Mindful Learning - Intermediate High

Download

HTML can be useful for transferring content to other online publishing platforms, typically by copy/pasting to the new platform.

<div class="callout objectives" data-callout-custom-class="objectives">
<h3 id="h3_Jrcg" name="h3_Jrcg">Lesson Information</h3>
<h4 id="h2_NVZr" name="h2_NVZr"><strong>Positive Psychology Learning Outcomes</strong></h4>
<p id="h4_uAaI" name="h4_uAaI">Students will...</p>
<ol id="ol_BSsq" name="ol_BSsq">
<li id="li_rZev" aria-level="1" name="li_rZev">talk about  the importance of mindfulness in learning. </li>
<li id="li_FNzF" aria-level="1" name="li_FNzF">set a goal to be more mindful in language learning. </li>
<li id="li_LpqL" aria-level="1" name="li_LpqL">describe how to use mindfulness to improve language learning outcomes.</li>
</ol>
<h4 id="h2_RCLu" name="h2_RCLu"><strong>Language Learning Outcomes</strong></h4>
<p id="h4_AoAY" name="h4_AoAY">Students will...</p>
<ol id="ol_ZyRq" name="ol_ZyRq">
<li id="li_UYyy" aria-level="1" name="li_UYyy">listen for specific information</li>
<li id="li_Xzre" aria-level="1" name="li_Xzre">connect content to background knowledge.</li>
<li id="li_hEjo" aria-level="1" name="li_hEjo">focus on pronunciation.  </li>
</ol>
<h4 id="h2_pyVu" name="h2_pyVu"><strong>Materials Needed</strong></h4>
<ul id="ul_HoCx" name="ul_HoCx">
<li id="li_ZDJt" aria-level="1" name="li_ZDJt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/0/d/1L2hVoeS1HjJ99YEvQR8aJ6PL8wA6MQ6rkENHDTspe3M/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-LhLp" data-unshortened-url="https://docs.google.com/presentation/u/0/d/1L2hVoeS1HjJ99YEvQR8aJ6PL8wA6MQ6rkENHDTspe3M/edit">Mindful Learning (Intermediate High)</a></li>
<li id="li_NTcZ" aria-level="1" name="li_NTcZ"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKACzIrog24" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-Gdhm" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKACzIrog24">How to Get Better at Things You Care About</a></li>
<li id="li_XhNP" aria-level="1" name="li_XhNP"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4B43IIq-Sg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-TodP" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4B43IIq-Sg">Kung Fu Panda 2 Simple Past - YouTube</a></li>
<li id="li_GHqo" aria-level="1" name="li_GHqo"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReEu2kI6oI" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-RtfS" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IReEu2kI6oI">Find Your Focus with this Mini Meditation - YouTube</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="callout default" data-callout-custom-class="default">
<h3 id="h3_pJbf" name="h3_pJbf">Overview</h3>
<p id="p_Arnm" name="p_Arnm">Learning involves all senses and awareness of what surrounds us. We need to be in the present, and not in many places at the same time. Phones can interrupt a mindful learning moment. Before starting the lesson, invite students to put their phones completely away (ideally inside their backpacks), explain that doing so is part of today’s lesson, and challenge them to keep from checking their phones during the whole class time.</p>
</div>
<div class="callout good" data-callout-custom-class="good">
<h3 id="h3_BRRz" name="h3_BRRz">Activate Background Knowledge</h3>
<p id="p_RCoZ" name="p_RCoZ">Ask students what makes learning a language difficult. Have the students work with partners to discuss problems that they may have. After, discuss as a class. Possible answers may include: </p>
<ul id="ul_NDFf" name="ul_NDFf">
<li id="li_BDzD" name="li_BDzD">Distractions </li>
<li id="li_aEPA" name="li_aEPA">Trouble memorizing </li>
<li id="li_RxPR" name="li_RxPR">Difficulty understanding teachers </li>
</ul>
<p id="p_kHGt" name="p_kHGt">As we clear our minds, we make room to expand our knowledge. Additionally, mindfulness will allow us to focus on what we are learning right now. </p>
</div>
<div class="callout exercises" data-callout-custom-class="exercises">
<h3 id="h3_FqCQ" name="h3_FqCQ">Activity 1: Speaking/Listening  </h3>
<ul id="ul_DEJL" name="ul_DEJL">
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_qqZQ" name="li_qqZQ"><span style="">Ask the students what things they can remember that they have learned in class this week and write down the concepts they say in 1 minute. </span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_rTzc" name="li_rTzc"><span style="">After that, ask the students to close their eyes and guide them through a focus exercise in which they will have to close their eyes and breathe deeply. Ask the students to focus on what they can listen to and feel, how their body is feeling, and what things are in their minds. Ask and remind them of some of the concepts learned during the week and ask them to think about them.</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_pTQh" name="li_pTQh"><span style="">After that exercise, ask them to open their eyes and repeat the brainstorming exercise in 1 minute.</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_tGUk" name="li_tGUk"><span style="">Ask the students to discuss with a partner how and why it was different to remember what they have learned the second time.</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="callout exercises" data-callout-custom-class="exercises">
<h3 id="h3_Bibh" name="h3_Bibh">Activity 2: Listening</h3>
<p id="p_xZRk" name="p_xZRk"><span style="">Review the following vocabulary words, their pronunciation, and their definition: </span></p>
<ul id="ul_pFDt" name="ul_pFDt">
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_pjsY" name="li_pjsY"><span style="">Focus</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_YCyR" name="li_YCyR"><span style="">Memorize</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_gRKY" name="li_gRKY"><span style="">Distract</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_bYnp" name="li_bYnp"><span style="">Attentive</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_rnoi" name="li_rnoi"><span style="">Retain </span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_MvZN" name="li_MvZN"><span style="">Distraction</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_MxCh" name="li_MxCh"><span style="">Alert</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_oAwa" name="li_oAwa"><span style="">Remember </span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_fpIu" name="li_fpIu"><span style="">Attention → pay attention</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="callout exercises" data-callout-custom-class="exercises">
<h3 id="h3_IBbL" name="h3_IBbL">Activity 3: Listening</h3>
<p id="p_CaYt" name="p_CaYt"><span style="">Have the students watch the following video.</span></p>
<p id="p_FbUy" name="p_FbUy"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKACzIrog24" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-Gdhm" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKACzIrog24"><span style="">Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about | TED</span></a></p>
<p id="p_tHxa" name="p_tHxa"><span style=""><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YKACzIrog24" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></span></p>
<p id="p_Lavy" name="p_Lavy"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKACzIrog24" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-Gdhm" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKACzIrog24">https://edtechbooks.org/-Gdhm</a><span style=""> </span></p>
<ul id="ul_SeBh" name="ul_SeBh">
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_WaDk" name="li_WaDk"><span style="">After watching the video, ask the students to discuss with a partner how well and for how long they were able to stay focused while Eduardo Briceño was talking.</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_RbCF" name="li_RbCF"><span style=""> After this discussion, have them work in groups to answer the following questions:</span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_Bjto" name="li_Bjto"><span style="">What is the difference between the learning and the performance zone? </span></li>
<li style="" aria-level="1" id="li_hVqb" name="li_hVqb"><span style="">Why is focus important in the learning zone? </span></li>
</ul>
<p id="p_LBqB" name="p_LBqB"><span style="">Help them understand that the key to improving is focusing on one task at a time. </span></p>
</div>
<div class="callout exercises" data-callout-custom-class="exercises">
<h3 id="h3_wuHL" name="h3_wuHL">Activity 4: Listening </h3>
<p id="p_dHdv" name="p_dHdv"><span style="">Focus on grammar principle.</span></p>
<p id="p_ECdg" name="p_ECdg"><span style="">Have students watch the following video and write down only the words that are in simple past tense. </span></p>
<p id="p_Lozy" name="p_Lozy"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4B43IIq-Sg" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-TodP" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4B43IIq-Sg"><span style="">Kung Fu Panda 2 Simple Past</span></a></p>
<p id="p_JmJB" name="p_JmJB"><span style=""><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z4B43IIq-Sg" width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></span></p>
<p id="p_tcRv" name="p_tcRv"><span style=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4B43IIq-Sg" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-TodP" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4B43IIq-Sg">https://edtechbooks.org/-TodP</a></span></p>
<p id="p_Ijgh" name="p_Ijgh"><span style="">After watching the video, ask students what words they were able to hear, and whether they can understand what the scene of the movie was about. Would they be able to summarize what happened? </span></p>
<p id="p_Cyfz" name="p_Cyfz"><span style="">*Probably not, as their main purpose and focus was listening for words in past tense.</span></p>
<p id="p_IeBc" name="p_IeBc"><span style="">Ask the students to tell a partner how well they were able to focus on finding those words, and what was distracting to them. </span></p>
</div>
<div class="callout exercises" data-callout-custom-class="exercises">
<h3 id="h3_bnxS" name="h3_bnxS">Activity 5: Pronunciation</h3>
<p id="p_fXQp" name="p_fXQp">Help students understand that in order to improve with pronunciation, they need to focus on one aspect. </p>
<p id="p_VJdR" name="p_VJdR">Explain that today, students will focus on the pronunciation of <em>-ed</em>. Review the pronunciation with students. This <a href="https://www.grammar.cl/english/pronunciation-ed.htm" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-WwA" data-unshortened-url="https://www.grammar.cl/english/pronunciation-ed.htm">website</a> has a helpful explanation.<img id="img_tKzo" class="img-fluid col-12" src="https://edtechbooks.org/content_images/poll/qnpZ_2.jpg" alt="" name="img_tKzo"></p>
<p id="p_pPrb" name="p_pPrb">After reviewing the pronunciation of <em>ed</em>, have students read the following paragraph out loud: </p>
<p id="p_AIjR" name="p_AIjR">“When I got home, the kitchen was a mess. At our house, we have agreed to clean up after ourselves, so I asked around to find out who had cooked last. That person turned out to be my son. While he washed the dishes, I sat at the kitchen table and talked to him about his school work. Last year, he tested into an advanced program, and I wanted to see how he was doing. He seemed happy with it. He started telling me about his classes and what he learned that day.”</p>
<p id="p_tQzb" name="p_tQzb">Ask students whether they were able to stay focused on the past tense -ed or if they were distracted by other things.</p>
<p id="p_NrrU" name="p_NrrU">You may also change the pronunciation principle to focus on depending on what your class is working on at the moment of the lesson.</p>
</div>
<div class="callout default" data-callout-custom-class="default">
<h3 id="h3_FtkW" name="h3_FtkW">Homework</h3>
<p id="p_Vygj" name="p_Vygj">Ask students to set a goal for their own mindful learning. Invite students to choose one aspect that they would like to improve. It might be one pronunciation skill, one listening skill, or memorizing vocabulary (help students make a specific goal). As part of this goal, invite students to set a time and a place to remove distractions and stay focused for 15 minutes practicing the skill they chose to work on. </p>
</div>
<div class="callout bad" data-callout-custom-class="bad">
<h3 id="h3_dSze" name="h3_dSze">Follow-Up</h3>
<p id="p_omYx" name="p_omYx"><strong>Tuesday: </strong></p>
<p id="p_QwYn" name="p_QwYn">Have students share their homework experience with mindfully focused language learning with a partner.  Praise students when they talk about coping with distractions, staying focused, etc.</p>
<p id="p_KIgr" name="p_KIgr"><strong>Wednesday: </strong></p>
<p id="p_pxwa" name="p_pxwa">Ask students to discuss what the following quote means to them. Highlight any comments related to focusing one’s attention.</p>
<p id="p_FczK" name="p_FczK">“The mind is just like a muscle - the more you exercise it, the stronger it gets and the more it can expand.” - Idowu Koyenikan</p>
<p id="p_dZxT" name="p_dZxT"><strong>Thursday: </strong></p>
<p id="p_gnoE" name="p_gnoE">Have students answer the following questions in small groups.</p>
<ul id="ul_ZnKw" name="ul_ZnKw">
<li id="li_TLxA" name="li_TLxA">How has being more focused in your learning helped you this week? </li>
<li id="li_EuIt" name="li_EuIt">How have you removed distractions and how has this helped you be more present in your learning experience?</li>
</ul>
</div>