LESSON PLAN

Grade: 5 th Level: starter Textbook: Snapshot Topic: Its great to be here Skills: speaking, grammar skills Aids: blackboard, chalk, textbook, handouts Aims:

to use the articles a/an, this/that correctly in sentences to revise the verb TO BE (short form of the verb to be) and to use correctly the short form of the verb to be to elicit s Genitive and to practise s Genitive by solving the exercises from the textbook (revision pg. 19) to identify the usage of prepositions in, on, at (pg 19) and to practise them to practise Who? Where? What? to provide their ability to use a / an in the exercises from the handout

Time: 50 minutes

Stages of the lesson

activities Students and teacher

reasons for activity

materials/aids

timing

Warm up activity

Students answer the To find out whos teachers questions missing regarding the pupil on duty, the absents. The teacher asks students how the previous day was, what presents did they receive. To create a free and relaxed atmosphere for the English class. To remember the theory of the verb to be To practice the use of short form of the verb to be

1 min.

3 min.

Activity 1

The teacher asks students to conjugate the verb to be The teacher asks students to look at the theory from handout 1 (positive, negative, interrogative, short forms of the verb to be) Students solve the exercises. The teacher asks students to open their books at pg. 19 and solve exercise 1 The teacher checks the exercise The teacher asks students when do they use the s Genitive. Teacher and students discuss about this topic. Teacher writes an example on the blackboard and explains its use. Teacher asks students which are the possessive adjective. Teacher gives students a handout to remind the possessive adjective. Then students open the

Handout 1 12 min

Textbook

Activity 2

To practise the use of s Genitive and to remember the possessive adjective

Textbook Handout nr. 2, 3 13 min

5 Whose is it? Ask Betty

1. Is this

your neighbours house? (no) 2. Betty: __________________________ house. Its _______________.

3. Is this

your teddy bear? (Yes) Betty: ___________________________teddy bear. Its _ Betty_______. Its _________________.

4. Is this

your mothers dress? (no) Betty: ________________________ dress. Its __Karen______. Its _______________.

5. Is this

your brothers backpack ? Yes or no? Betty: ___________________________ backpack. Its ___Karen____. Its______________.

6. Is this

your sisters car? (Yes ) Betty: _______________________ car. Its ___Karen__________. Its ___________________.

7. Is this

your sisters guitar? (Yes ) Betty: __________________________ guitar. Its __John______. Its __________________.