Famous People

GRAMMAR: New Horizon's Let`s chat 3     EXAMPLE: Do you know Albert Einstein?  You mean the American scientist?     DATE ADDED: 03-09-10 

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Materials Needed:

• FamousPeople cards - each worksheet should be cut into 12 cards before class.  You will need to make enough cards so that students can receive 2-3 cards.

Detailed Explanation:

1. After practicing the Let`s chat 3 dialogue, have the following conversation with your JTE.
   • ALT: Do you know Leonardo da Vinci?
   • JTE: You mean the Italian artist?
   • ALT: Right. That`s him.
   • <switch roles>
   • JTE: Do you know Abraham Lincoln?
   • ALT: You mean the English leader?
   • JTE: No! I mean the American leader.
2. Give each student a famous person card, tell them it is a secret and make sure they don`t show anyone. Explain that their famous person will be German, Italian, English or American. They will be a famous scientist, artist or leader. Explain the vocabulary on the board and make sure to point out that artist can mean a painter or a musician.
3. Students stand up and play Janken with a partner. The winner is A the loser is B.
   • A: Do you know <famous person>?
   • B: You mean the _____  _____? (German/Italian/English/American) (scientist/artist/leader)
   • A: Right. That`s him./No. I mean the _____  _____.
4. If B was right, A and B swap cards. If B was wrong, A gets to keep B`s card and B sits down in their chair. The ALT and JTE give the people sitting down another card so they can continue.
5. A and B find new partners and repeat from step three.
6. The goal is to collect as many cards as possible.

Variations:

• You can remove the Janken and have partners take turns being A and B.
  • In this case the card swapping rules are a bit more complicated. If A and B are both wrong, they don`t swap cards (XX = No change). If A and B are both right, they swap cards. (OO = Change). If A is right and B is wrong, A receives B`s card and vice-versa (OX = Winner receives).

Teaching Suggestions:

• If you have some time at the end, pick some harder famous people and ask the whole class, "Do you know _____?" They should respond using "You mean _____?"
• If you don`t want to call the Roman-born Caesar an Italian leader, or the Austrian-born Hitler a German leader, dropping them has no effect on the game.

Tips/Cautions:

• Famous people should not be too difficult or too hard.
• If you need easier examples, ask your JTE for some Japanese examples.
• If you need harder examples, find a history teacher.

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