Prepositions - Lesson Plan Coaches

Lesson Plan of Prepositions

English Grade IV

Students’ Learning Outcomes

· Demonstrate the use of some words showing position, time and movement

Information for Teachers

· A noun is a part of speech that denotes a person, animal, place, thing, or idea.

· Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or a pronoun and some other word or element in the rest of the sentence.

· Prepositions are short words that usually stand in front of nouns.

· Prepositions show the relationship between a noun and other word or elements in the sentence.

· Preposition tells the position of a noun.

(Examples: on, in, out, behind, under)

Ø The book is on the table.

Ø The book is in the bag.

Ø The book is behind the bag.

Ø The cat is under the table.

Preposition here is telling the position of the noun “book”

· There are three kinds of preposition:

v Place of preposition like on, in, under etc.

v Time of preposition like in, on, at etc.

v Direction of preposition like to, from, into etc.

· Prepositions of Time: at, on, and in:

v We use at for the exact time on the clock. For example: the train is due at 12:15 p.m.

v We use on for days and dates. For example: My brother is coming on Monday. We‘re having a party on the 4^th of May.

v We use in for nonspecific times during a day, a month, a season, or a year i.e. When we don’t know the exact time. For example: She likes to walk in the morning. It is too cold in winter.

· Preposition of movement/direction: to, from and into. Movement/direction to person or building. For example: go to Pakistan.

· “From…..to” is used to refer to the beginning and end of an activity or event. For example: “The weather was stormy from Wednesday to Friday”.

· “Into” is used to enter a room / a building. For example: I go into the kitchen. I entered into the house.

Material / Resources

Board, chalk/marker, chart paper to draw the tables on it; if easily available otherwise draw the tables on the board

Worm up activity

· Ask the students about prepositions as they have already read about prepositions of position in the previous class.

· Note the responses of the students on the board.

· Remind them how important prepositions are.

Development

Activity 1

· Propulsion of Time:

· Show them the following chart for the understanding of prepositions of time.

· Ask to them to copy the given table in their notebooks.

English	Usage	Example
On	· Dates, days of the week	· On 14th August, on Monday
In	· Month/seasons · Time of day · Year	· In August/in winter · In the morning · In 2016
At	· For night/noon · For weekend · A certain point of time (when?)	· At night · At the weekend · At 7 o’ clock

· Show the students to the following chart for the understanding of prepositions of place.

· Ask to the students to copy the given table in their notebooks.

· Prepositions- place position:

English	Usage	Example
In	· Room, building, street, town, country, car, taxi	· In the 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.	· On the wall · On the table · On the first floor

· Preposition of movement:

· Show the students the following chart and explain to them the prepositions of movement.

To	· Movement to person or building · Movement to a place or country · For bed	· Go to the cinema · Go to Pakistan · Go to bed
Into	· Enter a room/a building	· Go into the kitchen/the house
From	· In the sense of where from	· A flower from the garden

· Ask to the students to work in groups of four students each and use each preposition of movement in a simple sentence.

· Ask the students to write only three sentences in their notebooks after discussing with their group fellows.

· Help the students where they need it.

Activity 4

· Make the students do the exercises and activities given in the textbook related to this topic.

Sum up / Conclusion

· Ask the students the use of prepositions of time, movement and position.

· Write these sentences on board and ask them to add prepositions.

v The food is _______the fridge.

v The keys are ______top of the fridge.

v He will visit us _____noon.

v The teacher wrote ____the board.

Assessment

· Give the students the following sentences and ask them to underline the preposition.

v Aiman was born in December.

v She is sitting on the floor.

v Ayesha is knocking at the door.

v I am going to bazar.

Follow up

· Ask the students to revise and learn the three tables given above.