Theme One: My Family / My Home
Topic 3: My home Lesson 6: This,That/These,Those Author: Ian Garner |
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This / That / These / Those This lesson has been designed to focus on the singular and plural determiners (this,that,these,those). To introduce some vocabulary and engage the students in the lesson a simple ranking exercise is completed at the start of the lesson. The students look at the items on the PPT (shown left) and rank the items in order of what they consider to be important. This simple exercise allows the students to not only review the vocabulary as they write their answers, but also makes them think about how these items affect their lives. During the activate phase of the lesson the teacher introduces the four determiners and also points out the correct pronunciation of the words. The voiced 'th' sound is particularly difficult, as is the difference between short 'i' (this) and long 'e' (these). This lesson provides a great opportunity for the students to practice these sounds. |
Monster Tic-Tac-Toe Activity
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Students work in pairs when playing this game and get lots of mechanical practice switching between the singular and plural sentence patterns. Furthermore, the activity covers both variations of the textbook sentence pattern - 'What' style questions are shown by the green question mark, and interrogative 'yes/no' style questions shown by the red question mark.
During the activate phase of the lesson the teacher should have focused on grammar accuracy and pronunciation. Therefore, as the students play this game they will be thinking carefully about their sentences. Teachers should notice that the students are remembering to add 's'to plural nouns and making the correct 'th' sounds. |
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Assessing Understanding
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To check that the students have understood and met the objectives of the lesson they should complete this short writing activity. Students should now use the correct determiner and remember to add 's' to plural nouns.
Question number one also reviews the previous work on articles as they need to use 'an' eraser. To ensure that the students are thinking as they write I warn them about the 'grammar sharks' circling in the water, ready to 'SNAP' if they make a mistake! Rather than the teacher grading the work, have the students exchange books and peer assess their classmate's work. |