CLASSROOM RULES PROJECT (TAKE SHAPE 1)

BY cLAUDIA cASTAÑEDA

First Term Project

Aims:

We will be able to recognize colors, geometric shapes , classroom rules and some extra language.

Procedure

Students will discuss rules in society, focus on traits that make for good rules, create rules for themselves and their classroom, decide on a set of agreed upon classroom rules, and create posters publicizing the rules they adopt.

QUESTION

What would it be like to live in a world without rules?

(1) Who needs rules?                                               

(2) Why have rules at all?

(3) Who decides on the rules? What are they based on?   

WHO NEEDS RULES? There are people among us who feel there needn’t be rules at all. Those people usually end up in one of three places/states of existence: jails, institutions, dead, homeless.

WHY HAVE RULES AT ALL? A world without rules would be one in which little happiness would exist for most people; many people would starve; it would be dangerous to live in; there would be murder and mayhem everywhere; it would be easy to die in; chaotic, unpredictable.

WHO DECIDES ON THE RULES? WHAT ARE THEY BASED ON? What has been shown to be true through history is that true leaders do not determine the rules people live by. People create the rules people live by based on what they need and want.

Reading Task:

 Read and match

 Have sts write down on their notebooks then read and match.

Listening Task

Writing Task:

Rule Drafting

TEACHER: Have the room set up in  groups of 3  or so. A class of 15 could be split into 5 groups.

STUDENTS:

Start by writing a list of classroom rules (15) on the board and assign three of them to each group.

In groups  will work on coming up with a set of three rules based on the board list.

Materials: 

Colorful paper

Geometric shapes

Markers

Glue

Rope

Oral exam

Publishing the Rules         

After finishing shaped flags each group will present and post them throughout our classroom.

Resources Bank

Classroom Rules List

1.        Raise your hand to speak

2.       Don´t run

3.       Don´t push

4.       Wait in line

5.       Don´t drop trash on the floor

6.       Be quiet

7.       Listen to your teacher

8.       Don´t play

9.       Remains in your desk

10.   Look at the board

11.   Be respectful

12.   Follow directions

13.   Be nice to other

14.   Clean up time!

15.   Listen when someone is talking

16.   Don´t fight

17.   Good behavior