Meiwa Lesson 2: Feelings

Grammar

"How are you? I'm ..."

Game

Fly-swatter race

Structure

1. Always start a lesson off with a quick review of words they learned last lesson. Greet the students and teach them "everyone" and "good morning/afternoon everyone".
2. Go through the face cards and teach "fine" (genki), "happy" (ureshii), "sad" (kanashii), "sleepy" (nemutai), "tired" (tsukareta), "hot" (atsui), "cold" (samui), "hungry" etc.
3. Start by asking students "o-genki desu ka?", then switch to "How are you?" and teach what it means. Hold up each face card and get the students to guess the associated feeling, and teach the English vocab.
4. When you're happy they know reasonably well, divide the class into 2 or 3 groups. Stick the faces to the blackboard. Have one student from each team stand at the back of the room, and put 2 or 3 fly swatters on the floor in the middle of the room.
5. Ask a student "How are you?", if the student replies "I'm happy", then the 2 or 3 students at the back must run, pick up a fly swatter, and be the first to hit the correct face. Repeat until everyone has had a chance to play.

See Also

• Sample Lessons from Meiwa
• Elementary School Lessons