Grade 1: Thoughts on the Commercials Lesson, Class 1-1

Q: Did you enjoy the lessons on commercials?

"I think the commercials lessons are fun. Because, through this class, I can see 'American commercials,' and I get a confidence in this class."

-Brian

Grade 1: Commercials, Day 2

Idiom of the Day: To have butterflies in your stomach.

Meaning: the physical feeling of being stressed, nervous, or in love.

Video of the Day: Miley Cyrus, "Party in the USA"

Lesson: Today, students worked on writing scripts for commercials. Next week, students will film their commercials. The video will be posted on this website.

While writing scripts, student paid extra attention to:

-Using articles (the, a, an)

-Matching subjects with verbs

-Using consistent verb tense

Grade 1: Commercials, Day 1

Lesson of the Day: American TV: Commercials (Day 1)
Idiom of the Day: None
Videos of the Day: Britney for Pepsi, Budweiser Wussup, Budweiser "how ya doing", Budweiser '08 Obama ad

Vocabulary of the Day:

Slogan: A word or phrase that is easy to remember and is used by a group or business to attract attention

Spokesperson: A person who speaks for or represents someone or something (especially a company)

Product: Something that is made to be sold or used

Target Audience: the primary group of people that something, usually an advertising campaign, is aimed at appealing to

Here are some commercials we watched:

Britney for Pepsi (Youtube video)

Jessica Simpson for Pizza Hut (Google video)

Budweiser original "wassup" ad (Youtube video)

Budweiser "what are you doing" ad (Youtube video)

Budweiswer "how ya doin'" ad (Youtube video)

Obama '08 Budweiser-style campaign ad (Youtube video)

Students watched and discussed these commercials, and found the spokesperson, slogan, product, and target audience for each. Then, students divided into groups of 4 to begin work on their commercial project. Each group is an advertising firm, and they have been given a company with a problem. They must create a commercial to help the company. Next week, we will video the results!

Chungnam Science High News: Class 1-1

Here are the videos for class 1-1. Each student is on one of three "news teams" for Chungnam Science High News, and each reporter is responsible for researching, writing, editing, and presenting their own story.

Class 1-1: Group 1


Class 1-1: Group 2



Class 1-1: Group 3

Chungnam Science High News: Class 1-2

This week, we have been talking about the different kinds of past tense in English.

Today, students used what they learned on Monday and Tuesday to make a news show. First, they did research for their topic on the New York Times website. Then they met in groups to discuss each topic and write and edit a script. While editing the script, students paid extra attention to the following things:

1. Using articles with nouns
2. Verb tense (correctly using the past continuous, past perfect, and past simple)
3. Subject-verb agreement

When they finished editing, each group presented their news show. All of the anchors and reporters did a great job. Here are the shows from Class 1-2!

Class 1-2: Group 1


Class 1-2: Group 2


Class 1-2: Group 3

If You Made a Hypothetical...

Today's lesson was on making hypothetical sentences.
Video of the Day: "If I Had a Million Dollars" by the Barenaked Ladies (the video is here)
New Vocabulary: "mac and cheese," "fridge"


At the end of class, students answered the question "If you spoke English fluently, what would you do?"

- I would go to abroad and be a professor.

-If I spoke English fluently, I would speak English with Rain.

-I would go to Las Vegas and meet my elementary school friend.

-If I spoke English fluently, I would go America.

-If I spoke English fluently, I would write an article in The New York Times

-If I spoke English fluently, I would travel all around the world.

-If I spoke English fluently, I would be the CEO of the Microsoft

-If I spoke English well, I would to be 외교관 (a diplomat)

-If I spoke English fluently, I would make friends that graduated from Harvard.

-If I spoke English fluently, I would play English board games.

Would You Rather...

Today, our class learned an American game called "would you rather." In this game, students created and answered questions that compared two things.

Here are some examples that students created:

-You have a lot of homework. Would you rather do biology homework or do chemistry homework? (1.1)

-Would you rather marry beautiful woman and poor or ugly woman and rich? (1.1)

-Would you rather choose BMW or Benz? (1.1)

-Would you rather have cell phone or notebook computer in dormitory? (1.1)

-Would you rather go to Seoul University or KAIST? (1.1)