Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Cassie Shear 21/08/2022 Pre- Intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Healthy diet plan
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 and accurately be able to use an article: ‘A’, ‘An’, and In pairs and on their own can discuss their healthy diet and use
‘The’. this is an activity to make their own healthy balanced diet to use
Example sentence: at home.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, A red apple is good for
keeping healthy, and the apple is very red, and I got it from the big
tree
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Many languages don’t use Articles and they may become 1. Explain and give an activity that will help the students
confused and can easily be mixed up between which one understand the difference between all three.
out of the three (‘A, an, and the’) to use.
2. Do not teach all three at the same time
2. There are additional uses and rules with articles which can
be very confusing for the student. 3. Keep practicing with student and ensuring that they are
grasping the idea with the teacher and on their own
3. The student may become disheartened when they are
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, wrong or get confused because they can’t differentiate
between all three
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this Articles ‘A’, ‘An’, and ‘The’ are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective. The
language? (Include a timeline if function being that the definite article, ‘The’, is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the
appropriate) noun is known to the student. The indefinite article, ‘A’ and ‘An’, is used before a noun that is general or
when the identity is not known.
2. In which context are you introducing What a healthy diet consists of for example: apples, cucumbers, eggs, and etc in order for the students to
the language? create their own healthy balanced diet they can even use at home.
3. Which concept checking questions will “I eat a banana in the afternoon.”
you ask to ensure students understand 1. When do you eat a banana? In the afternoon
the meaning? 2. Just one? Yes
3. What kind of banana? An ugly browning banana
4. Where is the banana? The banana is in the fridge
4. What is the form of the target Definite Article:
language? (Include positive, The + singular/plural noun
negative and question forms if
Indefinite Article:
appropriate)
A +singular noun beginning with a consonant sound
An+ singular noun beginning with a vowel sound
5. How will your students work out the The teacher will use guided discovery/ inductive exercise making use of their own eating schedule they
rules for the structure? have done. To help the students the teacher will introduce the articles through a dialogue:
A: What is your favourite healthy food on your diet plan for dinner?
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, B: Chicken and rice is my favourite by far to eat for dinner
A: I don’t like chicken; I much prefer fish for dinner
B: I also sometimes eat fish
Now using this dialogue students can analyse what article they must put in the blank spaces of the
worksheet they will be given:
___ chicken and rice is my favourite (the)
___ fish is also something I eat (a)
It was __exceptionally yummy dinner (an)
6. What will you teach about the Teacher will mainly focus on contractions that concern and will present themselves in articles ‘a, an, and
pronunciation of the structure? the’
Stage Name Stage Aim Time Interaction Teacher’s procedure Students will…
Pattern
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
Warmer To engage the 10 T-S Show pictures of 3 different sports – Students will identify the lesson topic
learners in the minutes football (team), tennis (one vs one), Learners will use their previous
lesson, to activate marathon running (individual) knowledge to make links to the topic
the learner’s prior S-S Ask students to discuss the
knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of
topic each type of sport
Warmer To engage the 10 s-s Show picture of an example of Be able to identify what the
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Cassie Shear 21/08/2022 Pre- Intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Healthy diet plan
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 and accurately be able to use an article: ‘A’, ‘An’, and In pairs and on their own can discuss their healthy diet and use
‘The’. this is an activity to make their own healthy balanced diet to use
Example sentence: at home.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, A red apple is good for
keeping healthy, and the apple is very red, and I got it from the big
tree
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Many languages don’t use Articles and they may become 1. Explain and give an activity that will help the students
confused and can easily be mixed up between which one understand the difference between all three.
out of the three (‘A, an, and the’) to use.
2. Do not teach all three at the same time
2. There are additional uses and rules with articles which can
be very confusing for the student. 3. Keep practicing with student and ensuring that they are
grasping the idea with the teacher and on their own
3. The student may become disheartened when they are
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, wrong or get confused because they can’t differentiate
between all three
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this Articles ‘A’, ‘An’, and ‘The’ are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective. The
language? (Include a timeline if function being that the definite article, ‘The’, is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the
appropriate) noun is known to the student. The indefinite article, ‘A’ and ‘An’, is used before a noun that is general or
when the identity is not known.
2. In which context are you introducing What a healthy diet consists of for example: apples, cucumbers, eggs, and etc in order for the students to
the language? create their own healthy balanced diet they can even use at home.
3. Which concept checking questions will “I eat a banana in the afternoon.”
you ask to ensure students understand 1. When do you eat a banana? In the afternoon
the meaning? 2. Just one? Yes
3. What kind of banana? An ugly browning banana
4. Where is the banana? The banana is in the fridge
4. What is the form of the target Definite Article:
language? (Include positive, The + singular/plural noun
negative and question forms if
Indefinite Article:
appropriate)
A +singular noun beginning with a consonant sound
An+ singular noun beginning with a vowel sound
5. How will your students work out the The teacher will use guided discovery/ inductive exercise making use of their own eating schedule they
rules for the structure? have done. To help the students the teacher will introduce the articles through a dialogue:
A: What is your favourite healthy food on your diet plan for dinner?
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, B: Chicken and rice is my favourite by far to eat for dinner
A: I don’t like chicken; I much prefer fish for dinner
B: I also sometimes eat fish
Now using this dialogue students can analyse what article they must put in the blank spaces of the
worksheet they will be given:
___ chicken and rice is my favourite (the)
___ fish is also something I eat (a)
It was __exceptionally yummy dinner (an)
6. What will you teach about the Teacher will mainly focus on contractions that concern and will present themselves in articles ‘a, an, and
pronunciation of the structure? the’
Stage Name Stage Aim Time Interaction Teacher’s procedure Students will…
Pattern
Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: Example:
Warmer To engage the 10 T-S Show pictures of 3 different sports – Students will identify the lesson topic
learners in the minutes football (team), tennis (one vs one), Learners will use their previous
lesson, to activate marathon running (individual) knowledge to make links to the topic
the learner’s prior S-S Ask students to discuss the
knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of
topic each type of sport
Warmer To engage the 10 s-s Show picture of an example of Be able to identify what the
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