Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Holly Hodges 23 July 2022 Pre-intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar lesson
Lesson Topic:
Articles: “A”, “An”, and “The”
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Identify the three articles and understand their respective uses Recognised the difference in articles and have drawn images that
and the differences between the three. resemble a description given to them and being able to strike a
conversation about the various objects in the image.
Example sentence:
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Articles will be mixed up and used incorrectly by students. 1. Before the lesson I will have the three articles displayed on
2. There are some languages (L1) where they don’t use articles the board, briefly demonstrating the differences between
and therefore it could be difficult for learners to identify the three.
them and when they should be used. 2. I will spend a good portion of time allowing the students to
3. There may be a lack of enthusiasm due to the nature of the recognize and identify articles in various contexts, this will
lesson (grammar), and due to the age of the learners, they allow them to focus of noticing articles use in the language
may be distracted. exclusively, as their attention is focused solely on articles
rather than on multiple parts of language so as to not divide
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, their attention.
3. I will use many different activities and games to ensure that
the students don’t grow bored and will remain entertained.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this “A” and “An” are used the first time something is mentioned that is non-specific. It is used before a noun
language? (include a timeline if that is general or when its identity is unknown.
appropriate) “The” used each time you mention the item/object after it has been introduced (by using “a” or “an”) and
is specific. It is used before a noun to indicate the identity of the noun is known.
2. In which context are you introducing I will be introducing articles in under the context of travel. We will look at places from the student’s home
the language? countries.
E.g. A tourist visited a museum today. Tomorrow the tourist will go back to look at the museum again.
3. Which concept checking questions will “The man introduced himself to a woman, who was waiting in the line to get on an aeroplane.”
you ask to ensure students understand 1. Have we been introduced to the man before? (Yes)
the meaning? 2. Has the man met the woman before? (No)
3. Has the aeroplane been mentioned before? (No)
4. What is the form of the target Form:
language? (include positive, negative “A” + consonant (singular noun)
and question forms if appropriate) “An” + vowel (singular noun)
“The” + noun (single and plural)
5. How will your students work out the I will use an inductive teaching style using the guided discovery approach. I will give the students a
rules for the structure? worksheet with sentences containing articles (figure 1), the students will then try figure out the grammar
rules for the three articles in small groups. The students can compare their discoveries after a set amount
of time, and we will then work through the rules together.
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Holly Hodges 23 July 2022 Pre-intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar lesson
Lesson Topic:
Articles: “A”, “An”, and “The”
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Identify the three articles and understand their respective uses Recognised the difference in articles and have drawn images that
and the differences between the three. resemble a description given to them and being able to strike a
conversation about the various objects in the image.
Example sentence:
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Articles will be mixed up and used incorrectly by students. 1. Before the lesson I will have the three articles displayed on
2. There are some languages (L1) where they don’t use articles the board, briefly demonstrating the differences between
and therefore it could be difficult for learners to identify the three.
them and when they should be used. 2. I will spend a good portion of time allowing the students to
3. There may be a lack of enthusiasm due to the nature of the recognize and identify articles in various contexts, this will
lesson (grammar), and due to the age of the learners, they allow them to focus of noticing articles use in the language
may be distracted. exclusively, as their attention is focused solely on articles
rather than on multiple parts of language so as to not divide
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, their attention.
3. I will use many different activities and games to ensure that
the students don’t grow bored and will remain entertained.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this “A” and “An” are used the first time something is mentioned that is non-specific. It is used before a noun
language? (include a timeline if that is general or when its identity is unknown.
appropriate) “The” used each time you mention the item/object after it has been introduced (by using “a” or “an”) and
is specific. It is used before a noun to indicate the identity of the noun is known.
2. In which context are you introducing I will be introducing articles in under the context of travel. We will look at places from the student’s home
the language? countries.
E.g. A tourist visited a museum today. Tomorrow the tourist will go back to look at the museum again.
3. Which concept checking questions will “The man introduced himself to a woman, who was waiting in the line to get on an aeroplane.”
you ask to ensure students understand 1. Have we been introduced to the man before? (Yes)
the meaning? 2. Has the man met the woman before? (No)
3. Has the aeroplane been mentioned before? (No)
4. What is the form of the target Form:
language? (include positive, negative “A” + consonant (singular noun)
and question forms if appropriate) “An” + vowel (singular noun)
“The” + noun (single and plural)
5. How will your students work out the I will use an inductive teaching style using the guided discovery approach. I will give the students a
rules for the structure? worksheet with sentences containing articles (figure 1), the students will then try figure out the grammar
rules for the three articles in small groups. The students can compare their discoveries after a set amount
of time, and we will then work through the rules together.
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