LessonPlan

AbbyMcMillin

Date:2April2014LengthofClass:50minutesLevel:LowIntermediate(level2,IEP)
Type:Grammarintegrationinfourskills

Studentsinthiscoursearelookingtoimprovetheiracademicgrammarskillswhilespeakingandwriting.
Thisclassfocusesnotonlyonchancesforthisoutput,butalsosupplyingthestudentswithacademiclevel
readingandlisteningactivities,alongwithanemphasisonhighfrequencyvocabulary

Class
Profile

6IEPyoungadultlearners,3men,3women,lowintermediatelevel

Timetablefit Beginningofthelesson,3rdunitofthecourse,1stlessoninthe5thwkofclassduringa13
wksession,4(1hr)lessonsperweek(MTh)
Terminal
Objectives

1.Sswillbeabletoapplygrammarincontext.
2.Sswillbeabletoidentifytheirownerrorsandselfcorrect.
3.Sswillbeabletoutilizemorehighfrequencyacademicvocabulary.
4.Sswillbeabletopracticegrammarthroughreadingsandconversations.
5.Sswillbeabletoprepareforacademicsuccessbypracticingauthenticlanguageskills.

Enabling
Objectives

1.Sswillbeabletouseprepositionsoflocationtosaywheresomethingis.
2.Sswillbeabletohighlightprepositionsoflocationinatext.
3.Sswillbeabletochoosethecorrectprepositionoflocationinasentence.
4.Sswillbeabletoreadanemailthatusesprepositionsoflocation.
5.Sswillbeabletowriteanemailusingprepositionsoflocation.

Materials

Textbook,PowerPoint,worksheets,boardmarkers

Anticipated
Problems/
Solutions

P=Ssmightconfusesomeprepositionsoflocation,especially
at
.
S=Keepdirectingtheirattentiontothegrammarchartprovidedwithvisuals,useobjectsto
demonstrate,directtheirattentiontothenotessectiononpage19

Instructor
Focus

Pacing,clarityinexplanations,increasedstudenttalktime/grammarincontext

Thisisthebeginningoflesson1duringweek5(therearefourlessonsaweek).Lastweekweintroduced
thegrammarpoint
WhatorWhichinBeQuestions
.

Thestudentsarefamiliarwiththeprepositionsoflocation,althoughwehaventexplicitlygoneoverthisasa
grammarpoint.Forthemostparttheyunderstandtheconceptoftheseprepositions,althoughthey
sometimesstrugglewithmixingupcertainones(especially
at
with
in/on
).


LessonPlanforMondayofWeek5(13weeksession)
TIME STAGE

EOs PROCEDURES

INTERACTION MATERIALS

:15

Warmup

IntroducingtheGrammarPoint
1.Writetheprepositionsoflocationontheboard:
in,on,at,nextto,above,below,around,farfrom,near,
between,infrontof,behind

2.Placethebookinthemiddleofthetable

3.Askeachstudenttohelpwiththeprepositionsof
location:
Sunjoo,canyouputyourpenonthebook?

Class

Markers,
Book,Pens

10

:05

Reading&
Grammar
Focus

1,3,
4

GrammarChartPage18
1.AskSstolookatthepicturesofsealsandbirds.
Havestudentstaketurnsreadingwithapartnertogain
understanding.PointoutthatPrepositionsoflocation
telluswheresomething
is.

2.Checkforunderstanding

3.Projectthesampleemail.

4.Askstudentstocomeuptotheboardandcirclea
prepositionoflocationthattheysee.

5.Ontheboardwrite:
Wewenttoadeliciousrestaurant(at/in)Mexico.
AskSstothinkbacktothegrammarchart,completeas
anexample.

6.HaveSscompletetheactivitywithapartner.

7.CallonSstoreadtheemailonelineatatime.

StoS

Class

StoS

Class

Markers,
Book,
Handout,
Sample
emailto
project

:00

Writing
Extension

Wrapup

1,3,
4,5

UsingPrepositionsofLocationinemailWriting:
1.Showstudentstheprojectionofthesampleemail
again.

2.HaveSswriteanemailtoafrienddescribingwhere
theyliveandwhattheyliketodo.Encouragethemto
includeasmanyprepositionsoflocationastheycan.

3.Askthemtosharetheiremailsinpairsandhelpeach
othertocorrectanyerrors.

4.Askforvolunteerstoreadtheiremailsaloud.

Individual

StoS

Class

Markers,
Book

Afterthis,thestudentswouldbeassignedatakehomeworksheet(page20)topracticeprepositionsof
locationoutsideoftheclassroom.WewouldthenmoveontoPartTwooftheunitusing
There+BeVerb.
Thissecondpartoftheunitbuildsoffofwhatwaslearntinthefirsthalf.

Example:
Therewere
manyvolcanoes
on
theisland.

at

point/place

attheairport
atschool
atthehotel
atthestore

in

enclosedspaces
cities
countries

inthecar,intheroom
inChicago
inAmerica

on

surface
thing

bodyofwater

onthestreet,onthedesk
onthefirstfloor
onthebus
onthehill
ontheriver

Notes:

Use
at
forageneralareasuchaswork,school,andhome.
Example:Iwork
at
theschool.

Use
i n
totalkaboutacountryoracity.
Example:Ilive
in
Chicago.

Use
on
forthingsthatarenexttoriversorbodiesofwater.
Example:Honoluluis
on
theocean.