https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl Examples of lesson plans, materials, and student work created between August 2019-July 2021 while working as a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Taiwan. en-us 2020-09-11 00:29:18 UTC 2025-04-23 19:02:18 UTC hello@padlet.com arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737408576 Lesson plan for a 3rd grade English class. Based off a "world culture" page in a Follow Me textbook. ]]> 2020-09-11 01:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737408576 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737441319 Lesson plan for a 4th grade English class. Students created a graphic organizer to aid them in introducing themselves to their pen pals via video recording. ]]> 2020-09-11 01:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737441319 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737508802 Lesson plan for a 5th grade English class. Students created their own class copy of the book "There's a Giraffe in My Soup" by Ross Burach. ]]> 2020-09-11 01:58:11 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737508802 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737521298 Lesson plan for a 6th grade English class. Students were shown example comics by Liz Climo. They then used the comic drawings as a base to write their own dialogue. ]]> 2020-09-11 02:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737521298 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737821174 Students were asked to write a letter which was then posted in the Global Scholars online classroom to be shared with students from other countries also participating in the Global Scholars program. *Corresponding lesson plan can be found under the "Lesson Plans" column. ]]> 2020-09-11 05:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737821174 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737825970 Lesson plan for a 5th grade Global Scholars class. Students were asked to write a letter which was then posted in the Global Scholars online classroom to be shared with students from other countries also participating in the Global Scholars program. *Example letter can be found under the "Student Work" column. ]]> 2020-09-11 05:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/737825970 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/743021725 Lesson Plan for 3rd & 4th grade English classes. Students learn about Halloween in the U.S. via a PowerPoint presentation, a story, music, and an art project. ]]> 2020-09-14 06:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/743021725 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/743030577 Book cover and page for student version of "There's a Giraffe in My Soup" by Ross Burach. *Materials used in class featured a hand drawn Giraffe in a bowl of soup on the cover. ]]> 2020-09-14 06:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/743030577 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/743039669 Example comics for student reference. ]]> 2020-09-14 06:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/743039669 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/743046411 Materials used for the Halloween lesson for 3rd & 4th grade students. ]]> 2020-09-14 06:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/743046411 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/753925107 Students folded and cut their own mini versions of the book we read during the lesson. ]]> 2020-09-17 03:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/753925107 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/753931207 Lesson plan for a 4th grade English class. Students learned vocabulary in context via a story. They also created their own mini book version of the story. ]]> 2020-09-17 03:19:10 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/753931207 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/754101271 Students were tasked with folding their own mini books. Students created a self-portrait and described how they feel after reading the story. ]]> 2020-09-17 05:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/754101271 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/961955009 Lesson plan for a 5th grade English class. Students listen to a story about a child from Mexico that is celebrating his first Thanksgiving in the United States. Students also create and share "Today I am thankful for . . ." cards. ]]> 2020-11-26 00:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/961955009 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/961959568 PowerPoint for Thanksgiving lesson. ]]> 2020-11-26 00:27:55 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/961959568 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/961977241 Students were asked to write/draw what they are thankful for. ]]> 2020-11-26 00:38:16 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/961977241 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962021202 For our second meeting, a member requested to learn how to order coffee at Starbucks. Additionally, we engaged in a discussion about Covid-19 in the United States. ]]> 2020-11-26 01:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962021202 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962026227 Our third meeting took place around Halloween. As a warmup activity, I did a tarot reading for the club members. Then we continued our discussion about Covid-19 from the previous meeting. ]]> 2020-11-26 01:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962026227 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962030412 Our fourth meeting occurred around the time of the 2020 presidential election. We discussed club members' view's on protesting as well as their thoughts about the election. ]]> 2020-11-26 01:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962030412 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962035303 Our fifth meeting took place the week before Thanksgiving. We discussed what makes us happy and members created "Today I am grateful for. . ." cards. ]]> 2020-11-26 01:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962035303 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962302969 Our sixth meeting took place the day after Thanksgiving. We used a Google Slides presentation created by Chanea Bond and R. Bradford to learn about and discuss Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective. ]]> 2020-11-26 03:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/962302969 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/969645528 For our seventh meeting members watched "Street Food: Asia" Chiayi Night Market episode. ]]> 2020-11-30 01:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/969645528 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1009007610 This week we played some games. The games included: Two Truths and A Lie; Mini Uno; and 20 Questions. ]]> 2020-12-11 06:39:51 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1009007610 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1018373344 In the weeks leading up to Christmas, our English club discussed our white elephant gift exchange and started watching "Elf". ]]> 2020-12-15 00:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1018373344 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1034872035 The second part of our Christmas party included playing "Thieving Elves" (another name for White Elephant) and finished watching "Elf". ]]> 2020-12-21 00:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1034872035 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1034911362 Lesson plan for a 6th grade English class. Students learn step-by-step how to write a letter with a holiday focus. *I celebrate Christmas and part of my job as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant is to share my culture/perspective so I chose to include the phrase "Merry Christmas" but also made sure to also include "Happy Holidays" and explained to my students that not everyone in the U.S. celebrates Christmas. ]]> 2020-12-21 00:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1034911362 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1034920516 PowerPoint used to explain the process of writing a letter. ]]> 2020-12-21 00:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1034920516 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1054787862 For our eleventh meeting, our English club talked about what we did on New Year's Eve, compared and contrasted NYE in Taiwan and the U.S., and created a list of realistic goals for 2021. ]]> 2021-01-05 07:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1054787862 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516342172 For our first class I introduced the concept of Pinyin, initial and final sounds, and tones. I used some helpful vocabulary to reinforce the concepts. We also discussed each student's language learning goals for the semester. ]]> 2021-05-12 05:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516342172 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516348159 For the second class, we reviewed initial and final sounds and tones. We then began working on self-introductions. ]]> 2021-05-12 05:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516348159 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516350354 For the next lesson we reviewed self-introductions and began talking about question words. ]]> 2021-05-12 05:24:44 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516350354 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516353972 During the last lesson on question words, there was some confusion about when to use 不 and when to use 没. So that was the focus of the 4th lesson. ]]> 2021-05-12 05:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516353972 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516357644 After reviewing 不 vs 没, I introduced how to say the date in Chinese. I utilized a few songs in this lesson. ]]> 2021-05-12 05:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516357644 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516362378 For the 6th class, we discussed likes and dislikes. ]]> 2021-05-12 05:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516362378 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516364468 For this lesson we reviewed all concepts taught up to this point. ]]> 2021-05-12 05:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516364468 arankin2 https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516366128 For the 8th lesson we discussed family. Each student created a family tree and brought photos from home to introduce their family. ]]> 2021-05-12 05:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/arankin2/f09oxb95v8izppjl/wish/1516366128