Lesson Planning of Prepositions

 

Lesson Planning of Prepositions

Subject English

Grade V

Students` Learning Outcomes

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

Information for Teachers

• Prepositions tell the position of a noun, as; on, in, behind, under:

1. The book is on the table.
2. The book is in the bag.
3. The book is behind the bag.
4. The book is under the table.

• Prepositions here are telling the position of the noun” book”

Kinds of prepositions

Preposition of Time: at, in, on;

• We use:

1. ‘At’ for a precise time, as; at 3 o` clock
2. ‘In’ for months, years, centuries and long periods, as; in May, in 2020, in the past/future
3. ‘On’ for days and dates, as; on Sunday, on March 6, on Independence Day, as;
4. I have a meeting at 9 a.m.
5. There should be a lot of progress in the next century.
6. Do you work on Monday?
7. Her birthday is on 20 December.

Preposition of Movement

• We use:

1. ‘To’ for movement to person, place or building
2. ‘Into’ for movement from one thing to another, as;
3. She will go to school in the morning.
4. He poured water into the jug.

Material / Resources

Writing board, chalk/marker, textbook, chart to draw the tables on it, if easily available or draw the tables on the writing board

Introduction

• Ask the students the following questions about dinner time. Ask them to recall their dinner last night and answer them, ass;
• Where do you and your family sit and eat? (Expected answer would be as; in the dining room, at the table, on a dinner-spread.)
• Tell me about the food, where does t come from and where is it placed? (Expected answer would be as; from the kitchen, placed in the middle, my mother puts it in our plates)
• What do you do after dinner? (Expected answer would be as; Watch TV in the lounge, lie down on bed)
• How do you prepare for school the next day? (Expected answer would be as; put books in the bag, etc.)
•  Remind them what prepositions are and ask them to point out the prepositions in their answers.

Development

Activity 1 Make the following charts on the board. Ask the students to give examples for each preposition. They must use any two prepositions in their sentences. Preposition of Time Prepositions     on days of the week on Monday in months/seasons, time of day in August, in winter, in the morning, in 2020, year at For night, for week end, a certain point of time (when?) at night, at weekend, a certain point, at 7 o` clock

 

Activity 2 Prepositions—Place, Position Prepositions usage example in room, building, street, town, country, ar, taxi in the kitchen, in Pakistan, in the car, in a taxi at meaning nest to, by an 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 the party at the cinema at school at work on attached being on a surface, for a floor in a house the picture, on the wall, on the table, on the first floor               for example: I live in Pakistan Somebody is at the door. Glass is on the table Use the above mentioned prepositions of position in a short paragraph to describe an imaginary house and its decorations

 

Activity 3 Prepositions of  Movement Prepositions Usage Examples to movement to a person or a building, movement to a place or country to bed go to the cinema, go to London, go to bed into enter a room/a building go into the kitchen/the house   Ask them to write a short Para to write a short paragraph to describe getting on a bus, train, or aeroplane. You first go to the ticket counter, then your luggage is checked, finally, you get into the waiting lounge before getting into the plane.

Sum up/ Conclusion

• Ask the prepositions of positions, time and movement

Assessment

• Check students` performance on the last free activities
• Involve the students in solving the problems related to prepositions given in the exercise of the textbook.

Follow up

• The related activity from the textbook should be given as a follow up
• Write five sentences using prepositions of position, time and movement.