Activate Background Knowledge
Introduce love of learning by asking students what motivates them to learn. What sparks their interests?
- Write a list of answers on the whiteboard.
Note: students may need to look up words on their phone if they lack the vocabulary word to express what motivates them to learn, or ways that they learn. As these words come up, make sure to go over what they mean as a class.
Activity 1: Speaking
Explain to students that they will think about what they already know (why the following photos are socially unacceptable or abnormal) by making inferences.
- Have students make inferences about the following pictures for practice.

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- Encourage students to have when, why, how, what questions to expand on the knowledge they already have.
Activity 3: Listening/Speaking
Below are links to two youtube videos, each describing different learning styles students may feel that they have. Choose one of the videos to watch as a class. Afterward, review the different learning styles: Discover Your Learning Style
https://youtu.be/_IopcOwfsoU
or Learning Styles
https://youtu.be/u_rmUkj9g0k
- Have students discuss with a partner what they feel their main learning style is.
- If there is time, split students into groups based on their preferred learning style and have them present to the class one way that they learn.
- For example, if someone feels they are a kinesthetic learner, they may talk about the importance of acting something out in order to remember it.
- Challenge students to try learning in a way they have not tried before. Encourage students to utilize multiple learning styles.
Homework
Students will think about a subject/topic/hobby they are very interested in. They will also need to think of a subject/topic/hobby they are not interested in at all.
They should think of some ways they could use their interest to help them learn and retain information from the subject they are not interested in. They must write down their answers. Example: How can my interest in drawing help me to learn math?
Follow-Up
Tuesday:
Students will share their homework answers with a partner and compare.
Wednesday:
What is one new thing you would like to learn? Create a SMART goal to start learning this.
Thursday:
What are three things you learned this week? How can these help you in your life? (How do these three things apply?) Share with a group or the class.