• unlined 3x5 cards
• paper / pencils for students
• paper plate, brad, pen, and construction paper clock hands (for each student)
• paper clips for marking chapters
• dry erase markers
• colored chalk
• water colors and brush
• local map (wherever you teach)
• map of the country (wherever you are)
• world map or globe
• U.S. map
• map of Sea of Galilee
• map of ancient Israel
• calendar (with colorful seasonal pictures, if possible)
• current calendar showing holidays (can be purse-size from a business)-1 per pair of students)
• calculator
• video recorder
• used boarding pass
• used airline ticket
• authentic flight schedules
• birthday candle for each student
• birthday hats and whistles (if possible)
• disguise (wig, dark glasses, mask, etc.)
• weather gear-ear muffs, scarf, umbrella, sunglasses, hand fan
• two shirts and some food for sharing
• examples of different fabric design (plaids, checks, etc.) and fabric type
• articles of clothing (all basic types/colors)
• missfitting clothes
• coat/ umbrella, and sun hat
• suitcase and a few garments to fold
• needle and thread
• perfume
• brush/curlers/scissors
• props representative of the seven holidays in Lesson Ten
• nativity set (if possible)
• book to " study" (demo)
• large book with clear chapter distinctions
• magazine
• things to show
• things to carry
• koosh ball or bean bag
• current calendar
• small kitchen towel/pad/pencil
• paring knife
• bone from cooked meat
• an example of dull and shiny
• apron and cooking spoon
• bottle or jar with a lid
• cloth and pan of water
• two rags-one clean and one dirty
• one dry and one moist cloth
• bowl of water and a small dish
• bar of soap
• cloth to tie around head / cotton for a " fake" swollen jaw
• drying towel
• blindfolds cap for taxi driver
• sheet or large table cloth
• birthday cake
• birth announcement (" used" is fine!)
• dinner invitation (sample)
• personal letter (sample)
• tape for " Musical Chairs"
• piece of music
• family pictures
• scrapbook of memorabilia
• newspaper
• authentic obituaries from a newspaper (one for each pair of students, if possible)
• large rock
• rock for rolling
• paint brush (for house painting)
• hammer and nail
• fishing pole/net (if possible)
• extension cord and light bulb
• string for a clothesline
• seeds and hoe
• small container of dirt
• sample of sand or picture of a desert
• doll (with receiving blanket - optional)
• box
• stethoscope (toy store?!)
• bandage for knee
• spoon and a bottle of liquid medicine
• crutch (or stick to lean on)
• pill bottle
• ice pack
• heating pad
• pictures:
• babies
• various types of weather
• various occupations (one for each student)
• various modes of transportation
• two people in love
• representative of the four seasons
• pregnant woman
• nuclear family
• mother and child
• holiday activities
• various stages of life
• grocery store flyers (one for each student or pair of students)
• sample of spices
• nut in a shell
• apple
• individual (real!) food samples
• foods for the Taste Stations (each of them numbered)
• three small pieces of candy
• small candies or pieces of gum (prizes)
• crackers and honey
• small cooking pot with a few vegetables and a lid

Do-Ahead Preparations

• 6 handouts Lesson One
• 7 handouts Lesson Two
• 5 handouts Lesson Three
• 5 handouts Lesson Four
• 5 handouts Lesson Five
• 5 handouts Lesson Six
• 5 handouts Lesson Seven
• 6 handouts Lesson Eight
• 2 handouts Lesson Nine
• 8 handouts Lesson Ten
• 4 handouts Lesson Eleven
• 2 handouts Lesson Twelve
• copies of newspaper weather map (one per student)
• transparency of a map of ancient Israel
• nametags for everyone
• four nametags: God, Gabriel, Mary, and Elizabeth
• large nametags for Mary and Joseph
• 3x5 cards or paper cut for playing game of " Concentration" (see Months)
• 3x5 cards for names of months-a set for each pair of students
• cards or paper strips (numerals and number words 1-31)-a set for each pair of students
• two paper strips (5x2 inches)-one set per student
• paper strips with sentences and actions (see Communicative Practice-days of week)
• paper strips for John's teachings
• names of cities on large paper strips
• wall signs for Bethlehem city limits and a stable with a manger
• signs for river and desert on opposite walls in classroom
• " boat" sign to attach to box
• taxi cab sign
• demonstration poster board clock with movable hands attached with a brad using two colors for after and 'til
• color labels (most basic) for items in classroom
• colored construction paper with words (see Presentation in Lesson 5)
• small gift-wrapped package
• cassette tape of a current local weather forecast or video clip of a current five-day forecast
• cassette tape made of Sam and Ken in conversation
• enlisting help of another person to illustrate meaning of

Preparations on Class Day

• Lesson 1 - alphabet written twice on board for team competition
• Lesson 2 - wall signs attached to wall
• Lesson 2 - an assortment of ordinal number words written on board (two identical sets) for relay race
• Lesson 3 - names of cities on classroom walls
• Lesson 4 - color labels on items in the classroom
• Lesson 4 - signs for river and desert on opposite walls
• Lesson 5 (none)
• Lesson 6 (none)
• Lesson 7 - new grammar structure on board or transparency enclosed in a box to highlight its importance
• Lesson 8 - ailments written on board
• Lesson 9 - obstacle course set up
• Lesson 10 (none)
• Lesson 11 - questions written on board (see bottom of page 11.1)
• Lesson 12 (none)