Definite and Indefinite Article
Elementary level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of Indefinite and definite articles in the context of reading about Mexico city
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist reading practice using a text about reading about Mexico city in the context of daily routines
Procedure (35-45 minutes)
- Greeting - A hat game Teacher says: grab one and tell what's this? Writes on the board: elicit a an the (articles) Shows pictures to pr-teach words. CCQ: Do people happy when they see beautiful place? Another word for beautiful = fantastic CCQ: capital what do we call these famous and big cities? CCQ: engineer someone whose job is to design, build and fix machine, building and road
T asks students to read the text and highlight a an, and the in the text Ls talk in pairs to come up with uses in grammar exercise 2.
Draw learners' attention to the board. Ask them about the sentence. an engineer, at the weekend... Drilling check the stress of the word by adding a and an
-Controlled practice: - circle the correct answer. - compare with their partners
Divide students into two groups Pair works Group works