Assignment Task
Grammar for Young Learners Lesson Plan and Essay
Lesson Topic:
Prepositions of time.
(On, at, in)
Lesson Aims:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to…
Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Identify and use prepositions of time in the correct form.
Example sentence:
Mary was born in 1985.
Mary was born on a Sunday.
Mary was born at 3 am.
Identified, practiced, and produced the target language by means of classroom/worksheet activities and group discussions.
Anticipated difficulties:
Include one relating to the L1/age/level of the students and one for the target grammar (meaning, form, or pronunciation). 1. Students might get confused as to how to use prepositions. They might use it in place of in. 2. Students may find it difficult to interact with one another as some are from France and some are from Italy. 3. Since it’s summer school students might come tired and motivation may be lacking. 4. Russian students may find it difficult to pronounce certain words.
Suggested solutions:
1. The presentation meaning and form stage will help them understand it better. 2. Having group activities/discussions will help to get them interacting with one another 3. Introduce a fun warmer and activities. 4. Will practice in the presentation stage. (pronunciation)
Analysing Grammar if you need guidance with this section.
| 1. What is the use or function of the grammar? (Include a timeline if appropriate) | A preposition of time can be expressed when something happens at one point in time or when something happens over an extended period of time. |
| 2. In which context (theme) are youintroducing the grammar?For example: In the context of sports. | In the context of “At” (time ) “On” (day) “In” ( period) |
| 3. Which concept-checking questions will you ask to ensure students understand the meaning? Review Unit 7: Concept Checking Grammar for examples. | Example sentence for IN: Mary was born in 1985. Ccq 1. Was Mary born in 1980? (No) 2. Which year was Mary born? (1985) Example sentence for ON: Mary was born on a Sunday. 1. Was marry born on a Tuesday? (No) 2. On what day was Mary born? (Sunday) Example sentence for AT: Mary was born at 3 am. 1. Was Mary born at 3 am? (Yes) 2. At what time was Mary born? (3am) |
| What is the grammatical structure ofthe target language? (Include positive,negative and question forms ifappropriate) | Positive structure for all 3 example sentences: Pronoun was +past participle+preposition Wh question form: 1. When was Mary born? Qw + was + subject + past participle 2. What time was Mary born? Qw + noun +was+subject+past participle 3. Which day was Mary born?Qw+ noun +was +subject +past participle |
| 5. How will your students work out therules for the structure? | I will write the target language on the board (on, at, in). I will have 3 squares on the board with an explanation and students will have to work out the rules of the structure .(see procedure in presentation meaning) |
| 6. Which features of pronunciation willyou focus on? For example: ConnectedSpeech. Review Unit 6 for more ideas. | Drilling and connected speech (see presentation pronunciation) |