ENGLISH AREA – EBA 2017

GENERAL INFORMATION
CEBA LEVEL A1.1 SECTION TERM 1

UNIT 1 SESSION No Intro TITLE Welcome! DATE

DURATION 25 min. [this lesson is shorter to allow time for administrative tasks]
LEARNING OUTCOME(S) Use informal expressions to greet others.

SPECIFIC SKILLS / CONTENT FOCUS Hello. What’s your name? My name is __________.
STAGE ACTIVITY AIM MATERIALS TIME
 Introduce language Board and 7 min.
1. Arrange the chairs in a circle. for introducing marker
ICE-BREAKER 2. When Ss are all seated, say, “My name is ____________.” and write the phrase on the oneself
board.
3. Stand in front of a student and say, “My name is _____________.” and gesture to
yourself. Point at the student and say, “What’s your name?”
4. If the student does not use the phrase “My name is ___________.” point at the phrase
on the board and say it again. Ask the student to repeat.
5. Do this with every student in the class.

Find someone who – in Spanish  Build community • Find

1. Tell students that you are going to play a game to help them get to know one another.  Raise energy someon 15 min.
2. Tell them you are going to give them a piece of paper and they have to find a person in  Get students e who
the classroom who matches the description on the piece of paper. accustomed to (cut up)
3. Take the paper that says “Encuentra a alguien que sabe decir “Hola” en inglés. Show the interacting with one
paper to the class, read it aloud and then go from student to student and ask each one, another
PRESENTATION “Sabes decir ‘Hola’ en inglés?” If the student says “No”, ask the next student until
someone says, “Yes”
4. Ask the student who answers, “What’s your name?” and insist on the answer “My name
is ______.”
5. Write the student’s name on your paper where it says “Name ________”.
6. Tell the students, “Stand up!” and gesture for them to stand up.
 7. Hand out the cards and tell them to circulate and ask their classmates until they find
someone who does the thing on their card.
8. When everyone is finished, say, “Sit down, please!” and gesture sitting down.
9. Ask students to report what they know about their new classmates.
10. Ask students in English and Spanish, “Did you like that game?”
11. Tell them that in this class they will play a lot of games, and they have to participate and
practice speaking English every day.
12. Tell them they are a team, and that they should never feel ashamed or embarrassed to
speak in English that everyone is learning and that everyone will make mistakes.

1. With the students still in a circle, ask one of the stronger students “What’s your  Make sure students Board 8 min.
name?” know each other’s and
2. After the student answers, say “Hello, __________. Nice to meet you.” names marker
3. Write this phrase on the board and ask class to repeat several times.  Introduce
4. Ask the same student again, “What’s your name?” expressions for
5. After the student answers, gesture for the rest of the class to respond pointing at the meeting people for
PRACTICE phrase on the board “Hello, __________. Nice to meet you.” the first time
6. Indicate that the first student should ask the student sitting next to him or her
“What’s your name?” and when he or she responds, the rest of the class says, in
unison, “Hello, ___________. Nice to meet you.”
Go around the circle until all of the students have introduced themselves.

1. Ask students in English and then in Spanish, “How do you learn English?” (answer: 1 min.
SELF- by practicing as much as possible)
ASSESSMENT 2. “Will you have to speak in this class?” (answer: yes.)
3. “How often will you have to speak English in this class?” (answer: every day.)