Grammar Lesson Plan

Regular & Irregular Verbs

Instructor: Koh Yo Han	Level: intermediate	Students: 7	Length: 30 mins

Materials:

-2 visuals

-3 Wall charts for explaining the grammar(eliciting)

-7 copies of worksheets

-7 copies of answer sheets

-7 copies of A4 paper

-a wall chart for demonstration

-a paper saying irregular verb

-a paper saying regular verb

-an envelop which has the verbs papers

Aims:

-Main aim: To enable Ss to improve their grammar and speaking skills by having Ss acquiring the concepts of the regular and irregular verbs and applying those concepts to the practical uses.

-Secondary aim: Ss will learn about regular and irregular verbs by having Ss put the words into the right columns, make the sentence and their stories involving regular and irregular verbs combining with games.

-Personal aim: I want to improve on my creative grouping skills. I want to improve on my explicit ICQ delivery. I want to adjust my speaking speed to the level of the learner.

Language Skills:

-Speaking: Ss will talk about their last summer vacations and make the complete sentences using regular and irregular verbs.

-Writing: Ss will be engaged in writing their experiences on the A4 paper and putting in the right verbs worksheets.

-Listening: Ss will listen about each other’s personal experiences and made complete sentences in an effort to get a lesson well

-Reading: Ss will the worksheets and will read the demonstration wall charts.

Language Systems:

-Lexis: bring, found...

-Phonology: None to Discuss

-Grammatical: regular & irregular verbs

-Function: None to Discuss

-Discourse: None to Discuss

Assumptions:

-Ss have had learned about regular and irregular verbs before or have heard the words.

-All Ss have had a summer vacation before.

-Most Ss have known the differences between the present and past tense.

-Most Ss know the expressions to say about their opinions.

-All Ss have done matching the words into the right column.

Anticipated Problems and Solutions:

-Due to time management, they might have too many verbs for me to answer.->I will follow the one-third rule when Ss present and give the rest of the answers on a wall chart.

-I might need more time to complete my 30 minute micro-teaching since some class members could be absent or running late.->I will do SOS activity if I have between 2 to 5 minutes left on the clock.

-Ss might lack of time to make and share the last summer vacations which may affect time management.->I will follow the one-half rule for the main activity which we will only get half the Ss to present.

References:

www.englishclub.com

www.google.com

Lead-In
Materials: n/a
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
2 mins	Whole Class	The class greets one another and answers the questions.	Good morning, everyone. How are you doing today? Q1: Do you like to play sports? (Follow-up: What kinds of sports do you like? How often do you do? Who do you play with usually?) Q2: Do you like coffee? (Follow-up: How many cups of coffee do you drink a day? Which coffee brand do you like most? What’s your favorite kind of coffee?)

Pre-activity
Materials: 2 visuals, 3 Wall charts for explaining the grammar(eliciting), 7 copies of worksheets, 7 copies of answer sheets
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
8 mins	Groups	Students follow the directions and answer the questions.	Eliciting & CCQ (showing a visual) “What do you see in the picture? Where do you think he is? What is he doing?-cooking” “What do we call the action words? -verbs(It is to describe the action of the subject in the sentence.) Today, we will learn about regular and irregular verbs. How do we change cooking to verb form? -cook (Showing wall chart #1 I cook food everyday. I food yesterday.) “Can you read the first sentence? And in the second sentence, it has yesterday which means the past. So what should we add to cook to make it past tense? -ed If we add –ed to cook, what is this? -cooked Can you make it a complete sentence? -I cooked food yesterday.” (Showing wall chart #3 Regular verb: verb + -ed(one pattern) irregular verb: different pattern) “If we add –ed to verb to make past tense, we call it regular verbs. which means it has one pattern adding –ed to verbs. So, Is the cook irregular verb? -No Is the cook regular verb?-Yes” (showing a visual) “What do you see in the picture? What is the person doing?” (Showing wall chart #2 I eat fruits everyday. I chicken 3 days ago.) “Can you read the first sentence? And in the second sentence, it has 3 days ago which means the past. It should have the past tense form on the verb eat. So, what should be in the blank here? -ate” And like verb eat, verbs which have different patterns, no rules, just have to memorize, we call these verbs, irregular verb.” “Is the verb eat regular verb?-No Is the verb eat irregular verb?-Yes” Ⅰput the words into the correct columns (worksheet) grouping “What is the topic of today? -regular, irregular verbs I want you to say regular, irregular (with gestures). regulars here, irregulars here. Would you move to your seats?” Instruction “I will give you a worksheet. Find regular and irregular verbs. And put the words into the correct column. Work in groups. You have 3 mins.” ICQ “What are we doing? How much time do we have? Are you working individually or in groups?” Explicit instruction “I don’t want you to touch the papers before I pass out and say begin.” Explicit ICQ “Are you going to touch when I pass out papers? -No Are you going to start when I say begin? -Yes” Run Monitoring and give time warning (not too close to Ss and give time warning from 1 min left.) Draw the irregular box and regular box on the board. Close “Who has the longest hair in your group? Regular team, please write the irregular verbs. Irregular team, please write the regular verbs on the board.” (after finishing writing the answers) “regular team. Can you read the irregular verbs? irregular team. Can you read the regular verbs?” (give the answer sheets) “Good job, everyone. These are the answer sheets. Please see it again at home”

Main activity
Materials: 7 copies of A4 paper, a wall chart for demonstration
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
15 mins	In pairs	The class writes and shares about the last summer vacations with group members and present the partner’s to the class using irregular and regular verbs.	Ⅱ My last Summer Vacation Regrouping “__ and __ are one group...” Demonstration (showing a wall chart) “This is my sister’s last summer vacation plan. My sister went to Sokcho in Gangwondo for the last summer vacation. She climbed the mountain and drank mineral water at the famous mineral spring. She ate sea food and steamed crab a lot at the beach. Also, she took the cable car up the mountain at Yongpyeong resort. She said that it was great.” Instruction “Like this, Now, we are going to talk about your last summer vacation with your partners and share your partner’s last summer vacation plan to the class. we have to use past tense verbs including regular and irregular verbs. You have 7 mins. Work in groups.” ICQ “What are you doing? How much time do you have? Are you working individually or with partners?” Explicit instruction “I want you to prepare to present each other’s last summer vacation plan to the class. I don’t want you to start before I pass out and say begin.” Explicit ICQ “Are you going to present your story?-No Are you going to present your partner’s story?-Yes Are you going to start when I pass out papers? -No Are you going to start when I say begin? -Yes” Begin! Run (monitoring and give time warning) Close (Ask some students to share their stories.) “___, Can you share your partner’s last summer plan using past tense?”

Post activity
Materials: a paper saying irregular verb, a paper saying regular verb
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
5 mins	Whole Class	The class answers to the questions and follows the directions that I give.	Ⅲ a sticky ball game Instruction and Demonstration ask the class “What is this?” -a sticky ball (throwing the ball to the irregular verb and make the sentence including the irregular verb) “I took the subway to get to here today morning.” “Like what I did, each of you throws the sticky ball to either irregular or regular verb paper and make the sentence according to the verb you hit. You have 10 seconds to answer and work individually.” ICQ “What are you doing? How much time do you have? Are you working in groups?-No Are you working individually?-Yes” Run & Close (pass the sticky ball one by one) Post activity Error correction: If I hear any errors during the class, then fix them. And If I don't hear any, then have the Ss unscramble the word(rgueirrla->irregular). And say “any questions? this is the end of my class, I will be followed by Ben.”

SOS activity
Materials: an envelop which has the verbs papers
Time	Set Up	Student Activity	Teacher Talk
2 mins	Whole Class	The class follows the directions.	Ⅳ Making a sentence game Instruction & Demonstration “I want you to pick a paper from the envelop. And choose a person and ask ‘Would you make a sentence with the verb _____?’ And the person should make the sentence using that verb. And the person picks a paper and ask to a different person again.” “For example, (pick a paper from the envelop and choose a person) ‘_____, would you make a sentence with the verb ____ ?’ (And the chosen person should make a sentence.)” “Work with the whole class and you have 10 seconds to make a sentence.” ICQ “What are you doing? How much time to make a sentence? Are you working individually or whole class?” Run & Close (Checking the time, I can adjust the number of Ss for the game.) Post activity Error correction: If I hear any errors during the class, then fix them. And If I don't hear any, then have the Ss unscramble the word(rgueirrla->irregular). And say “any questions? this is the end of my class, I will be followed by Ben.”

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(worksheet)