Andy Andy

Gerunds
Pre-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about gerunds. They will begin by discussing what makes them happy, followed by a reading for gist activity. Afterwards, students will be guided through an MFP analysis of gerunds and will practice this by revising sentences on Google Forms. Finally, students will verbally practice using the target language by sharing what they love doing and what they hate doing.

Materials

Abc Google Slides
Abc Google Form

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of gerunds in the context of sharing personal ideas of what happiness is

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist reading practice using a text about different activities in the context of sharing personal ideas of what happiness is

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T shares screen to show the question, "What brings you happiness?" T models an answer before sending Ss to breakout rooms: "For me, cooking brings me happiness because I get to be creative. I also get happy when people say my food taste good." T tells Ss: "Answer this question with a partner in breakout rooms for 2 minutes." T sends Ss to breakout rooms. T monitors Ss in breakout rooms while they talk to each other. After 2 minutes, Ss return to the main room and T calls on students to share: "(Student), what brings you happiness?"

Exposure (4-5 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

T shares screen to the reading material and gist activity (Google Form). T says: "By yourself, read this article and choose the best summary of its main idea among the available choices. Click 'submit' when finished. You have 2 minutes." Ss read and answer the Google Form individually. T monitors Google Forms to confirm all Ss submitted their answers. T tells Ss: "In the chat box, send your answer in a private message to another person. I will tell you who to send it to." T proceeds to assign partners to Ss. Afterwards, T asks Ss: "What is the main idea of the article?"

Clarification (10-15 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T shows the first sentence (Happiness is making soup) and asks Ss CCQs: Is someone making soup right now? (no) Is “making soup” an idea or an action happening now? (idea) Is ‘happiness’ the same as ‘making soup’? (yes) T shows the second sentence (I love using leftovers in the fridge) and asks Ss CCQs: Am I using leftovers right now? (no) Is “using leftovers” an idea or action happening right now? (idea) Am I sharing my opinion? (yes) T shows the third sentence (There’s something magical about making something delicious out of nothing) and asks Ss CCQs: Am I making something delicious right now? (no) Am I sharing my opinion? (yes) Am I describing or making something? (describing) After establishing meaning, T shows all three sentences together and asks Ss: "What do the underlined words have in common? (they are verbs with -ing)" After eliciting the correct answer, T says: "These look like verbs, but are they used as verbs in these sentences? (no) What are these words used as? (nouns)" Afterwards, T goes through each sentence to go over form: (Happiness is making soup) T: "Is 'making soup'" used as a noun, verb, adjective?" (noun) T: "Can this sentence be switched to 'Making soup is happiness?'" (yes) (I love using leftovers in the fridge) T: "Look at the word before 'using.' Is it a verb, noun, adjective?" (it's a verb) T: "You have to memorize specific verbs because gerunds do not follow after all verbs" T: "Other examples include 'hate' and 'enjoy'" (There’s something magical about making something delicious out of nothing.) T: "Look at the word before 'making.' Is this a noun, verb, adjective, preposition?" (preposition) T: "If a verb is used after a preposition, it is always a gerund (v + ing) form" After going over form, T moves onto pronunciation. T: "I will say the sentence three times, don't repeat." T models the first sentence. T: "Now repeat after me." Ss repeat after T. T calls on a few students to say the sentence. T: "Where is the stress in this sentence?" T repeats this process for the other two sentences.

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

T shares screen of Google Form and tells Ss: "In this activity, fix the sentences using gerunds by changing the verb forms. If it applies, write whether the gerund comes after a verb or after a preposition. Let's do number 1 together" T proceeds to do number 1 with the class: "In this sentence, what word should I fix? (eat--eating) Does this follow a verb or a preposition? (yes, verb) In the next sentence, what word should I fix? (eat--eating) Does this follow a verb or a preposition? (no) Since it doesn't, just write the corrected word" Ss work on this for 4 minutes T: "Discuss your answers in breakout rooms for 2 minutes" T sends Ss to break out rooms and monitors Ss. Ss return to the main room and T goes over the answers in class by calling on Ss for their answers. T writes in the answers on the shared screen.

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

T projects the prompt: "Talk about what you love doing and what you hate doing." T tells Ss: "In breakout rooms, talk to your partner about what you love doing and what you hate doing. You have 4 minutes " T sends Ss to breakout rooms and monitors Ss. Ss return to the main room and T picks Ss to share what they love/hate doing. T provides DEC and elicits Ss responses to correct any errors.

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