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Skillswise lesson plan
   
   
Many thanks to tutors Carol Bates and friends Carol and Hilary from Henrietta Parker Centre in Molesey who sent this plan in to us.

Operating the washing machine
Session:  Week No: 
Date:  Time: 
Curriculum reference/s: Rw/E1.1, SLlr/E1.3, Rt/E1.1
Objectives:  By the end of the session students will be able to
(1) Follow single step instructions SLlr/E1.3
(2) Possess a limited meaningful sight vocabulary of words signs and symbols Rw/E1.1
(3) Obtain information from text. Rt/E1.1

Time
Topic
Teacher activity
Learner activity
Materials

 		 Reading instructions
 		 Tell students, we are going to follow instructions on how to use our machine.
Ask about other instructions they have seen, video, camera, cooker etc.
Talk about imperatives, and about sequence of instructions.
Stress key words.
Cover vocab such as red, grey, hose, connect, drainage, etc.
 		 Discussion and reading and understanding washing machine instructions
 		 Washing machine instructions
Possibly other types of instructions for comparison
 

 		 Instructions game
 		 Prepare jumbled instructions game

 		 Students attempt to order a set of jumbled instructions
 		 Jumbled instructions game
(paper version not available here - you could try instructions worksheets and activities on Skillswise in the Web link graphic Instructions module
You may find some useful for Entry Level)
 

 		 Garment labels
 		 Take real labels of clothes so that students can read garment labels and sort given garments into groups.
Loads of vocabulary here.
 		 Students sort garments into groups
 		 Garments and garment labels
 

 		 Close
 		 Finish with asking questions to clarify their understanding.
 		 Students answer questions
 
 

Lesson evaluation: 
We have used the washing machine lessons and they worked. Students found them useful and relevant to their everyday life. We also had a lot of fun.
Students brought their own advertisements to a fourth lesson (see note below) for a general discussion on the machines available. 
 
Additional notes: This is the third of three lessons on this theme of washing machines. The 1st and 2nd lesson plans are available in the Skillswise lesson plan section.
A possible fourth lesson is a consolidation of the first three. When revisiting the components you can extend all the vocabulary and add degrees of difficulty for more able students.
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