Ahmed Salah Ahmed Salah

The articles(a, an, and the)
Elementary level

Description

In this vocabulary lesson, we'll delve into the often-confusing world of articles: "a," "an," and "the." Articles may seem like small words, but they play a crucial role in English grammar and can significantly impact the meaning of a sentence. Through engaging activities and discussions, students will gain a solid understanding of when and how to use each article correctly.

Materials

Abc Power point presentation
Abc 1-Digital copies of the reading text
Abc Google images

Main Aims

  • To develop students' understanding and mastery of the usage of articles (a, an, and the) in English language.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To enhance students' reading comprehension skills through the analysis of articles in context.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

1- Greet my students 2- Show Ss a picture for Super Mario 3- Ask Ss what comes to your mind when you see this picture. 4- Ask Ss some questions like 1- What is your favourite game? 2- How often do you play?

Reading task(exposure) (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of the task and highlight useful words and phrases

1- Show a picture of Shigeru Miyamoto and introduce him to the students. 2-Show the reading text with missing vocabulary and ask Ss to complete it. 3-Explain what the Ss need to do. 4-Ask these ICQs: - Do they need to understand every word to find out? (Ss should say: No) - Will you ignore any difficult words to get the main idea? (Ss should say: Yes) 5-Let the Ss read the text and complete it in the main room. 6-Show some questions Ss need to answer for the text -What's Shigero's job? - Who does he work for? - Where was he born? -Where did he study? -Is he married? 7- Ss will do the task individually in 3 minutes then send them to BORs for peer check in 2 minutes. 8-Elicit the answer to the Ss when they return back.

Language Clarification. (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the task language

1-Show the Ss some sentences form the text. 2-Ask Ss to look at the words in bold in these sentences, then complete the rules with a or the. 3- Clarify the language to the Ss. 4-Go through MPF. 5-Ask CCQs. - When do we use "a"?(Expected Response: Before words that begin with a consonant sound. -Can we say "a apple"? (Expected answer: No, it's "an apple.") - When do we use "an"?(Expected answer: Before words that begin with a vowel sound. -Would you say "a university" or "an university"? (Expected answer: "A university" because "university" starts with a consonant sound. -Elicit the form to the Ss. -Ask Ss We use........... when we know which thing, person, place, etc. (Ss should say the) and show an example. -We use......and..... to talk about things or people for the first time. (Ss should say a or an) and show an example. -We use..... to talk about a person or a thing for the second, third, etc time.(Ss should say the) -Tell the Ss that we use (the) in some fixed phrase like( at the weekend, in the evening, etc) 6- Clarify the pronunciation. 7-Ask CCQs. How do we decide whether to use "a" or "an" before a word? Expected Response: Do we choose "a" or "an" based on the first letter of the word? Expected Response: Yes, we choose "a" before words that start with consonant sounds, like "a cat," and "an" before words that start with vowel sounds, like "an apple." 8- Focus on the stress and ask again some CCQs. - How do we stress the word "a" in a sentence? - Do we say "a" louder or softer than the following word? Expected answer We say "a" softer and quicker than the following word, like in "a hero." - How do we stress the word "an" in a sentence? - Do we say "an" louder or softer than the following word? Expected answer : We say "an" softer and quicker than the following word, like in "an apple." -How do we stress the word "the" in a sentence? -Expected Response: Do we say "the" louder or softer when we want to emphasize a specific thing? Expected answer We say "the" louder and with more stress when we want to talk about a particular thing that both the speaker and listener know about, like "the hero." -Elicit it as chunks not separate words.

Controlled Practice (6-8 minutes) • To provide students with practice of the task language

1-Show the exercise to the Ss. 2-Explain what the Ss need to do( read about a new video game and , fill in the gaps with a, an and the. 3-The students will do it individually in 3 minutes and then send them to BORs to peer check and discuss the answers in 2 minutes. 4-When they return to the main room I will discuss the answers with them.

Freer Practice (6-8 minutes) • To let the Ss practice the language using the articles (a, an and the)

1-Show the task to the Ss. 2-Tell the students that they need to choose the correct word in these sentences. 3-give the Ss 2 minutes to do it in the main room 4-Send the Ss to BORs to ask and answer theses questions to practice the language through speaking activity. 5-Give the Ss 4 minutes to do the task. 6-Monitor the Ss while visiting BORs.

Feedback (3-5 minutes) • To provide constructive guidance to help students improve their speaking skills.

1-After the Ss finish the speaking task i will choose one or two good sentences and two or three common mistakes and write them in a blank page . ask the Ss Is this sentence correct? How can we correct it? 2-Tell the students that I really enjoyed my time with them and end the session.

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