Language Circle

1. Parents should focus on engaging,
not educating kids
Language circle
Lesson adapted from:
https://www.cbc.ca/learning-english/level-2/parents-should-focus-on-engaging-
level-2-1.5581007

2. Objectives
• Listen to a news story about how parents should focus on
engaging their children during lockdown
• Discuss different strategies for parents to keep their
children entertained at home
• Practice using phrasal verbs in context

3. Learning English with CBC
Screenshot of CBC learning-English website

4. Agenda
1. Speaking
2. Vocabulary
3. Listening
4. Grammar
5. Reading
6. Reflect on learning

5. Speaking

6. Parents should focus on
engaging
• Today’s topic is about the importance to engage
kids at home during the pandemic.
– Should parents focus on engaging their children
during the lockdown or take a teacher’s role?
– Do you think focusing on doing school work is more
important for young students than having fun and
doing a variety of in/ out door activities?
– What activities can parents share with their children to
keep them engaged and busy while staying home?

7. Vocabulary

8. adapt pursue virtual tilt
engage curriculum be in the same boat
shield
1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested
7. to move into a sloping position
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation

9. adapt pursue virtual tilt
engage curriculum be in the same boat
1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
shield
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested
7. to move into a sloping position
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation

10. adapt virtual tilt
engage curriculum be in the same boat
1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
shield
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time pursue
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested
7. to move into a sloping position
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation

11. adapt tilt
engage curriculum be in the same boat
1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
shield
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time pursue
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
virtual
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested
7. to move into a sloping position
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation

12. adapt tilt
engage be in the same boat
1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
shield
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time pursue
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
virtual
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
curriculum
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested
7. to move into a sloping position
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation

13. tilt
engage be in the same boat
1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
shield
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time pursue
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
virtual
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
curriculum
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
adapt
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested
7. to move into a sloping position
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation

14. tilt
be in the same boat
1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
shield
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time pursue
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
virtual
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
curriculum
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
adapt
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested engage
7. to move into a sloping position
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation

15. be in the same boat
1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
shield
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time pursue
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
virtual
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
curriculum
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
adapt
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested engage
7. to move into a sloping position tilt
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation

16. 1. to protect someone by not letting them see or hear
what is going on
shield
2. to try to achieve something over a period of time pursue
3. describes something that is done on the computer
rather than in person
virtual
4. a course or a document that explains subjects schools
should teach and the difficulty level taught to each grade
curriculum
5.
to change one’s behavior to be successful in a new
situation
adapt
6. to attract a person’s attention and keep them interested engage
7. to move into a sloping position tilt
8. To be in the same unpleasant situation be in the same boat

17. LISTENING

18. Listening
Let’s listen to “Parents should focus on
engaging” by Learning English with CBC.
https://www.cbc.ca/learning-english/level-
2/parents-should-focus-on-engaging-level-2-
1.5581007

19. 1- Listening for details
Everyone, including the creator of CBC‘s Gary the
Unicorn, has had to ______________ during the
pandemic.
a. adaptation
b. adapt
c. adaptability
d. adapted
Link to original lesson CBC website

20. 1- Listening for details
Everyone, including the creator of CBC‘s Gary the
Unicorn, has had to ______________ during the
pandemic.
a. adaptation
b. adapt
c. adaptability
d. adapted
Link to original lesson CBC website

21. 2- Listening for details
Sue Kwiecien has been sharing different ways to keep
kids learning at home, including virtual field trips and
learning with Lego. How are virtual field trips different
than regular field trips?
a. They are in person
b. They are longer
c. They are more expensive
d. They are on the computer
Link to original lesson CBC website

22. 2- Listening for details
Sue Kwiecien has been sharing different ways to keep
kids learning at home, including virtual field trips and
learning with Lego. How are virtual field trips different
than regular field trips?
a. They are in person
b. They are longer
c. They are more expensive
d. They are on the computer
Link to original lesson CBC website

23. 3- Listening for details
Sue acknowledged that the resources parents need
are different than what teachers might use to deliver
(teach) the curriculum. A curriculum is a(n)
_______________.
a. test
b. activity
c. course
d. fact
Link to original lesson CBC website

24. 3- Listening for details
Sue acknowledged that the resources parents need
are different than what teachers might use to deliver
(teach) the curriculum. A curriculum is a(n)
_______________.
a. test
b. activity
c. course
d. fact
Link to original lesson CBC website

25. 4- Listening for details
Stephanie Lefebvre, a teacher, believes parents should
engage their children in things they are interested in.
What is the correct definition for 'engage' as it is used
in this sentence?
a. to agree to marry
b. to start a fight with someone
c. to attract someone’s attention
d. to force someone to do something
Link to original lesson CBC website

26. 4- Listening for details
Stephanie Lefebvre, a teacher, believes parents should
engage their children in things they are interested in.
What is the correct definition for 'engage' as it is used
in this sentence?
a. to agree to marry
b. to start a fight with someone
c. to attract someone’s attention
d. to force someone to do something
Link to original lesson CBC website

27. 5- Listening for details
The message from Stephanie is to allow kids to choose
what they want to learn and to _____________ it at
their own pace (speed).
a. pursue
b. pursuit
c. persevere
d. produce
Link to original lesson CBC website

28. 5- Listening for details
The message from Stephanie is to allow kids to choose
what they want to learn and to _____________ it at
their own pace (speed).
a. pursue
b. pursuit
c. persevere
d. produce
Link to original lesson CBC website

29. 6- Listening for details
How would you explain the pandemic to a child?
Jason Hopley, a puppeteer at Studio K, says we should
not shield children from the truth, but rather we
should inform children. A synonym for 'shield' is
______________.
a. prevent
b. protect
c. present
d. suggest
Link to original lesson CBC website

30. 6- Listening for details
How would you explain the pandemic to a child?
Jason Hopley, a puppeteer at Studio K, says we should
not shield children from the truth, but rather we
should inform children. A synonym for 'shield' is
______________.
a. prevent
b. protect
c. present
d. suggest
Link to original lesson CBC website

31. Grammar

32. Phrasal Verb/ Idiom
What does it mean when we say “ make do?”
• It is an idiom. Grammatically, it is also considered a
phrasal verb that means to cope or to manage
things or use what one has on hand.
Examples: Education programs …. And they have
one common thread, they’re all just making do,
precisely just the way the rest of us are.
• My mom has just to make do with what she had in
the kitchen to bake a cake for us.

33. Phrasal Verb/ Idiom
Reflect on the following situations and
decide how you can use the phrasal verb “
make do”:
1- Not enough cheese to make a pizza
2- My sister is a single mother.
3- I ran out of money for the rest of the month.
4- We have one car in the family.

34. Phrasal Verb/ Idiom
Now, it’s your turn to make sentences using
the idiom “ make/ making do”.
Let’s be creative! 

35. Reading

36. 30 things to do with your kids during
lockdown
Please, go to
https://www.wander-lust.nl/things-to-do-with-your-
kids-during-lockdown/
- The article suggests several creative ideas to keep your children
engaged during the lockdown. Write two paragraphs: one that
summarizes the best five strategies in your opinion. In the second
paragraph, explain how you would like to apply these strategies/
activities with your children.

37. Reflect on
Learning

38. What did you learn today?
• Discuss the role of parents with their
children during the lockdown.
• Share at least three strategies that
stood out for you in the lesson.

39. Homework
• Go to the CBC lesson below
https://www.cbc.ca/learning-english/level-
2/parents-should-focus-on-engaging-level-2-
1.5581007
• Work on other skills in the lesson

41. Date or Other Description Goes Here
See you next time!