English Demo Lesson (with commentary)

00:15:06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84y7MN5v0g

Resumen

TLDRThe video is a teaching demonstration about Thanksgiving, recorded in a classroom. The instructor prompts students to discuss and learn about Thanksgiving traditions, including the significance of pilgrims and Native Americans. Throughout the lesson, students work in teams to answer questions, read texts, and participate in discussions, enhancing their understanding of the holiday and developing language skills. The instructor emphasizes cooperation and active participation while providing guidance and tips for effective learning.

Para llevar

  • 🎉 Thanksgiving is a significant holiday in the U.S.
  • 👣 Pilgrims are part of Thanksgiving history.
  • 📝 Team discussions enhance learning and engagement.
  • 📚 Reading activities reinforce comprehension skills.
  • 🤝 Cooperation is crucial in group tasks.
  • 🌍 Understanding different cultures is important.
  • 🗣️ Communication skills are developed through sharing ideas.
  • ✅ Assessment through group feedback is effective.
  • 🍗 Discussing food traditions is part of the lesson.
  • 🎥 A video about Thanksgiving concludes the class.

Cronología

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    In this teaching video recorded in 2016 in Shanghai, the instructor engages students in a lesson about Thanksgiving Day. The lesson begins with students discussing a picture related to the holiday, prompting them to recall what they know about Thanksgiving, including its connection to Pilgrims and Native Americans. The instructor facilitates discussion and provides guidance on spelling and responding to queries about the holiday's origins.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:15:06

    Following the initial discussion, students are divided into teams to read a text about Thanksgiving and answer questions based on their readings. The instructor encourages teamwork and communication among students, facilitating an interactive check of answers. Toward the end, students participate in a fun activity involving paper clips to ask each other questions about their favorite festivals. The lesson concludes with a short film about Thanksgiving, during which students listen for specific phrases, reinforcing the day's learning objectives.

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Vídeo de preguntas y respuestas

  • What is the main topic of the video?

    The main topic of the video is Thanksgiving.

  • What year was the lesson recorded?

    The lesson was recorded in summer 2016.

  • What activities do the students engage in during the lesson?

    Students discuss Thanksgiving, answer questions, and read texts in groups.

  • How does the instructor assist the students in learning?

    The instructor provides prompts, encourages teamwork, and offers feedback.

  • Where was the video recorded?

    The video was recorded in Shanghai.

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    hi and welcome to my channel this is
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    going to be one of the teaching videos
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    uh this lesson uh was recorded back in
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    summer 2016 while I was working in
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    Shanghai I was thinking whether I should
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    do um voice over commentary of the
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    things happening in the class you know
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    tell you why I do certain things why I
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    don't do other things but then I decided
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    Ed against it and just eded some
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    subtitles and some uh captions
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    underneath the uh main action so while
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    you're watching you can uh pay attention
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    to some things I edit at the bottom some
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    some tips some um um usual things I do
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    which I believe help Learners acquire a
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    language better I hope you like it enjoy
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    it so do you guys know anything about
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    this picture where where are these
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    people and why are they eating uh and is
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    this thank you can you speak it louder
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    please what is
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    this you're completely right this is a
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    Thanksgiving Day guys I'm going to give
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    you about 30 seconds to talk in your
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    groups about Thanksgiving Day what do
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    you know about this holiday or Festival
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    right I'm going to give you 30 seconds
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    and your time starts now
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    okay uh one two
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    three thank you thank for looking at me
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    so I heard some really good answers let
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    me takee some of them guys um who are
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    this people on the right uh let me go to
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    David David who are they I think
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    pilgrims um this pilgrims here
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    right uh does everybody agree these some
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    pilgrims here I heard
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    some oh there the Ste right uh David U
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    could you help us out and spell the word
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    kilms uh p i i l g r i n s let out um
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    and I think you okay so pilgrims
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    everybody say pilgrim
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    thank you um Ruby thank you DAV thanks
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    Ruby uh what country did pilgrims come
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    from they come from England okay thank
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    you thanks uh let me go to Jack Jack I
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    heard some answers from your team about
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    these people who are
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    they how do you spell that i n
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    i great awesome good job there Jack Jack
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    Bo ja what country do they come from
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    okay uh someone can help uh David David
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    what country do they come from they come
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    from America okay yeah they are also
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    called Native Americans so today we are
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    going to talk about Thanksgiving Day
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    pilgrims and Americans so Native
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    Americans so let's have a look I want to
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    know how much you already know about the
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    Thanksgiving day now in your
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    teams in your teams you're going to work
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    together on five questions sorry four
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    questions
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    right both questions are here now I want
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    you to think and then Circle the right
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    answer or sometimes you need to write uh
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    you have a pen and a team okay now I
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    would like team captains to come up to
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    me and take a copy of the worksheet to
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    your
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    teamk
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    you
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    yeah so um before we start one more time
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    David we haven't started yet guys do you
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    need to answer do you need to answer
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    these questions here no only this one
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    right and can you write on this
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    copy yes you can actually you need to
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    write okay I'm going to give you about 2
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    minutes to finish this task and your
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    time starts
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    now what
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    I this why
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    all right guys we have about 30 seconds
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    hurry up you did not finish
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    yet good
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    answer all right May St be there 1 2 3 I
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    you thank you guys for looking at me
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    awesome so I saw some good answers most
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    of you are correct you know a lot about
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    Thanksgiving there are some mistakes do
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    you think I'm going to give you the
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    answers
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    now I'll never give you answers right so
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    guys what I want you to do now is to go
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    and read a text about the
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    Thanksgiving now in the classroom uh
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    let's look around how many uh parts of
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    the text do you see or four of them
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    there's a a b c d now I want you to go
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    around the classroom and read the text
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    in your teams so uh let me see a guys
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    raise your hands one two three raise
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    your hands hands and up so you guys a
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    which letter are you guys b b and u d d
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    uh let me check what letter are you guys
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    you
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    guys b and a d okay so guys please
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    remember this is B what letter is that c
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    c over there d d and here A A so
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    Gabriella uh where do you go
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    now okay thank you Ruby what a letter
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    are you where did you go you go
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    to are letter C see that's do you need
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    to read carefully yes
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    why uh let me go
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    to I didn't uh Tommy please um it can
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    help us how so if you reading only one
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    part if you don't understand your part
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    can you share it with your team yes can
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    you no so you need to read carefully
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    right are we ready all ready okay so uh
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    guys when you stand up I want you to
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    push your chairs in okay all right I'm
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    going to get full in five minutes and
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    your time starts now
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    all right guys now I'm going to give you
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    one minute to share what you learn about
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    Thanksgiving with your team one minute
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    and you can start now tell each other
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    what did you read about
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    all right guys thank you getting all
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    right uh one to three I you let me take
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    some answers from uh let me go to Leo
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    right Leo what did you read about I know
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    the there are 100 thank you good answer
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    guys thank you now I want you to unfold
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    your paper I want you to unfold your
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    paper and answer four more questions on
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    the other side now when you know a lot
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    about the text about Thanksgiving you
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    can go ahead and answer more questions
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    and for this task you will have 2
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    minutes and your time starts
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    now okay all right Grace good job uh let
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    me stop you there
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    everyone everyone eyes me okay thank you
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    so guys before we check the answers all
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    together I want you to check with the
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    team next to you so everyone can stand
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    up and quickly look at each other
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    answers are the same or different all
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    right let's do really
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    quickly all right guys I think you had
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    enough time let's go back to our teams
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    now 3 2 one let's go over the questions
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    really quickly first of all what is
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    Thanksgiving in the United States and
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    why is it C so I want to hear some
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    answers so please raise your hands I
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    want to hear from Gabriella little bit
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    sleepy so Gabriella why what is
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    Thanksgiving and why is it called so
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    everyone what are we going to do now yes
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    listen to
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    me Gabriella can you please speak
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    loud thank you Gabriella good answer
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    Ruby could you please tell others what
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    Gabriel just said excuse me
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    she just said thankgiving is I think we
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    answered question number one let's go to
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    question number two and we have three
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    answers a b or
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    c board yeah so again I want you to show
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    me your hands this is a this is B this
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    is C okay hands ready hands on the desk
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    a b it's look at your sheet tell me what
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    is the answer 3 2 1 go okay let see a
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    lot of C's right so what do people do
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    people get together with their families
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    they eat they watch TV and eat dinner
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    great let's move on to question number
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    three what year was the first
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    Thanksgiving I want to piek someone uh
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    Tommy you spoke a lot today uh Catherine
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    right Katherine what was the year of the
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    first
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    Thanksgiving you guys
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    agree yeah and Catherine's absolutely
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    correct Catherine five good job reading
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    skills 62
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    uh one okay next one let's talk about
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    food now first of all let's say which
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    food is not usual for the Thanksgiving I
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    want your hands a b c 3 2 1 go okay B B
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    all right you to hear from everyone now
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    so when I say 1 2 3 you just shout the
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    answer are you ready 1 2 three
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    Ro good job next
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    one potato S one more
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    time potato okay say two um words you
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    tell me which one is right mashed potato
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    or mashed potato a mash it mashed
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    quickly in your pairs mash it
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    mashed okay uh 3 2 1 which one mashed
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    potato or mashed potato mash this one
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    right everybody say mashed potato mashed
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    potato yeah this B is a big trick isn't
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    it mashed potato next one gra I want to
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    hear from everyone 3 2 1 go gra uh the
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    spelling uh let me go to Candy can youve
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    been a bit quiet today KY Oliver I'm
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    fine good answer thanks for your
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    participation now guys let's move on to
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    the last to the last part of our lesson
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    now um let me invite Tommy Tommy can we
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    help out here guys how many questions
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    are there on the
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    board six question Tommy Tommy I'm going
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    to give you a paper clip uh and I'll
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    have a paper clip myself too guys Tommy
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    has got yellow paper clip what question
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    do you think he will have to ask
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    me go ahead what is your favorite
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    Festival in uh well I like uh Halloween
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    because of people very uh wear fancy
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    dress and it's just cool and round now I
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    have blue one which question do you I
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    need to ask tell
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    me popular
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    so Tommy could you tell me what foods
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    are popular on
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    Thanksgiving
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    tur thank you high five now when we
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    answer each other questions we're going
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    to swap or exchange the paper clips now
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    can I ask someone else now do you have a
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    paper clip no no so I'm going to hand
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    out paper clips when you have a paper
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    clip I'd like you guys to come over here
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    read a question find someone and ask
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    them okay can you do that okay great
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    thank you so I'm going to give you four
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    paper clips you can stay here uh guys
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    four paper clips for
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    you yeah um everyone come here
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    please one 2 3 4 let's
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    go Thanksgiving you did guys a really
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    good job right so I'd like to thank you
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    and show you a small uh movie about
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    Thanksgiving now while you're watching I
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    want you to hear out for a phrase or
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    what people say during Thanksgiving can
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    you do that yeah okay uh let's go
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    one Along Comes This Bo and can you
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    believe it as big as I am it bumps into
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    me ow say I think you The Rock The Rock
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    oh whatever let's plant the flag shall
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    we so the pilgrims got off the we should
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    do this every
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    year and so began the tradition of
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    Thanksgiving when family and friends get
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    together to fellowship and eat and thank
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    God for his many blessings Happy
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    Thanksgiving so guys um what was a
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    question I asked you while you're
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    watching here out for what what
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    listening
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    to Jimmy what do people say in
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    Thanksgiving
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    Happy Happy Thanksgiving Day yeah Happy
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    Thanksgiving Day let me say Happy
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    Thanksgiving I don't want to say thank
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    you guys for amazing class I want to
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    thank uh teachers and uh teachers at
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    Chen Bing school to come over to watch
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    demo class I hope you enjoyed it I hope
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    it wasn't too boring it's bit hot now so
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    I think we better finish right thank you
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    than
Etiquetas
  • Thanksgiving
  • education
  • teamwork
  • language learning
  • pilgrims
  • Native Americans
  • classroom activity
  • holidays
  • teaching methods
  • student engagement