Lesson 3

Conducting Meetings

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    Grammar

    WATCH: Yes/No Questions
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    [Pointer] Practice and Repeat
    [EGP Bar]
    (Teacher models the example. Then, the teacher gives the statements and students give the questions.)

    She is from China
    She is from China
    Is she from China?
    Is she from China?
    He is from Haiti.
    He is from Haiti.
    Is he from Haiti?
    Is he from Haiti?
    He is from Samoa
    He is from Samoa.
    Is he from Samoa?
    Is he from Samoa?
    He is scared.
    He is scared.
    Is he scared?
    Is he scared?
    They are from Venezuela.
    They are from Venezuela.
    Are they from Venezuela?
    Are they from Venezuela?
    She is nervous.
    She is nervous.
    Is she nervous?
    Is she nervous?
    She is happy.
    She is happy.
    Is she happy?
    Is she happy?
    [Pointer] Activity
    [EGP Bar]
    (Teacher holds up pictures from the packet and asks yes/no questions about them, putting the vocabulary on the board. The students will need this vocabulary for the next activity.)

    Examples:

    [Pointer] Activity
    [EGP Bar]
    (Studetns secretly chooses a picture of a character from the video. Remaining students ask yes/no questions until someone guesses who it is. The person who guesses correctly chooses the next picture. The teacher may need to review the characters before doing this activity.)


    WATCH: Polite Requests
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    [Pointer] Oral Reading
    [EGP Bar]

    Juan
    Juan, will you
    please
    stand and
    introduce yourself?
    Introduce
    Elders, will
    you
    introduce
    your guests?
    Bro. Martinez
    Brother Martinez,
    will you please
    offer the open-
    ing prayer?
    Relief Society
    Sister Dawson,
    will you direct
    the music?
    Lopati
    Lopati, will you
    please
    give the
    spirtual thought?
    Pierre
    Pierre, will
    you
    give the
    closing prayer?

    [Pointer] Activity
    [EGP Bar]
    (In preparation for students being the class president, teacher hands each group a set of pictures or cards of activites. Students ask each other to do the activity.)

    Example: Teacher hands a student the picture of Raj giving a prayer or a card with the word "prayer" on it. Student turns to his/her partner and asks, "Maria, will you please give the opening (closing) prayer?"

    [Pointer] Writing Practice
    [EGP Bar]
    (Students make the following phrases into polite requests and practice them with their partner.)

    Direct Music Sister Petkov. Direct the music.

    Sister Petkov, will you direct the music__________________
    Opening Prayer Sister Junca. Offer the opening prayer.

    ____________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________
    Lesson Sister Huntington. Please give the lesson.

    ____________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________
    Talk Sister Johnson. Please give a talk

    ____________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________
    Spiritual Thought Brother Toelupe. Give a spiritual thought.

    ____________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________
    Closing Prayer Raj. Give the closing prayer.

    ____________________________________________________

    ____________________________________________________


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