Lesson Plan of Conjunction-I
English Grade IV
Students’ Learning Outcomes
· Demonstrate the use of and, or ,if , but
Information for Teachers
· A conjunction is a word that joins two or more words, phrases, or clauses.
· The action or an instance of two or more events or things occurring at the same point in time or space.
· A conjunction (or a joining word) is a word which connects words and group of words.
· “And”is used to join or add words together in the sentence.
(Examples:
Ø They ate and drank.
Ø Sana and Nida are twins.
· “Or”is used to show a choice.
Ø Would you like ice-cream or popcorn?
Ø Should we turn left or right?
· “But”is used to show opposite or contrast.
Ø Today the weather is sunny but cold.
Ø Ants are small but strong.
Material / Resources
Chalk/marker, board, textbook, charts
Worm up activity
· Ask the students to name two favorite foods, colors, games, best friends.
· Explain to them how to use ‘and’ between the two words for example, pizza and chips, red and bluer, etc.
· Ask to them if they have guests and they have to offer them a choice between tea or cold drinks, how will they say it?
· Lead them to the use of ‘or’ to show a choice between two things.
· Give one examples for them: What would you like to take tea or cold drink?
· Ask to them for more examples of how ‘or’ is used.
· Write the following sentences on the board and ask them to recognize the joining word in it. Yesterday it was cloudy but warm.
· After taking their feedback, tell them to give more examples of sentences having but in them.
· Now briefly explain the function of joining words ‘or’, ‘and’, and ‘but’ to them.
· Write some more sentences of the joining words or, but, and on the same patterns with the help of students for their better understanding.
Development
Activity 1
· Write the following sentences on the board and ask to them to underline conjunction an them. Involve the whole class in the activity.
Ø Ali can read and write.
Ø Give me a pencil or a pen.
Ø I like ice-cream but my mother doesn’t give it to me.
Ø Take out your books and notebooks.
Ø I want to go but it is raining outside.
· Here also reinforce/explain the function of and, or and, but.
· Students will do this work in their notebooks.
· Now ask some students to tell the use of the joining words in their sentences.
Activity 2
· Divide the class into groups of four.
· Ask to them to write 3 to 5 sentences using the conjunctions and, or and but in their notebooks.
· Help them in sentence construction and spelling.
· Ask the groups in turns to read their sentences for the whole class.
Activity 3
· Write the following sentences on the board.
1. Fruits _____ vegetables are good for you.
2. Cross the bridge slowly ____comfortably.
3. Naila writes fast ____but neatly.
4. Rock-climbing is difficult _____ a fun.
5. Is a spider an insect ______ an animal?
6. I don’t know whether to laugh ______or to cry.
(Answers key: 1. And, 2. And, 3. But, 4. But, 5. Or, 6. Or
· Now ask the students to add, or, and, and but in them appropriately.
· Students will do this exercise in their notebooks.
· After that take their random feedback.
Sum up / Conclusion
· Ask the students to tell sentences containing conjunctions: and, or, and but.
· Ask them to think of situations where they themselves can use these.
Assessment
· Write the following incomplete sentences on the board. Ask the students to copy them in their notebooks and complete them while using and or but.
1. Amir has a dog _______ a parrot.
2. She likes mangoes ______ not apples.
3. Give me a paper ______ a notebook.
4. He is weak ________active.
5. I like tennis ______ cricket.
(Answer key: 1. And, 2. But, 3. Or, 4. But, 5. And.)
Follow up
· Ask the students to revise the taught conjunctions in the class.
· Continue to remind them these words when they are used in other subjects.
· Ask the students to write ten sentences using ‘and’, ‘or’, and ‘but’.
