Grammar: there is/there are & How many
elementary A1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of there is/there are in the context of At home
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a asking and answering questions
Procedure (31-45 minutes)
I will project some pictures on the board of the famous Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and ask the Ss about it using the TL, for example : how many rooms are there ? is there a play ground? are there any public bathrooms ?
Ss will be listening to a recording, i will ask the students to listen carefully and pay attention to there is and there are and what comes after them ( singular noun/plural noun) after that I will give the GD HO to the students and have them go through, after they finish i will ask them to check with their partner. i will take the following marker sentences from the context 1,there is a tennis court: MEANING : i will be asking CCQ's can i use "there is" for two tennis courts ? they will say no can i use "a tennis court" or "tennis courts" after there is ? they will say a tennis court . I will ask why? i will write the second sentence on the board: there are three kitchens : MEANING : i will be asking CCQ's can i use there are for one kitchen? they will say no can i use "a kitchen" or "three kitchens" after there are ? they will say three. I i wll ask why? can i use there is for plural nouns ( many things) can i use there are for singular nouns (one thing) i will make the Ss drill the two sentences, i will elicit the contraction from the students ( there's and there're) Following that, i will show them a bottle of water and ask them : what is this ? they will say a bottle of water what's inside? they will say water i will ask, can we count the water, do you think it's countable ? they will say no ,i will ask: can i say there's one water inside the bottle or two waters or three waters.. etc then i will write the from of There's= /ðeəz/ , There're=/ðərə/ and drill them i will give the answer key to the students. then i will write on the board the "?" and the negative sign and try to elicit the question and negative form from the students for the next stages
i will give the students another HO, and they will have to make sentences about the white house using there is/there are, in both affirmative and negative from, before that i will give them clear instructions and ask ICQ's i will do one or two examples with them, then give them the HO after they finish i will have them peer check their answers together. i will nominate some SS to give me few answers then i will give the answer key
following the previous stage ,Ss will be making question using is there a / are there any, then i will nominate two or three students to give me few answers, then they will be working in pairs, asking and answering the questions they made . i will give them some time to practice, i will be monitoring a bit closely for error correction teacher ask Ss for feedback
i will write on the board "How many" and try to Elicit the question form from the students. then i will give them another activity where they have to make questions using how many and are there before i give them the HO i will regroup the students for different partner after they finish i will give the answer key
Students will be drawing a plan of their houses, prepare a short presentation of their homes, they will be using the words from the lesson i will do a demo here . students will be working in groups