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Adverbs of Frequency
Elementary level

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification on adverbs of frequency

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist and detailed in the context of Questionnaire

Procedure

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

Provide the context and create interest in text that is going to be used as a source for TL. Pre-teach new words. Elicit "owl" " - by projecting 1 picture of a bird and 1 picture of an owl Elicit "questionnaire" - What do you do when you want to find out something? (You ask questions) - How do you call a list of questions? (A questionnaire) Project the picture of the questionnaire. Ask: - When does a bird get up? (in the morning) - When does an owl wake up? (at night) - How about you? When do you wake up? - When are yo more active? In the morning? At lunch? In the evening? At night? - Are you an early bird or an owl? - Let's find out if you are an early bird or a night owl.

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

Ensure that the questionnaire is printed on different colors (4 samples of 6 colors) Give instructions - Do the questionnaire to find out (if you are an early bird or a night owl) - Work alone. - Answer the questions about yourself. (2 min) Give ss the handouts (DIFFERENT colors in the same group) Close the task and say: -Check the answer key on the back of the page and calculate your score. - Check your result. Draw ss attention to the Appendix to Handout 1. See next stage for details -Walk around (mingle) and find a partner whose handout has the same color like yours. --What is your partner's result? -How many of your answers are the same?

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • (5-6 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

Give ss instructions for Appendix to handout 1 - Walk around and find a partner whose handout has the same color like yours. - What is your partner's result? - which are your common answers? While ss are mingling and speaking: # write the adverbs of frequency at random on the WB for the next stage to elicit their meaning (always, never, usually, hardly ever, often, sometimes) # draw a long line above them and write 100% at the begining and 0% at the end.

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

Elicit the meaning of the adverbs of frequency from ss Draw ss attention to the WB where you have previously written at random all the adverbs of frequency. Say: - If I do something 100% of my time, it means that ............? (I ALWAYS do it) Write always on the line above 100% and erase it from it from the adverbs mixture. - If I do something 0% of my time, it means that ............? (I NEVER do it) Write never on the line above 0% and erase it from it from the adverbs mixture. - If I do something about 80% of my time, it means that ............? (I USUALLY do it) Write Usually on the line above 80% and erase it from it from the adverbs mixture. -What should I write next to usually? Which word means less than usually? (OFTEN) -What should I write next to often? (SOMETIMES) -Wow about hardly ever? where should I write it? (between sometimes and never) Ask: -What do all these words show us? (How OFTEN we do something) - How do we call these words as part of speech? Adjectives? Pronouns? (FREQUENCY ADVERBS) Write ADVERBS of FREQUENCY as a title on the WB DRILL the pronunciation of these adverbs, one by one starting with "always". Elicit the word order of Frequency Adverbs Write: "I'm always happy when I get up" " I sometimes get up before 9" Ask: - Where is the frequency adverb in our 1st sentence? (afterthe verb) -Where is the frequency adverb in our 2nd sentence? (before the verb) - Why is it AFTER the vb in the 1st sentence and BEFORE the vb in the 2nd sentence? - What is our verb in the 1st sentence? (to be) - What is the rule? (Frequency adverbs go AFTER the verb BE) (Frequency adverbs go BEFORE other verbs) DRILL each sentence using back chaining technique. I'm always happy. I sometimes get up late.

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

Instructions: -Work in groups of 4 -Put a frequency adverb in these sentences and make them true for you. Make a demo at the WB ICQ Do you work alone? (No, in group of 4) What do you have to put in these sentences? (Frequency adverb) Do you make these sentences true about your partner? (No, about yourself) -Continue with the rest of the sentences in your group of 4. -You have 4 minutes Monitor and collect errors. Close the task and say: -Compare your answers with your partner. Close the task Discuss and correct errors on the WB. Check all the answers with WC on WB

Semi-Controlled Practice (5-6 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

If time allows Instructions for Handout 2 - Work with your partner. - Speaker A ask the question - Speaker B answers the question (to be true for himself) Make a demo Allow ss to speak for 2 min and after ask them to swap their roles. Monitor and collect errors. Close the task. Make a WC FB on the board (Write the collected errors and have ss to correct them

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

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