Unit 8 : My Gadgets ESL Kids Lesson
Unit 8: My Gadgets
- Teach ESL/EFL young learners the names of electronic devices or gadgets.
- Practice using adverbs of sequence to describe a process in this ESL kids lesson.
- Teach basic verb noun collocations which relate to actions involved in the use of electronic devices.
Main Lesson Materials & Study Steps
Freddie, Bob, Sally, and Lisa are at Freddie’s house. Freddie just had a birthday. He tells the friends that he got a laptop for his birthday from his parents. They talk about how to use the laptop. Bob says he got a tablet from his parents for his last birthday. Sally and Lisa do not want to talk about the laptop or the tablet. They decide to play a game on the game console. They play a game called Frogger on the game console. Bob and Freddie go on the internet on the laptop. They find a movie to watch. Sally and Lisa finish the game and want to watch the movie on the laptop too.
|gadgets (electronic devices)|
|open a laptop|
|press the power button|
|turn on a laptop|
|surf the internet|
|play a game|
|watch a movie|
|type in||a password|
|drag and drop||objects|
How to use a laptop - Adverbs of sequence
|First, open the laptop.|
|Next, press the power button to turn it on.|
|Then, surf the internet, watch a movie or play a game.|
|After that, close your web browsers.|
|Finally, shut down the laptop.|
Bob: Freddie, what is that?
Freddie: It is my laptop.
Bob: When did you get your laptop?
Freddie: I got it for my birthday.
Bob: Who got it for you?
Freddie: My parents got it for me.
Bob: How do you use your laptop?
Freddie: First, you have to open it.
Bob: Then what do you do?
Freddie: Then you press the power button.
Bob: That will turn the laptop on?
Freddie: Yes. When it is on, you press the start button. Then you can pick what you want to do next.
Bob: It is a lot like my tablet.
Bob: Do you see my tablet, Freddie?
Freddie: Wow! That’s a cool tablet, Bob!
Bob: I got it for my birthday.
Lisa: I do not want to talk about the laptop.
Freddie: What do you want to do, Lisa?
Lisa: I want to play a game.
Sally: I will play a game with you, Lisa.
Lisa: Let’s go to the game console.
Lisa: This is my favorite game.
Sally: What is it called, Lisa?
Lisa: It’s called Frogger.
Sally: How do you play?
Lisa: You hop the frogs across the road to get the flies.
Sally: This is so much fun, Lisa!
Lisa: I know, it is my favorite game.
Sally: We should play again.
Freddie: We surfed the internet.
Lisa: What did you find?
Freddie: We found a movie to watch on the laptop.
Lisa: What movie are you watching?
Freddie: Frog Days. Do you want to watch?
Sally: I love that movie!
Lisa: Me too!
Sally: Let’s go watch Frog Days on the laptop too.