!), switch after everyone has tried partner with everyone else Switch topics/partners multiple times (start Challenge students to come up with new timing, change faster and faster as they get icebreakers, or try a conversation with a better) partner without an assigned icebreaker Pick a for fun and to see how they “rude” handle a topic they don’t like/discuss strategies CRITERIA 3: CRITERIA 4: End politely Skill-Building Ideas: Skill-Building Ideas: Introduce the kinds of common questions get In groups, make a list of different ways you asked in small talk listen to or read examples already know how to end a conversation – to pick out questions go back to previous (hopefully this criteria is mostly review) – examples from Day 2 Discuss/review appropriate Canadian culture Simple question formation grammar for politeness, don’t just walk away, use an instruction/exercise (try to keep in the expression like have to go now”, a “I “have context of small talk), or list of common nice day” or you later” “see questions (and answers!) to practice Intonation practice with common questions Ideas: Skill-Using Ideas: Timed practice of a small talk conversation, someone who...” activity with the “Find when the timer goes off (or teacher rings a common questions bell, etc.), end the conversation immediately Write a short dialogue (about 5 turns) to and politely include everything, including a question and Practice a small talk conversation with one response, practice and perform in front of the partner, from beginning to end class
SKILL BUILDING & SKILL USING ACTIVITY PLANNER Real World Task Assessment: Start, participate in, and close a small talk conversation with your teacher. CRITERIA 1: Icebreakers / Start Skill-Building Ideas: Listen to examples and identify how they start the conversation (questions, transcripts, etc.) Sort a list of icebreakers into polite/rude topics (appropriate/inappropriate), go over appropriate topics in Canada Skill-Using Ideas: Cut up icebreakers/topics into strips, one for each student and start a conversation with a partner Switch topics/partners multiple times (start timing, change faster and faster as they get better) Pick a “rude” for fun and to see how they handle a topic they don’t like/discuss strategies CRITERIA 2: Respond Skill-Building Ideas: appropriate responses to some icebreakers (worksheet) Read short dialogues and find or choose the most appropriate response Brainstorm good and bad responses to common icebreakers Skill-Using Ideas: Half the class gets an icebreaker (strip/card), the other half has to come up with a response (no paper!), switch after everyone has tried with everyone else Challenge students to come up with new icebreakers, or try a conversation with a partner without an assigned icebreaker CRITERIA 3: Skill-Building Ideas: Introduce the kinds of common questions get asked in small talk – listen to or read examples to pick out questions – go back to previous examples from Day 2 Simple question formation grammar instruction/exercise (try to keep in the context of small talk), or list of common questions (and answers!) to practice Intonation practice with common questions Skill-Using Ideas: “Find someone who...” activity with the common questions Write a short dialogue (about 5 turns) to include everything, including a question and response, practice and perform in front of the class CRITERIA 4: End politely Skill-Building Ideas: In groups, make a list of different ways you already know how to end a conversation (hopefully this criteria is mostly review) Discuss/review appropriate Canadian culture for politeness, don’t just walk away, use an expression like “I have to go now”, “have a nice day” or “see you later” Ideas: Timed practice of a small talk conversation, when the timer goes off (or teacher rings a bell, etc.), end the conversation immediately and politely Practice a small talk conversation with one partner, from beginning to end
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