Grammar

Topic: Preposition of time.

Instructor: Aebin	Level: intermediate	Students: 5	Length: 30 Minutes

Materials:

grammar chart

5 worksheet for preactivity

5 worksheet for main activity

5 worksheet for SOS activity

White board and marker

Aims:

Main Aim- To enable students to improve their vocabulary skills by using preposition (time)

Secondary Aim- Students will practices preposition by doing workbooks and solve murder mystery.

Personal Aim- I want to manage time, more confident and tach as lesson plan

Language Skills:

Reading- Students will read and answer the worksheet

Listening- Students will listen to the times mention in order to solve the mystery

Speaking- Students will talk to others to explain what they did

Writing- Students will answer worksheets

Language Systems:

Phonology- none to discuss

Lexis- preposition

function- none to discuss

Grammar -at/on/in

Discourse- none to discuss

Assumptions:

How the class is set up and run (there will be 4 groups of students at each table)

The teacher’s style of teaching and the pace of the course

Some students are married and some are single (Age 26 and up)

Anticipated Problems and Solutions:

Students may not be able to understand

=> provide more examples

If time is short

=> Cut post-activity short or skip

-   If students finish their tasks earlier than anticipated

=> Let them make some sentences related this lesson

References:

http://www.world-english.org/prepositions.htm

http://www.k12reader.com/prepositions/preposition-can-show-position-in-time.pdf

http://www.teach-this.com/Prepositions/Prepositions%20Tic%20Tac%20Toe.pdf

http://www.teach-this.com/Time/Alibi.pdf

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/prepositions_of_time/quiz412.html

Lead-In
Materials: white board&marker, chart
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
1min 2min 4min	whole class whole class whole class	Answering teacher question Answer eliciting Listen to "what is preposition?"	Hello, class, how was your weekday? Good. <Eliciting> Before we start, I want to ask you some question. So please answer them in full sentence. (Encourage students to answer full sentence.) What did you do in the morning? What time does our class begin? When is our next class? Thank you guys. So can anyone tell me what am I emphasize? Yes, That's right. I'm leading you to use 'in', 'on' and 'at' which are preposition. (Put a chart on a board) What is a preposition? A preposition connects a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence, showing the relationship between them. Prepositions usually answer the questions where? or when?, telling about a person or object's location in either time or space. (Look at the chart and explain it) <CCQ> Do we use 'at' when we talk about week, month or year ? Do we use preposition after each or last?

Pre-Activity
Materials: 5 copied of position in time worksheet
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
2min 3min 1min	whole class Individyually whole class	Listen to instruction Do activity check answer	<Instruction> Ok, now we are going to do first activity. Please read each sentence and underline the prepositional phrase, then circle the preposition. You will be working individually and I will give 3 minutes to complete the activity. Please take one each. (distribute worksheet) <Demonstration> I will show you how to do it. Let's do Q1 together. Please look at the board. (write Q1 on the board and do it) <ICQ> What are you doing? How much time do you have? Are you work in group? Let's start. <Monitoring> Answer any questions students may have. Give time warning 1 minute 30 second (give one more minute if students need it) Let's check answer together

Main Activity
Materials: 5 copied of investigator's report sheet and scrip
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
2min 10min	Whole class individually	Listen to instruction Do activity	<instruction> Ok class. We are going to solve a murder mystery You have to listen carefully to the times mentioned in order to solve the mystery. Everyone is a suspect. Each of you are murder suspect who has an alibi to account for your activities at the time of the murder . circulate around the room asking other suspects for their alibi. The first student to identify the murderer by detecting the inconsistent alibi wins the game. You use the Investigator’s Report sheet they have been given to help keep track of the alibis. Now I will give you investigator's report sheet and your alibi. You have 10 minuets to do it and work individually. <ICQ> What are you doing? How much time do you have? Are you work in group? Now start. <Monitoring> Answer any questions students may have. Give time warning 1 minute 30 second (give one more minute if students need it) So guys who is our murderer? Yes, that's right, XX is murder. you win.

Post Activity
Materials: none
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
1min 5min 1min	whole class group whole class	Listen to instruction Do activity check answer	<instruction> So now, I hope you all know about preposition. To make sure, we're going to do online quiz. You will given sentence with some blank. I will show you questions and as a team you need to deicide which one is correct. At the end of question we'll check answer score your answer The team with the most points win. There will be some prize so please do your best. You will be working in group. Jin sue together and Ami, Julia and Nancy together. <ICQ> What are you doing? Are you work in group? Let's start. Please check your answer and score them. who wins? Good job! here are some prize. <Error Correction> Today, on May 18th, 2013, on Saturday, at 00:00, in the afternoon(evening), in late spring, we learned about the prepositions of time, in, on, and at.
SOS Activities
Materials: 6 copied of Tic Tac Toe worksheet
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
1min 5min	whole class group	Listen to instruction Do activity	<instruction> Teams decided whether they want to be O or X. The first team to play picks a card from the envelope. Next, they choose a square in the grid containing the preposition that they think and make a sentence with what they choose. If the sentence is judged correct by everyone, team A marks the square with an O or X. The other team proceeds in the same way. The two teams take turns drawing the cards and making sentences. The game will end either when one of the teams does tic-tac-toe, or when all the squares have been taken, but if neither manages to get 3 in a row, it is a draw. So please work in group and I will give you 5 minutes to do it. <ICQ> What are you doing? How much time do you have? Are you work in group? Now start. <Monitoring> Answer any questions students may have Give time warning 1 minute 30 second (give one more minute if students need it) So who is win? Good job!

Prepositions Can Show Positions in Time

Q1. The filthy children took a bath and were downstairs, nice and clean, at dinner time

Q2. Do you go to school all day on Wednesdays?

Q3. I usually have some time to do something fun on the weekends.

Q4. He has forgotten to complete his homework in the past.

Q5. Sylvia missed the test because she went home at lunchtime.

Q6. The chemistry teacher offers a review session before school.

Q7. In the 1980’s, music videos were just beginning to be popular.

Q8. My parents plan to celebrate together on New Year’s Day.

Q9. After the training, the new employees were ready to work.

Q10. My little brother has trouble sleeping at night.

Q11. All of the students finished the math test at the same time.

Q12. Allison’s father is very grumpy in the morning.

Q13. Peter and his brother have dental appointments at 8:45 a.m

Q14. The principal’s birthday is on May 23rd

scrip

A______________: I took a shower at 4 o’clock. As soon as I finished, I got a phone call from my friend, and we talked for about an hour.

B ______________: At about 4 o’clock, I noticed the newspaper on the coffee table in the living room. I read it until 5:00, then I went to the noodle shop.

C______________: I went out to mow the lawn at 4:00. While mowing the front lawn, I noticed E______________ and G______________ sitting on the porch of the neighbouring house.

D ______________: At 4 o’clock I was playing chess with F ______________. Sometime during the game. I think it was about 4:45. I answered the phone. It was a call for A ______________.

E ______________: G______________ and I fixed ourselves a quick meal and took it out to the front porch. While we were eating dessert, I noticed that the paper hadn’t been delivered yet. Surprised, I looked at my watch. It was 4:50.

F ______________: D ______________ and I played chess in my room all afternoon until about 6:00, when we went downstairs for dinner. During the game, we heard loud voices coming from Smith’s bedroom.

G______________: E ______________ and I had dinner on the front porch. I had just finished eating when the paper was delivered. I took it into the house and left it on the coffee table on my way to the kitchen with the dirty dishes.