Lesson Topic: Count/Non-Count Nouns, Articles, Travel/Transportation
Materials/Teaching Aids: Whiteboard, worksheets, PowerPoint presentation, flashcards
Lesson Objectives: By the end of the lesson, students will:
(1) Be able to identify and properly use count/non-count nouns, basic articles (a/an, the, *these, those).
(2) Discuss travel experiences in detail, introduce different modes of transportation,
Timing
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
10 – 15 minutes
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Procedure
Warm-up
Greet Ss
Ask Ss what kinds of food
items they like to buy/eat at
grocery stores, cafes, etc.
Interaction
T – Ss
Introduce warm-up activity,
Name Ten: In groups, get
students to think of ten items
that fit a certain criteria (on
flashcards). For instance: Name
ten countries, name ten cities,
ten food items that you eat out
of a bowl, name ten drinks, etc.
Get students to write them
down.
Teaching objective: This
activity is useful for waking up
Ss minds by encouraging Ss Ss interaction and eliciting
common nouns with common
relationships.
Learning outcomes: Ss can
generate themes vocabulary. Ss
Ss – Ss
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Materials/Aids
Whiteboard, Flashcards
may be able to use articles.
Focus on exercising speaking
and basic writing skills.
8:15 – 9:00
10 – 15 minutes
9:00 – 10:00
50 minutes to 1 hour
Ts – Ss, Ss - Ss
Vocabulary Review
Using the vocab warm-up as a
point of reference, discuss
generated vocabulary with
students. Go around the class
and ask each group their
vocabulary items. Write them
on the board. Ask if they can be
counted.
Teaching objective: Review
vocabulary, introduce concept
of count/non-count nouns.
Learning outcome: This
activity aims to get students to
correlate vocabulary with
grammar. Students should start
to properly use a/an.
Grammar Point/Lesson
Introduce the interactive Azar
PowerPoint on count/non-count
nouns and articles. Contents
within unit to be used: a vs. an,
count/non-count, more noncount nouns, basic units of
measure. Students are
encouraged at all times to help
each other out and answer
presentation questions.
T – Ss
Teaching Objective:
Grammar, teaching/reviewing
proper article usage, as well as
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Whiteboard
Whiteboard, PowerPoint
Presentation – Count/Noncount Nouns and Articles.
9:50 – 10:00
10 minutes
introduce (some, a few, a little)
and a couple of basic
determiners for non-count
objects (a cup of coffee, a
bottle of water, etc.)
Learning outcomes: Ss can
use count/non-count nouns and
their articles/determiners in
correct contexts.
Grammar Point Practice
Hand out practice worksheets.
Ss – Ss
Worksheets: Indefinite
Articles: A, An, Some; A few,
a little.
Teaching Objective. Getting
Ss to practice, in groups, what
was just taught to them.
Learning outcomes: By the
end of this activity, SS will
better understand what was just
learned.
10:00 – 10:15
15 minutes
Coffee Break
10:15 – 10:20
5 minutes
10:20 – 10:35
15 minutes
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T – Ss, Ss – Ss
Grammar Point Practice
Review
After SS return from break,
allot five minutes to going over
worksheet answers.
Learning outcome: Help SS
settle any problems/issues that
may arise from doing the
exercise.
Ss – Ss
Grammar
Countable Or Uncountable?
Another worksheet for
students. This time, rather than
inserting the correct article,
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Worksheets: Indefinite
Articles: A, An, Some; A few,
a little.
Worksheets:
Countable/Uncountable
10:35 – 12:00
1 hour and 25 minutes
students are asked to categorize
a list of countable and
uncountable nouns under much
and many, pluralizing the
words where necessary. Group
discussion will follow.
Learning Outcome: Ss will
exercise their judgment skills in
telling the difference between
count/non-count nouns and
using the correct article.
Let’s Talk Classroom Survey T – Ss, Ss - Ss
Transition change of topic from
grammar point to travel.
Introduce a survey outlining Ss
travel experience, including
where and why do they travel,
modes of transportation etc.
Introduce the concept of a
survey. Ask SS to fill out the
survey worksheet, first about
themselves and then they must
go around the room and
interview three other
classmates using the survey
questions. After interviewing,
SS must write a paragraph
about one S based on survey.
SS must use pronouns and long
sentences.
Teaching Objective: Exercise
communication/conversation
and writing skills. Generate
discussion and vocabulary
related to travel.
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Whiteboard, Realia (pictures
pertaining to travel)
Worksheet/Survey
Learning Outcomes: By the
end of this interactive activity,
students will be warmed-up
into the subject of
world/country travel. Students
will also gain a deeper sense of
cultural exchange and learn
how to describe that their
experiences in greater detail.
12:00 – 1:00
1 hour
Lunch
1:00 – 1:15
1 hour
Transportation:
T – Ss, Ss – Ss
2:00 – 2:45
45 minutes
Oral Discussion:
Round table conversation
exercise based on classroom
survey exercise that gets
students to talk travel
experiences in different
contexts.
T – Ss, Ss – Ss
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