Date of implementation
Instructional Level
August 1-2
Novice .
Over-arching Theme
Sub-Theme/Unit
Topic
Namaste Bhaarat
Khel Aur Yatra Diary
Khel
Number of hours
Available for this lesson
Objectives to be accomplished by the end of the day (with relevant
Standards mentioned for each objective)
8 hours- implemented in 2 days (2 hours of classroom instructions and 2 hours of related activities such as craft and a guided culture hour, each day)
Linguistic Objectives :
Students will learn vocabulary and linguistic expressions
1. Gain an understanding of common sports related vocabulary by using visuals like power point and posters.
2. Use sports related vocabulary in describing Indian sports they like the best and why.
3. Learn various equipment used, and the verbs related to playing the
Indian sports.
4. Demonstrate an understanding of various sports that are played in India, like Kho-kho, kabaddi, badminton, cricket etc.
5. Plan a sports camp for neighbourhood kids.
6. Ask questions about the sports and the places they traveled during the camp.
Standards targeted: (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2)
Cultural Objectives :
Learner will learn about
1. Sports are an important source of entertainment and are an integral part of Indian culture.
2. Various sports played by kids in India.
3. World cricket cup.
4. How people cheer or support their sports team
5. Asking and answering questions
Standards: (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.2, 4.2),
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Literary Objectives :
The learner will
1. Practice or reinforce Devnagari script/alphabets,
2. Understand phonetic nature of the language as a spelling strategy
3. Learn to spell simple words related to cultural objects, practices, activities with friends.
4. Learn basic difference between Devnagri script and English script.(
Older students )
Teacher Guided
Activities that will feed into today’s goals
Standards Targeted (4.1 & 4.2)
Routine Activities (classroom Instructions) o Greet & Meet students. o Do now that will relate to the lesson being taught that day and a brief description of what will be covered in the lesson. o Introduce the topic using visual aids, introduce essential vocabulary, recycling/reusing known vocabulary from earlier lessons in this context, introduce traditional sports activities friends engage in- e. (these activities will introduce or recycle common verbs). o Various grouping strategies to encourage students to accomplish a common goal of planni ng a sports camp or role play “A day at acricket
Match”. o Encourage & Motivate students to practice speaking Hindi with their peers and at Home so that they can carry on sports related conversions and ask questions to others about their interests in sports. o Closure by participating in a formative assessment like 3-2-1, Exit
Ticket, Thumbs up/Thumbs Down
Topic-targeted Activities: (These activities are designed to address needs of different levels within the same class. Teachers may group students according to their Levels and can pick different activities for different groups, and/or give them higher level tasks within or across activities, if necessary)
List of possible activities that may be progressively spiraled to higher level tasks
(Teacher may pick one or more activity, or activities from the given list may be identified according to students’ interest and pace)- o Name any sports you like to play. o Show visuals of some famous Indian players to generate conversation about sports. o Show video clip of Indian sports being played. Students will pick an
Indian sport they will like to play and share with their peers. o Pick an Indian Sport and identify the equipment needed for playing that sport. o Discussion of where that sport is played (Inside, outside, what type of court is needed etc) o Pick up flash cards with sports equipment on them and then grouping them with the correct Indian sport.
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Art & Crafts: o Provide students with precut sports equipments and let them design a collage for a sport. o Create a sports mascot. The mascot should represent Indian culture, significance, and sportsmanship. o Students will pick their favorite sport and create a poster showing the venues for games, sports equipments, game rules and directions, and reasons for liking the particular sport. o Provide a picture of stadium and have students add the details.
Materials Needed for
Carrying Out Each
Activity
Construction paper, oak tag, markers, pencils, eraser, sport equipment cutouts,
Power point slides on various sports, video clips of Indian sports, Flash cards of various equipments & names of sports. Pictures of various courts where sports are played.
Technology-
Power point of various Indian sports
World cup Cricket match link with commentary in Hindi
Technology Needed for each Activity
Lap-top/computer, Internet access, projector / smart board, powerpoint slide shows.
(Teacher will provide their own visuals such as power point slides, youtube clips, authentic text, pictures, newspaper clips etc, as they seem fit)
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Procedure for
Implementing Each
Activity
Note: (Following is a list of Lessons & possible Activities that can go with each lesson. Lessons & Activities may be selected or mixed & matched, as per students’ level/interest/pace/progress/ and time limit. The list of vocabulary and sentence structures is just a guideline for essential vocabulary/sentence structure- teachers may add related vocabulary/sentence structure if a class/sub-group is progressing faster than anticipated).
( Day 1)
Lesson 1:
Greet students in culturally appropriate way, talk about weather, talk about yesterday’s lesson, talk about the camp
Warm Up : Pick up a construction paper and draw a picture showing your favorite sport (encourage students to include details various equipment used, where it is played).
1. Pick some students to share the picture they made with the class and say few words or sentences about it based on the student’s ability to speak the language.
2. Teacher can pick few pictures and say the name of the sport and the equipment used in the sport.
3. Show students a power point showing some of the popular sports played in India and introduce them to essential vocabulary
4. After watching various sports, have students pick one sport that they will like to learn more about.
5. Form students group based on the sports they pick. Provide pictures of various verbs associated with playing the sport and have students come up with some sentences using essential sentence structure sheet.
6. Short group discussion of what students like about their sport within their group using essential sentence structure.
Additional Tasks:
1. Discuss the verbs related with the playing the sport the students group has selected. Set up task where students can describe what a player is doing in a particular picture or power point.
2. Discuss cricket in detail, the equipment used, and rules of playing cricket.
Assessment:
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Lesson 2:
Ask students about how they like the activity or yoga session or wherever they are coming from).
Warm up: Review the vocabulary students learned in the first instruction hour.
This can be done by throwing a soft ball to the student. You can show students a visual (picture or a power point) and student will reply back in Hindi or students can say any vocabulary word they remember from the first hour or students can play vocabulary bingo.
1. Show students a video clip of Cricket world cup with Hindi Commentary and have students identify famous Cricket players.
2. Ask each student to pick up their favorite player and discuss in their group: what is the name of their player, what sport he /she plays, what equipments are used by their player, where is this sport played, what are some of the rules followed in this game.
3. After discussion, students can present their favorite player to class and describe all the things they have discussed in their group.
Additional Tasks:
1. Show students a video clip of Cricket World Cup with Hindi commentary and have students describe what players are doing using the verbs they learned in the morning.
2. After watching the video clip, student can work on a “missing information activity “where they have to ask and answer questions with a partner about sport preference of information about a famous sport figure.
3. Students can also ask each other questions by showing a piece of equipment and others have to describe the sports, How to play the sport, rules etc.
Assessment: Students should be able to describe what is happening in the video clip or be able to form short sentences identifying actions (like throwing, batting, catching etc)
Arts & Craft associated with today’s lesson: Students can use Hindi text if they can read/write the text in Hindi. o Provide students with precut sports equipments and let them design a collage for a sport. o Provide a picture of stadium based on student preference and have them add details. o Students will pick their favorite sport and create a poster showing the venues for games, sports equipments, game rules and directions, and reasons for liking the particular sport.
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( Day 2 )
Lesson 1:
Today students will make believe they are going to cricket match. They will use the vocabulary they learned in class yesterday and acquire new vocabulary in the morning session.
Warm up: Turn to the student sitting next to you and talk about what you learned yesterday in class. Students should be discussing about their favorite sport, player, equipment or verbs associated with sports. Walk around the class and monitor that students are using Hindi. Assist as needed.
1. Distribute the maps of city where cricket match is taking place. Students. will highlight the stadium on the map.
2. Ask students what type of transportation they will take to get to the stadium.
3. Review the vocabulary for purchasing tickets from previous lessons.
Introduce vocabulary related to seats and their location in the stadium.
Students will decide where they will like to sit in the stadium and why.
Additional Tasks:
1. Students will discuss the pros and cons of using different transportation to the stadium.
2. Students will discuss the price of ticket and how much they want to spend and where they want to sit in the stadium.
3. Students can practice how they look and find their seat. You can provide them with different scenarios like someone else is sitting in your seat or you would like to sit next to your friend, but your seats are away from each other.
Assessment: Name different modes of transportation, use vocabulary related to purchasing ticket or finding their seats.
Lesson 2 :
Warm up : Make a list of things you will need to go watch a cricket match, including what you will wear, carry with you. What are some the factors you will consider to make sure you arrive in time.
1. Students will be divided into groups to prepare for the role playing.
2. They are going to watch world cup cricket match. They will plan where and how they will buy tickets, who they will go with, what clothes they will wear, transportation they will take, finding the seat.
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3. After students are done preparing their skit/ role playing, they will present it to the class or you can assign specific tasks to students like, ticket master, player, coach, spectators etc…. and have prepare a skit for other class
Assessment: Students will be able to ask and answer questions. Be able to act out a certain role using the vocabulary they have acquired.
Art & Craft Activities associated with Today’s lesson: o Create a sports mascot. The mascot should represent Indian culture, significance, and sportsmanship. o Come up with a sport cheer. If students are capable of writing text , they can write the cheer with a drawing o Make a brochure advertising the sport of your choice.
NOTE: Please remember to include a short “Exit Ticket” at the end of the day to wrap up the day.
Literacy Task Activity (30 minutes) :
For students who do not know the script, simple literacy tasks for example, student write their own name, name of the sport they like, identify alphabets, find common alphabets, list most and least repeated alphabets, learn about adding accents by “matras”, and special letters to review and reinforce these literacy concepts, practice writing, listening to phonetic spelling, a story etc can be included in the scheduled free format time.
Assessment Tools for
Today
“Can do” Statements
Assessment activities are listed at the end of each lesson. Teachers will also assess students using formative assessments.
1. A quick do now at the beginning of each lesson to reinforce previously learned skills
2. Role play in different tasks like sports camp, a day at cricket match
3. List of equipment needed to play a sport.
4. Describing their favorite sport.
5. Class discussion and group activities o Greet in culturally appropriate manner o Identify various sports played in India o Ask others about their favorite sport. o Matching the sport with equipment needed to play the card. o Participate in simple conversion with peers o Identify Indian sports and equipment needed to play these sports o Know the rules of playing some Indian sports.
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