Tanzania Genki English Lesson Plans

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftTanzaniaGenki English Lesson Plans(2013 Version - Provisional ) 2012/2013 Richard GrahamPlease email me: richard@genkienglish.netOr like on Facebook: “Bring your classroom to life: Genki English”Videos of the lessons are online at www.GenkiEnglish.com 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net1

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftHello and welcome to Genki English!Genki English was made to help bring the life and excitement back to teaching English. It’sa fun language and can be really enjoyable to teach. "Genki" is a Japanese word meaning“alive”, “exciting” and “full of energy”. And that's just what these songs and games are!But very often lessons can be quite boring and not very genki!So I went round the world finding out what kids want to be able to say in English, and how theywant to learn it. The result is a huge collection of very easy to teach songs & games for almost allthe most important, basic English that kids will need and love to know.In this guide I’m giving you some ideas that have worked in thousands of classrooms around theworld, but of course change and remix them as much as you like for your own students. Andremember two rules of Genki English:1. Think “I can do it!” and you can!2. Losing just means try again!Very often the only barriers to learning a language are confidence and motivation. But, as youknow, English isn’t brain surgery or genetic engineering. It’s simply a foreign language thatmillions of people speak every day, if you put your mind to it, anyone can do it. Think you can’tand you can’t! Think you can, and you can!Of course along the way there will be challenges and mistakes, but that’s fine, after all “A ship inharbour catches no fish”. Mistaikes are good! But we have to learn from them, so whenever a childloses a game or says a wrong word, tell them not to worry but simply try again, and try again andtry again. Eventually they will get there, and that is success!The songs and computer games are the main part of this material. I wrote each song to take onlythe key English needed for one 45 minute lesson and mixed them up with a melody you cannot getout of your head, some cool music production and most importantly gestures and activities to reallymake the English stick. Teach the song using the “Mini Lesson” first, then once the kids know thewords, try the music and see their eyes come alive!Then after a few months or years we can move on to projects and exchanges where your studentscan put all that English to use in real communication with kids their own age throughout the world.Wherever I travel or wherever I go I see happiness and excitement, but also problems anddisappointments. But whatever the problems in your school or country are, education is the key tomaking the solutions appear. So let’s teach our students to have big, big dreams and give them theskills, confidence and abilities to really make them come true! That’s what being Genki is all about.Good luck, and be Genki!Richardwww.GenkiEnglish.com Email: Richard@genkienglish.net 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net2

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftSample Lesson Plan1. Warm Up & ReviewStand up, sit down etc. plus review EVERYTHING done so far.2. New Material – Computer Game and Song1. Learn phrases with the computer game.2. Use “Words 1” with actions/gestures to check meanings of phrases.3. Learn song using the “Mini Lesson.”4. Sing the song with the music.3. Practice new material – Classroom GameIntroduce the classroom game – the purpose of the classroom game is for the kids to practise thetarget English. It’s also good for the teacher to see if the kids have mastered the language or ifthey need more practice. Explain the games by acting them out. Losing doesn’t mean losing – itsimple means you get another chance to try again! If everyone is having fun, everyone wins!The table above provides the general Lesson Plan for carrying out a Genki English lesson.All lessons start with revision (except Lesson One).It may take one or two hours to teach each lesson. Don’t feel you have to rush through them.Making sure the children can understand and use the English is the most important thing.DO NOT MAKE THE CHILDREN READ WORDS IN THIS LESSON. THESE LESSONSARE FOR VOCABULARY AND CONVERSATION. DO NOT EXPECT CHILDREN TOREAD THE PHRASES THEY ARE LEARNING. 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net3

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftBaseline Lesson 1 – What’s your name?1. Warm upTeach stand up, sit down, hands up, hands down, clap & cheer.2. New Material – What’s your name?Learning phrases – What’s your name?, My name is., Nice to meet youRemember eye contact.Learn song with the Mini LessonWhat's your name?What's your name?What's your name?(clap, clap)What's your name?What's your name?What's your name?(clap, clap)My name is .My name is .My name is .My name is .Nice to meet you(Repeat 4 times)3. Game to practice new materialKids get into pairs. Everyone sings "What's your name?" claps twice. One child from each pairsings "My name is." plus their own name twice. The other child then sings "My name is.". The 2children shake each other's hand whilst saying "Nice to meet you!". They then split up and eachfinds another partner. Repeat 3 times!Play this game along with the music. 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net4

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftBaseline Lesson 2 – Genki Disco Warm Up1. Warm UpReview “What’s your name?” “stand up”, “sit down”, “clap”, “cheer” one at a time. You say theword and the children repeat whilst doing the action. Raise your hand in the "clap" and "cheer"sections to control the kids' volume. Sing the “What’s your name?” song.2. New MaterialUse the Mini Lesson to learn the SongStand up, sit down.Hands up, hands down.Stand up,Sit down, sit down.And clap.Stand up, sit down.Hands up, hands down.Stand up,Sit down. Sit down.And cheer!Come on, louder!Then sing the song with gestures and the music.3. Game to practice new materialThe children practice giving commands to the teacher.They then practice giving each other commands in pairs.Ask if the children have any other commands they would like to learn. 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net5

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftBaseline Lesson 3 – Where are you from?1. Warm UpReview language from previous lessons and the previous song.2. New MaterialPlay the computer game to learn the new language.Check the meanings using the Words section of the software.Use the Mini Lesson to learn the SongWhere are you from? x4I’m from America.I’m from Australia.I’m from Canada.I’m from Britain.I’m from Mozambique.I’m from Zambia.I’m from Kenya.I’m from Tanzania!Sing the song!3. Game to practice new material1. Everyone stands up.2. Everyone says "Where are you from?"3. Everyone claps two times.4. Everyone chooses one country and says the country name. (Don’t always choose Tanzania!)5. If any of the kids have chosen the same country as the teacher, they are out and sit down.6.Repeat from 2 until all the kids are sat down. 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net6

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftBaseline Lesson 3 – How old are you?1. Warm UpReview language from previous lessons and the previous song.2. New MaterialIntroduce the new phrase.Use the Mini Lesson to learn the SongHow old are you? (clap, clap)How old are you? (clap, clap)How old are you? (clap, clap)How old are you? (clap, clap)I’m 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 20(Jump on each number!)Sing the song!3. Game to practice new material: Mingle1. Everyone sings the “Mingle, Mingle, Mingle” chant whilst walking around the classroom.2. The teacher says “Stop!”.3. The kids ask the teacher “How old are you?”4. The teacher says “Sorry?”5. The kids ask “How old are you?” much louder!6. The teacher says “I’m ” plus a number, e.g. 5 or 8 or 12 etc.7. The kids get into groups of this number and sit down.8. The slowest teams are the losers or volunteers for the next game!Teach the kids rule number 2: Losing just means “Try again!”You can also change the word “mingle” to any other action you like, for example “walk, walk, walk,”,“run, run, run” or even “hop, hop, hop!” 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net7

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftBaseline Lesson 4 – I, you, he, she, we1. Warm UpReview language from previous lessons and the previous song.2. New MaterialPlay the computer game to learn the new language. hungry, thirsty, happy.Check the meanings using the Words section of the software.Use the Mini Lesson to learn the SongThen sing the song with big voices whilst pointing to yourself, the kids, one boy, then one girl etc. 3.3. Game to practice new material1. Put the kids into pairs.2. The first person in the pair says "I am ." plus one of the words e.g. I am thirsty, happy etc.3. The other person in the pair makes it into a "you" sentence, e.g. "You are thirsty."4. Repeat from step 2.5. But if the first person says "I am hungry." then both players have to touch the desk or wall.6. The fastest person to hit the desk or wall gets a point!7. They repeat with the other person asking questions.8. After a while get them to make groups of 3.9. Now one person says "I am." and the other two say "He is ." or "She is." 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net8

Genki English – Tanzania 2013 Provisional Teacher Manual - DraftBaseline Lesson 5 – Numbers 1 to 121. Warm UpReview language from previous lessons and the previous song.2. New MaterialPlay the computer game to learn the new language. Check the meanings using the Words section of the software.Use the Mini Lesson to learn the Song Jump as you count the numbers from 1 to 12.But always “forget” to say the number 12.The children will shout out, telling you that you have forgotten.3. Game to practice new material: Unlucky 131.Split the class groups.2.The first person in the group can say either 1 or 1,2 or 1,2,3.3.The next person can say the next number, two extra numbers or 3 extra numbers. Forexample if I say “1,2”, the next person can say “3” or “3,4” or “3,4,5”.4.Continue until someone says the number 13. Then they are out!Follow a similar lesson plan for the Numbers 13 to 20 song and pretend you are launching a rocketfor the rocket launch software! 2012/2013 Richard GrahamMore at www.GenkiEnglish.comEmai me at richard@genkienglish.net9