Lesson plan
Prepared By: Saadia AlSaadi
Subject: English
Course/ Program: TEFL
Topic: Fairly/rather
Date: 15/1/2015
Time: 40 Minutes
Level: Advanced
Resources: White board and worksheet.
Specific Objectives:
General Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be to:
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
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Clarify that "fairly and rather" are called "Mitigators".
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Define what Mitigator is?
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Recognize what Mitigator functions in English.
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Use fairly and rather + adjectives
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Know when to use "Fairly and rather" in their speech.
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Underline adjectives.
Find out what mitigators add to the adjectives.
Fill the gaps using "fairly and rather" and suitable adjective.
Compose sentences.
Supportive Skills:
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Grammar- Using previous knowledge about words like "very,
pretty, and quite".
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Writing – Using writing skills to compose sentences.
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Listening and Speaking – Interacting and sharing knowledge.
Time
Tutor Input
Interaction
Learner Activities
Functional Skills/ICT
Assessment
T-Ss
Respond &Interact
Writing & reading
Question, answer,
and observation
Resources
Warm up Activity
00:05
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Underline adjectives in following sentences.
While reading sentences:
Teacher will grab students' attention to words
before the adjectives.
Eliciting answer by asking about these words
contribution before adjectives.
Worksheet
Main lesson focus
00:20
00:15
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Rather and fairly are" Metegators".
We use them to emphasize the adjectives, and
make them less strong.
 Rather is used sometimes for :
1. Negative Ideas
Ex: He is not honest. He is rather deceitful.
2. Positive Ideas, but unusually or surprisingly
happens.
Ex: It is a rather good pen. Where did you find
it?
 Fairly is weaker than rather.it is not very good,
but fine.
My dress is fairly fit, but I prefer a comfy dress.
T-Ss
Interacting
and
giving examples
White board,
Listening and
speaking
Question
&
answer
English
Grammar
In Use
&
Learnex
website
Activity2
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Answer questions in worksheet.
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Go through answers.
Work In pairs
Vocabulary &Writing
Work individually
Reading& Speaking
Observation
Critical eye
S-T
Critical ear
Peer editing
If necessary
Murphy, Raymond. English Grammar in Use: A Self-study Reference and Practice Book for Intermediate Students of English : With Answers. 3rd ed.
Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. Print.
"What Are Intensifiers & Mitigators? English Grammar Lesson." Learnex. Web. 4 Mar. 2015. <http://learnex.in/what-are-intensifiers-mitigators-englishgrammar-lesson/>.
Worksheet