1lesson Plan Grammar
1lesson Plan Grammar
1lesson Plan Grammar
SCHOOL: Panait Cerna High school SUBJECT: Indefinite article LEVEL OF STUDENTS: Intermediate CLASS: 5th TOPIC OF LESSON: DATE: 11.12.2012 NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 20 TIME: 50 min TYPE OF LESSON: Grammar NAME OF STUDENT: tefnescu Nicoleta-Alexandra TIMETABLE FIT: The students have previously discussed about Definite Article. AIMS: A1: assimilate new grammatical rules. A2: help students improve their grammar using different types of exercises. A3: improve pupils pronunciation and their ability of speaking in English freely. ASSUMPTIONS: The students have already acquired the theory for the Definite Article. ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS: The students may not be familiar with certain words. AIDS: Gold- Students Book.
1. PERSONALIZATION
3 min
2. GUIDE TO MEANING
10 min
Pupils are introduced to the topic of the new lesson. Teacher writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard and presents the main activities of the lesson, i.e. discussing some grammar issues. The teacher asks one pupil to read the short text from the course book. The teacher draws them the attention about the use of the article. Then, she explains to them when the article a, respectively an are used. The teacher writes some theory on the blackboard. Several phrases are solved. All deal with the use of the indefinite article.
Plenary T-S Plenary Individual work T-S S-T Plenary T-S Individual work S-T S-S Pair work
Reading/Speaking
6. GUIDED CREATIVITY 7.
6 min HOME ASSIGNMENT 1 min
The teacher gives the pupils some useful phrases. Then, in pairs they are asked to greet his/her deskmate and S-T S-S the other way round. The students will be asked to write some phrases on their own. Plenary Teacher gives the pupils an exercise which deals with the topic discussed during the lesson. S-T Plenary T-S
APPENDIX 1
I am from Winchester, Hampshire. Winchester is a city in the United Kingdom. I live in a town called Taunton which is on the River Tone. I live in a house in a quiet street in the countryside. The street is called "Hudson Street" and the house is old more than 100 years old! I am an English lecturer at a college near the centre of the town. I like books, music and taking photographs. I usually have lunch at college. I usually go home by car. We have all kinds of food in England. I like Polish food very much. Sometimes, I go to a Polish restaurant in Bath. The restaurant is called "Magda's". Polish food is delicious!
APPENDIX 2 Use >a< or >an<. Write the correct forms of the indefinte articles into the gaps.
1) Lucy has dog. 2) Let's sing song. 3) Emily needs new desk in her room. 4) I need blue pen. 5) Ben has old bike. 6) Peter has aunt in Berlin. 7) We listen to English CD. 8) She has exercise book in her school bag. 9) The speed of this car was 160 miles hour. 10) They finished unit.
APPENDIX 3 1.This is ___ easy question. 2.Stephen could you speak ___ little louder.
3.May I have your ___ phone number? 4.I have never seen ___ UFO. 5.May I ask you ___ question? 6.Astrid is ___ best teacher in our school. 7.What is ___ name of the next station? 8.My girlfriend has ___ my car today. 8.I went to ___ sea during my summer holiday. 9.Is there ___ cash machine near here?
BLACKBOARD MIRROR
a = indefinite article (not a specific object, one of a number of the same objects) with consonants Eric has a dog. Gregory works in a factory. an = indefinite article (not a specific object, one of a number of the same objects) with vowels (a,e,i,o,u) Can I have an apple? Donata is an English teacher. the = definite article (a specific object that both the person speaking and the listener know) The car over there is fast. The teacher is very good, isn't he? The first time you speak of something use "a or an", the next time you repeat that object use "the". I live in a house. The house is quite old and has two bedrooms. I ate in a Vietnamese restaurant. The restaurant was not very clean. DO NOT use an article with countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states such as "The United States". My uncle lives in Cumbria near Lake Windermere. They live in Bristol. Use an article with bodies of water, oceans and seas I live on a small island in the Baltic Sea. DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about things in general I like Indian tea. Simon likes reading books about linguistics. DO NOT use an article when you are speaking about meals, places, and transport He has breakfast at home. I go to university. Magda comes to work by taxi.