Language Resident Name:
Maria Glukhova
Day and Date:
Wednesday, 09/16/2020
Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):
Russian, Advanced
Class theme/topics discussed:
Rooms and their inhabitants.
Goal of the class:
Speaking: To work on describing one’s living space and to speculate on who might live there
Grammar: To practice «где» vs. «куда»
Vocabulary: furniture, design/style, colors, character.
How did you structure the class?
- Greetings, announcements, general questions.
- Warm-Up [PowerPoint]: An LR shows a picture of a room and asks who the students think might live there and why. Together we describe the room (высокие потолки, окна во всю стену, персидский ковер на полу, etc.) and the people who might own the apartment (обеспеченные, с отличным вкусом, предпочитают жить за городом, etc.)
- Activity 1: Following the same idea as before, students get pictures of different apartments. In pairs they should describe both the rooms and the owners (it is better to choose interesting pictures where there are many things to talk about: дом русской бабушки в деревне, дом из золота в стиле барокко, избушка на курьих ножках, etc.).
- Activity 2: A Detective game. Students work in pairs. A teacher prints out the pictures (6 rooms and 8 people), and the students have to detect who lives where and to find one character who doesn’t belong to the house.
The game is from here: https://www.adme.ru/tvorchestvo-reklama/najdite-hozyaina-kazhdoj-kvartiry-i-vychislite-cheloveka-kotoryj-voobsche-ne-zhivet-v-etom-dome-1712565/
Answers:
- Conclusion. We check the results and discuss how they understood [or didn’t understand] who lives where.
What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)
PowerPoint, Zoom
What worked well in this class? What did not work?
Students love the detective game! Sometimes it takes them almost the whole class to figure out who lives where.
How could this class be improved/ modified?
The class was a lot of fun, I would leave it as it is.