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Lesson plan Week
Name: Date:
TP No: Time (minutes): 40 Level: Pre-intermediate
AIMS
The main aim of the lesson is:
To ensure that student practice speaking English on a daily basis.
To develop the student's grammar skill such as the proper word order.
For students to be able to identify, create and understand prepositions of time such that they develop the appropriate skill to use 'at,' 'in' and 'on' in sentences in the context of time.
MATERIALS
Whiteboard, markers, flash cards (date/month)
Realia: display box, rock
LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
A preposition is any word that is capable of linking a noun or pronoun to other parts of the sentence. Today's lesson, we will learn how a preposition can be used to show time.
A preposition is used to:
Head a prepositional phrase
They are used for complementing phrases
They are used for modifying phrases
I will be teaching the use of 'at' 'in' and 'on' in the context of time. Also, I will encourage the student to develop prepositional phrases.
The students will be provided with questions that will explain the meaning and functions of the provided prepositions. More so the questions will be in different tense to equip the students will proper skill to use the proper word order while using the prepositions in a sentence.
BOARD PLAN
What is a preposition?
They are words that can be used to link either a noun or a pronoun with the rest of the sentence. When used in a sentence it shows the direction, time or location, and sometimes it introduces an object.
Prepositions that show time
'in.'
Used to;
Indicate unspecific times during a day, month, season, year:
He always read a newspaper in the afternoon.
In the summer season, we have a rainy season for a few weeks.
The new semester will start in September.
Indicate a location or place:
He looked me directly in the eyes.
We are currently residing in a hotel.
My city is Los Angeles in California.
Indicate a shape, color, or size:
This painting is mostly in brown.
The learners stood in a circle.
This jacket comes in different sizes.
Express while doing something:
In preparing for the final examination, we revised several times.
A slogan needs to be impressive in marketing a product.
Indicate a belief, opinion, interest, or feeling:
I believe in life after death.
We are not interested in swimming.
'at.'
Used to;
Point out specific time:
I will meet you at 1 p.m.
The bus will stop here at 4:45 p.m.
Show location:
There is a party at the house.
There were thousands of individuals at the park.
We saw a baseball game at the stadium.
Indicate an email address
Please email me at [email protected].
Indicate an activity:
He laughed at my acting.
I am good at drawing a portrait
'on.'
I used to;
Express a surface of something:
We put an egg on the kitchen table.
The plate is on my desk.
Specify days and dates:
The garbage truck comes on Mondays.
I was born on the 17th day of June in 1987.
Indicating a device, such as a phone or a laptop:
Mark is on the phone.
She was on the computer since morning.
My favorite series will be on TV tomorrow night.
Indicate a part of the body:
The stick hit me on my head.
He kissed me on my lips.
I wear a bangle on my hand.
Indicate the state of something:
Everything in this store is on sale.
The house is on fire.
The use of a rock and box as an illustrative material.
PROCEDURE
Aim of stage
Pre text, leading in and to establish context and to practice speaking
To pre teach the preposition with time expression
To practice speaking and engage students in the context
To pre-teach students on preposition with time expression
To pre-teach students vocabulary
To set a sub context
Pre-teach
'at.'
Pre-teach
'on.'
Pre -teach
'in.'
For students to practice speaking fluency through prediction.
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7.5 Interaction
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S-S Procedural steps
Techer to ask Students to raise hands if they know what preposition is. Then each student should give an example of the preposition. Tell students to work in groups and let them compile a list of all the prepositions they know. Later the student should work in pairs try to use the prepositions they have listed with time expressions.
CCQs: What is a preposition?
Write the preposition to be learned on the white board
CCQs: are 'in' 'at' and 'on' prepositions of time?
Model and drill, write on the white board and elicit form.
Write some sentences on the white board.
Ask the students to use the prepositions on the flash cards to complete the sentences. Provide half the class with the prepositions while the other half with the nouns. Tell the student to match the preposition with the appropriate noun by filling in the blank spaces.
Allow them 5 minutes to complete the work.
Students to provide feedback to questions that require prepositions expressing time.
CQQs: It rained ____Monday. Jane was born___April.
Model and drill, write on the whiteboard the proper form.
Group students into two, each hand them a set of cards; students are instructed to spread cards on the table with the words faced down; students each take a turn at picking a card and saying the preposition.
Game: let us see which group arranged them correctly; first, I'll go around to look…
DEMONSTRATION: Take display box (with beige rock)
When we speak time, there are some important words that show relationships between two things.
The rock is in the box.
The rock is on the box.
The rock is under the box.
The rock is beside the box.
Concept check by putting the rock in 3 different positions-working with the display box & rock
Ask: "where is the box?" (T sits on student level, students sit at one table)
Put the rock next to the box ___under the box, in the box.
Similarly, we use 'in,' 'on,' and 'at' to express time
'in' for periods of the day, weeks, months, seasons, years, and long periods
'on' for days and dates
'at' for exact time of day
CCQ: do we say…
The train arrives at 3 o'clock?
Have we to catch the plane on Monday?
Are we going on a holiday in the summer?
TASK: Time expressions (in/at/on, or no preposition - gap fill worksheet (answers key)
Complete the time expressions with in/at/on, or no prepositions.
At six O'clock on Saturday
_____ last night on Monday morning
In the weekend in April
In the evening ____ yesterday evening
______January 18 _____ summer
In the 1960s ____ two weeks ago
_____the other day ____ this morning
At midnight
Allow them 6 minutes to complete the work.
Ask the students the uses of preposition 'in,' 'on,' 'at.'
Practice saying these eight dates using different prepositions of time. The dates are in numbers, you say them in words
03 February,
6 April,
July 12,
25 Dec,
23 June,
1 May,
January 13
Oct 31
Feedback: which ones were hard?
CCQs: if we say "at 6 O'clock". Does it point out specific time?
The train arrives at 3 o'clock?
The teacher will come at 6 o'clock.
Write on the white board.
CCQs: if we say "on the table." Does it mean it's on the surface?
Write on the board.
Have we to catch the plane on Monday?
T asks "What does it mean when we use 'in' before the year?"
Eg In 2004
we are going on a holiday in 2017.
Jane was born in 2000.
Hand students different flash cards. Ask the students to discuss in pairs and construct sentences using the prepositions they have learned.
THE INTERVIEW
Describing time:
Last: the period before, day, week, month
This: the coming period, evening, week, month, season
Next: the period following another, day, time, year.
That refers to a period in the past, month, year, etc.
Every: frequency, day, year, month, season, etc.
Some: frequency, time, day
Work in pairs. When did you last__?
Go to the cinema
Note: you and your partner must each record each other's use of prepositions.
Do we record everything?
play a sport
go to a party
do an exam
have a holiday
get a present
buy some clothes
go online
cook a meal
Students each say the prepositions of their partner
Conclusion
In conclusion the lesson was on prepositions where we covered the regarding the expression on time. The prepositions covered were 'in' 'on' and 'at.' The methods of teaching in use were explanation, discussion, and demonstration or illustrations. Prepositions were explained to the students who later engaged in a discussion. Teaching aids like flash cards, rock and box were used to as illustrators. The lesson will be learner centered because it will basically involve the students most of the time.
