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I'm Dan, and I hope it is right.

Day one new class, scary stuff.

You don't know them.

They don't know.

You imagine me and Dan for the first time.

Okay, so the first thing you could do is they get to know you.

Activity icebreaker.

Exactly.

Something safe.

And for God's sake, don't take the hard core grammar on day one.

No, ease them into it.

Do anything to embarrass it.

Will put them on the spot.

Yeah, No embarrassing questions you can do.

For example, Lie to me.

Okay.

Damn.

How did you break your leg?

I was doing gymnastics.

How long did it take you to climb Everest?

A couple of hours.

Lie.

You go.

May.

You could do what's in your pocket.

Yes, I'll go first.

Hello, everybody.

My name is Dan.

Dan.

Hello.

And this object is important to me.

It was given to me by a very, very good friend.

And I will.

Your friend.

It's very, very lucky.

I always carry it with me.

What you always carry in your Lego in my pocket country that I like the imaginary line which do you prefer sunset or sunrise?

Get left for sunsets and right for sunrise.

Don't forget to talk to your partners.

Oh, I love sunrise.

Really?

Why do you love sunrise?

Sunrise is better because you get to wake up early.

Longer.

Why do you wake up early?

Day one is also an excellent opportunity to do a needs analysis to find out what your students know.

What they would like to learn, that it helps you plan.

Of course, absolutely.

Normally, what you do is hand out some sort of survey on a piece of paper blood.

That's a waste paper.

Boring.

Yeah, why not give them cards with different functions and skills on them and get them Teoh Working groups, you order them.

What's important, what's not what they want to dio something else you could do is photocopy the contents page of the student's book and get students to circle the functions and the ideas that they would like even cross out the ones they don't want.

That is, I do want t o Be careful.

They make course that Will the Gramma remain with control?

Exactly moderate with.

But we should perp writing emails above business positions this is so important.

Why?

So we can let him formal English.

What do you think, Mario?

John is right.

You always take her side.

And the third thing you could do is set up some class rules.

How do you do there stand on.

Day one is a great opportunity to give students responsibility over their own class so they could talk about things like dictionary use.

L one use use how often they want homework witness.

Don't forget.

They can also give the teacher will.

What do you want your teacher to do in class?

How late is the teacher allowed to be?

Of course.

A great opportunity Toe also review motive.

Herbs of obligation Must must turn up to class on time.

Okay, Shawn, what do you think about homework?

Way?

Should take three hours every evening.

What do you think, Mario?

Are you crazy?

Hazy here.

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