Lesson Plan of Preposition English Grade VI

Lesson Plan of Preposition

English Grade VI

Students’ Learning Outcomes

·         Illustrate use of prepositions of position, time, movement and direction.

Information for Teacher

·         Prepositions are words or group of words that illustrate the relationship among noun or pronoun and new word in the sentence.

·         Preposition tells the position of a noun.

For example: (on, in, out, behind, under)

1.       The book is on the table.

2.       The book is in the bag.

3.       The book is behind the bag.

4.       The book is under the table.

·         Prepositions show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words within a sentence.

Concept Map

Material / Resources

Charts, marker, board, flashcards, textbook

Worm up activity

·         Recall the concepts of prepositions through brainstorming.

·         Place the duster or a pencil somewhere in the classroom where every student can see it.

·         Place the duster on the table and ask the following question and write their responses on the board.

Q: Where is the duster?

        (Expected response: The duster is on the table)

·         Place the duster under the table and ask the following question.

Q: Where is the duster?

       (The duster is the under the table)

·         Place the duster beside the table and ask the following question.

Q: Where is the duster?

 (The duster is besides the table)

Development

Activity 1

·         Make the following charts on the board.

·         Ask the students at random to provide examples for each preposition. They must then use any two prepositions in their sentences. (The answers are highlighted in the column of examples)

Activity

Preposition of Time
Preposition	Usage	Example
On	Days of the week	On Monday
In	Month / season Time of day year	In august / in winter In the morning In 2016
at	For night For weekend A certain point of time (When?)	At night At the weekend At 7 o’ clock

Activity 2

Preposition _ Place Position
Preposition	Usage	Example
In	Room, building Street, town Country, car, taxi	In kitchen In Pakistan In the car In a taxi
At	Meaning next to, by on Object For table For events Place where you Are to do Something typical (watch a film, study work)	At the door At the station At the table At a concert At the party At the cinema At school At work
On	Attached Being on surface For a floor in a house	The picture On the wall On the table On the first floor

For example:

1.       I live in Pakistan.

2.       Somebody is at the door.

3.       Glass is on the table.

·         use the above mentioned prepositions of position in a short paragraph to describe an imaginary house and its decorations

Activity 3

Preposition of Movement
Preposition	Usage	Example
To	Movement to a building Movement to a place Or country For bed	Go to the cinema Go to Lahore/Multan Go to bed
Into	Enter a room/ A building	Go into the kitchen/ The house

·         Ask students to write a short paragraph about getting on a bus, train or airplane.

·         First you go to the ticket counter, and then your luggage is checked. Finally, you get into the waiting lounge before getting into the plane.

Activity 4

Preposition of Direction
Preposition	Usage	Example
From	Coming Room, street, town Country, etc.	From the room, From Lahore, From school
To	Going Room, Street, town, country, etc.	To the room, To Lahore, To school

·         Ask students to write a short paragraph about a bee flying in the room and how it bothered them.

(It came in from the window, flew to my plate, then it flew to my little sister who ran out of the room screaming!)

Sum up / Conclusion

·         Conclude the lesson by again repeating the concept of preposition for the class.

Assessment

·         Assess students’ performance on the last three activities:

·         Ask to the students the following question with reference to the chart which was displayed at wall.

Q1: Where is the ball in first box?

       (Expected response: The ball is in the box)

 Q2: Where is the ball in the second box?

      (Expected response: The ball is on the box)

 Q3: Where is the in the box?

       (Expected response: The ball is under the box)

 Q4: Where is the ball in the box?

       (Expected response: The ball is next to the box)

Follow up

·         Ask the students to find out at least five prepositions from any selected paragraph from their textbook and use them in their own sentences.