First Graded Assignment - Lesson Plan

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Lesson Plan

Topic: Learning nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions, articles, clauses and phrases in general.

Language skill: Grammar – Parts of Speech

Level of Students: Beginner – Standard 4 students

Time: 1 hour

Number of Students: 40 students

Background Knowledge: Students have previous knowledge on the basic definition of different parts of speech.

Objectives of lesson: To enable students to detect the different parts of speech and to enable students to use parts of speech in their written and spoken tasks.

Learning Outcomes: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1.    Identify and classify the different parts of speech.

2.    Use the different parts of speech when writing and speaking.

Teaching Aids:

·         ‘Verb, Noun, Adjective Game’ from http://www.funenglishgames.com/

·         Worksheet

·         Oral Presentation

Procedure:

Stages	Teaching and Learning Activities	Duration (minutes)	Role of the Teacher
Induction	Teacher greets students and recaps previous lesson.	3	·     Briefly restate the definitions of parts of speech, as taught in the previous in class
	Teacher explains the topic to be taught and provides examples.	5	·       Provide examples for each part of speech. ·       Provide examples of the parts of speech used in sentences.
	Teacher divides students into pairs	3	·       Help arrange students in pairs. ·       Assign each pair of students to a desktop computer.
Development	Teacher introduces online game to students.	10	·       Briefly explain the purpose of the website. ·       Explain how to open the website. ·       Explain how to load the online game.
	Teacher allows students to begin with the online game. ·         The game begins with a sentence appearing on the screen, along with an instruction. ·         Students are required to extract the correct parts of speech from the sentence according to the instruction of the game. ·         Choosing the correct answer will result in a short animation and pop-up indicating the success of the answer. ·         Choosing the wrong answer will result in a pop-up appearing and explaining why the student has made a mistake.	23	·       Show students how to begin the online game in a step by step manner. ·       Visit each pair of students briefly. ·       Help students who are facing problems with the online game. ·       Correct students when they make a mistake.
Evaluation	Teacher distributes and explains the worksheet given. ·      The worksheet consists of a passage and a table. The passage contains examples of parts of speech, which have been underlined. ·      Students are then required to identify and classify the parts of speech into the table given.	3	·         Distribute one worksheet per student. ·         Explain the instructions on the worksheet. ·         Collect each worksheet after they have been completed.
	Teacher asks some students to give a short oral presentation in front of the class	10	·         Choose 5 students to present in front of the class. ·         Give a topic to present on for 2 minutes. ·         Support and encourage students while presenting. ·         Point out the parts of speech used by the students in their speech.
Closure	Teacher ends the class by repeating the different parts of speech taught in class. The class is dispersed.	3	·         Recap the lesson by repeating the types of parts of speech to the students.

Evaluation:

1.    Worksheet (Refer to Appendix 1)

•    Covers all objectives
•    Contains written exercises for students to complete.
•    Divided into two parts:

i. Short Paragraph – Students are required to read the text thoroughly and answer the following questions.

ii. Table – Students are asked to identify the different parts of speech taught in class by filling in the table with examples taken from the text.

2.    Oral Presentation

•    Students are given a topic and are required to speak on the topic for 2 minutes. They are required to use the parts of speech they have just learned.
•    Selected students will be called in front of the class and present on the topic.

 

Reflections:

• Evaluation should be connected to learning.
• Worksheet should be in online form as well, not in the form of printed handouts.
• Oral presentation should include all students, as picking selected students may not give all students the opportunity to speak.
• There should be a standard theme that bridges the worksheet and online game. One of the suggestions is to find a situation in the online game which can be extended to the worksheet (for example: holiday with the family or going to school)
  

Appendix 1

Question: The underlined words are examples of parts of speech. Complete the table with the correct parts of speech. The first example is shown in the table.