Grammar Analysis for Lesson Planning

Teacher Class level Date TP No

Su Sandi Maung Intermediate 2/4/2018 7

Structure prepositions (at, in, on, during)

Context Guided Discovery
Marker
Sentences

What's the meaning/use? How will you clarify/check it?

(consult a reference book, e.g. Murphy, Swan, Parrott, etc.) (CCQs, timelines, etc.)
at night, at 900 a.m, at Christmas, at the weekend Find the prepositions from the exercise 1 and write
them in the table. (refer back to guided discovery)
on New Year’s Eve, on 6th March, on time

in time, in the afternoon, in March, in the fifties, in

the summer

What's the form?

(consult a reference book, e.g. Murphy, Swan, Parrott, etc.)
AT + a specific time of day
ON + a day, part of a day or date
IN + a period of time
How will you clarify/check it?
-Students match the phrases and (at, on, in)
-refer back to guided discovery

Which phonological features will you highlight?

How will you clarify/check it?
(phonemics, sentence stress, connected speech, etc.)

at night
in the afternoon

Potential problems for learners with the TL

Suggested solutions
(NB Do not simply repeat points from above)

P
 Guided discovery with answer keys

A. Match the following phrases with the prepositions (AT, ON, IN) in the table.

▪ a period of time ▪ a specific time of day ▪ a day, part of a day or date

Prepositions Examples
AT +…a specific of time… at night, at 900 a.m, at Christmas, at the weekend
ON +a day, part of a day or date on New Year’s Eve, on 6th March, on time
IN +… a period of time….. in time, in the afternoon, in March, in the fifties, in the summer

B. Find the phrases from the exercise 1 which follows after these prepositions and fill in the
table above.

C. Fill the blanks with (in, during, for)

1. You use in or during to talk about when something happens inside a particular period
of time.

2. You use for to talk about how long something lasts.

3. If the period of time is expressed as an event, activity or experience, you use during .

a) She phoned me during the meeting.

b) He told me the story during the flight.

Adapted from New Inside Out Student’s Book (pg.136)