Lesson Plan of Vocabulary Building
Subject English
Grade V
Students` Learning Outcomes
- Recognize meaning of common adjectives and verbs in relation to each other.
Information for Teachers
- Adjectives tell the qualities of noun for example big, short, small, black, white, etc.
- Action verbs shows actions e.g. sleep, walk, talk, jump, run, etc.
- Present participles are a present form of the verb. They are usually made by adding-ing to the infinitive.
- Adding-ing to the infinitive follows the normal spelling rules.
- Some present participles act as adjectives and are called verbal adjectives for example we went on a swimming camp, I am watching a cooking show, I went to the gaming zone, etc.
Material / Resources
Writing board, chalk/marker, duster, textbook
Introduction
- Write the following words on the writing board and ask the students to tell what adjectives are and what are verbs? Big, wash, small, box, large, cook, etc.
- Ask them to use them in sentences to clarify meaning. Jot down a few sentences on the board.
- When done with these words ask the students to come up with some more adjectives and words and the teacher will write them on the columns on the board.
- Introduce the verbal adjectives to the students by using above information.
Development
Activity 1
- Write the following verbs on the board and ask the students to copy.
- Tell them to work in pairs and make verbal adjectives of these verbs.
- For example, run=running, stop=stopping, drive, cycle, try, swim, win, dry, fly, live, cry.
- Once the students are done ask them randomly to tell the answers.
- Tell the students to correct their work.
- Take rounds and check students work.
- Write the following sentences on the board and ask the students to copy.
- Tell the students to work in pairs or small groups and circle the nouns and then underline the verbal adjectives that tell us something more about these nouns.
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- This washing powder doesn`t clean clothes well.
- I am improving my swimming style.
- Don`t take your drinking water from that jug, it is not clean.
- I walked on the running track in the park.
- I was going on the cycling track in the evening with my brothers.
- I got a little toy sewing machine for my birthday.
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- Monitor and help the students.
- Once the students are done, ask them randomly to tell the verbal adjectives.
- Tell them to make corrections side by side.
- Give your input where required.
Activity 2
- Write the following words on the board and ask the students t write sentence that use these words as verbal adjectives.
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- Cooking (pan, stove, pot, class)
- Shopping (list, bag, trip, mall)
- Living (room, style)
- Shaving (brush, cream)
- Running (water, track, speed, shoes)
- Gardening (gloves, tools, equipment)
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- Monitor and help the students.
Sum up / Conclusion
- How can verbs be turned to adjectives?
- Ask them to come up with some verbs and make verbal adjectives of them.
Assessment
- Once the students are done ask them to exchange and check each other`s work for verbal; adjectives and correct sentences.
- Tell them to correct their work in the light of the feedback given by their peers.
Follow up
- Ask the students to find at least five sentences with phrasal adjectives from their books and write in their notebooks.