Lesson Plan of Modal Verbs –II
Subject English
Grade V
Students` Learning Outcomes
- Illustrate use of can/can`t, may/mayn`t, and should/should n`t to express permission, prohibition, doubt, and obligation.
Information for Teachers
- Modal verbs are those helping verbs which help to express the mood or manner in which the action is done are, as;
Modal Verb |
function |
Examples |
Will |
Asking |
Will you go to school? |
Would |
Requesting |
Would you give me a table-tennis ball? |
Shall |
Asking |
Shall I do the work? |
Should |
Suggestion |
You should work hard. |
Can |
Ability |
He can drive a car. |
Could |
Ability/ requesting |
He could do the sum. Could you help me to do the sum? |
May |
Possibility/permission/prayer |
He may come here today. May I come in? May you live long. |
Might |
Possibility/suggestion |
His statement might be true. You might go to France for training. |
Must |
Certainty/obligation |
It must be good. You must`t do this. You must obey your teachers. |
Mustn`t |
Prohibition |
You must not (must`t) run in the sun. |
Need |
Necessity |
He need not go there. |
Needn`t |
Negation |
I need not (need`t) want a book now. |
Dare |
Bold assertion/daring courage |
I dare say you are a fool. He dares to stand alone. |
Daren`t |
Afraid to do |
I dare not (Daren`t) follow you. He dare not (Daren`t) do it. |
Ought (to) |
Moral obligation/suggestion |
We ought to love neighbors. This is really a good film; you ought to see it. |
Used (to) |
habit |
He used to walk early in the morning. |
- The SLO is achieved in two lessons. In this lesson ‘should’ and ‘shouldn`t’ will be focused.
Material/Resources
Writing board, chalk/marker, textbook
Introduction
Note:
- The students studied the use of should/should not in grade 4. Therefore, revise the concept in the introduction.
- Write a sentence on the writing board using “should”. E.g. students should speak English in the classroom.
- Ask the students when should is used. If they give correct answer, Reinforce the use of should and should not with the help of examples written on a chart paper.
Development
Activity 1
- Ask the students to take out their notebooks.
- Write the following sentences on the writing board and tell the class to fill in the blanks with should or should n`t.
- You _____________________ be selfish. (Should n`t)
- I don’t think you ______________ smoke. (Should)
- You are overweight. You ___________________ go on a balanced diet. (Should)
- The kids’ _____________________spend so much time in front of the television, (Should n`t)
- I think we ____________________ reserve our holidays in advance. (Should)
- Mehk ___________________________eat so many lollipops, It`s bad for our teeth. (Should n`t)
- They have a test tomorrow. They __________________ go to cinema. (Should n`t)
- What _____________I wear I have a party tonight? (Should)
- You ______________ speak to your mother like this. (Should n`t)
- Where _____________________ we park our car?
- Guide the students wherein they need help.
Activity 2
- Write ‘Playground Rules’ on the writing board.
- Tell students to think and tell some playground rules. They must use ‘should’ and ‘should n`t’ in each rule.
- Write one rule on the writing board for students` understanding. E.g. playground should be used by students to play.
- Write rules on the writing board after taking their feedback.
- Provide students with vocabulary where they need.
- Tell the students to write in their notebooks the ‘Playground Rules’.
- The teacher can devise classroom rules with students using should or should not.
Sum up / Conclusion
- Quickly revise with the students the situations in which should/should not is used.
Assessment
- Assess students` ability to demonstrate use of should /should not through their correct responses during introductions
- Assess students` ability to use should/should not through the correct answers given in the activity 1 and the language produced during the activity 2.
- Give students a written test in which they have to write five classroom rules for good behavior.
- Find the exercise related to the topic in the textbook.
- Students must do this exercise in the notebook or on the textbook.
Follow up
- Write on the writing board ‘What should we do? ‘And ‘What should we not do?
- To keep our house clean, tell the students to write three suggestions on: What should we do to keep our house clean?”
- Tell them to write two sentences on what they should not do to keep their house clean.