LESSON PLAN

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME

I. DESCRIPTION

- Teacher: Hoang Thi Trang

- Room:

- Date:

- Time: 60 minutes- 90 minutes

- Level: Pre- intermediate/ Elementary

II. OBJECTIVES

1. Knowledge

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

To learn and practice prepositions of time: in, on, at.

2. Skills

Reading, speaking, listening, and writing activities

3. Attitude

Both students and teacher are enthusiastic and willing to take part in the lesson.

II. TEACHING AIDS

Boards, chalks, worksheets,

III. PROCEDURES

A. Organization

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 No. Class Total Absent Ss Notes

1. Settlement: Greet the class and check students’ attendance (If necessary)

2. Checking: Whether students studied at home or not (If necessary)

B. New Lesson

Stages Teacher’s activities Student’s Interaction

activities patterns
(Time)

Homework - T asks some Ss to tell - Some Ss answer Teacher-

about the present questions. whole class
(10-15 mins)
continuous.
- Do the
- T asks Ss to do the worksheet.
worksheet (Grammar
Check)

Pre- teaching Activity 1: Discussion - Ss listen to the Teacher-

T and do the students
(10-15mins) - Give each student a piece
activity.
of paper. On each piece of
paper is a question. - Ss have to walk
(appendix 1) around the room
1. What do you usually do and ask their
IN the evening? question to three Student-
other students. Student
2. What are you usually

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 doing AT 8 a. m ON - Other students
Sunday? should do their
best to answer the
3. What’s your favourite
questions using
activity to do IN the
complete
summer?
sentences.
- Lead in to lesson on
- Once everyone
prepositions of time.
has asked three
people, they sit
down and
discuss. Did
they see a pattern
in any of the
questions or
answers?

While - Teach the prepositions of - Ss listen to the Teacher-

teaching time. T. students
AT = specific time
(25- 30 mins) - Ss can copy the
E. g: I wake up every above
morning at 8am. information in
IN = future; usually their grammar
refers to months, years notebooks (if
and seasons. they have one,
otherwise T
E. g.: I will be 15 in
provides them the
January.
handouts)
ON = usually refers to
days of the week or
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 dates.

E. g: We will go to the
park on Monday.
- Give sentence examples
of each one.

- T asks Ss to do the
worksheet 1.

Post- Activity: Time - Ss listen to the Teacher-

teaching prepositions practice. teacher Students

(30-35 mins) - T gives each S a copy of

the worksheet 2.

- T asks S to work
- Work
individually, put each time
individually.
expression on the
worksheet into its correct
column: in, on, at, or no
preposition.

- T checks the answers.

- T divides Ss into pairs (A

- Work in pairs.
and B) and asks Ss to test Student-
their partner on the time Student
prepositions.

- After 14 time
expressions, the Ss swap
roles.

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 - T gives each S a copy of - Ss go around
the worksheet 3 and asks the class, asking
them to complete the gaps each other the
in the column “Find questions.
someone who” with “in, Student-
- When someone
on, at, or no preposition”. Student
answers “Yes” to
- T checks the answers a question, the S
with the class and have Ss writes down their
prepare “YES/NO” name and asks a
questions they need to do follow-up
the activity. question to gain
more
E. g: Do you like to get up
information,
late on Sunday?
noting down the
- Afterwards, Ss tell the answer in the last
class about three people column.
they interviewed in the
activity.

Consolidation - Remind students when - Ss listen to the Teacher-

these terms are used. teacher students
(3-5mins)
Repeat good
sentences you heard
during the activity.

- Show the intro video

again, (optional, if you
have extra time) this time
pausing and seeing if

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 students can recall when
each term is used.

Homework - Write 10 sentences using - Ss listen to the Teacher-

prepositions of time: in, T and write on students
(2-3 mins)
on, at. the notebook.

- Finish the worksheet 1

EXPERIENCE

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