Dirección de Lingüística e Intercambios Culturales
CENTRO DE EDUCACIÓN CONTINUA
ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL
Ladrón de Guevara E11-253, Campus Politécnico Ruben Orellana, Edif.. Ingeniería Civil 5to. Piso
LESSON PLAN
Level:
Academic I
Day #: 22
Materials
Duration
Observations
Warm up
15 minutes
Name some symbols that make
you think of Ecuador.
Whiteboard, pen, paper
Activities
Materials
Duration
20 minutes
Grammar
Words that are always singular
List out pet peeves
Have students work
in groups to think of
symbols. After a
few minutes, have
one student from
each group go to
the board and write
one symbol. After,
discuss why they
are symbols and
what do they mean.
Finally, ask if they
know any symbols
of teachers country.
Are there any
similarities?
Observations
Make a list on the
board with any,
every and some
the headers.
Complete the lists
with nouns that can
fit into each group.
These words
always take a
singular verb and
pronoun. Then,
create a classwide
list about pet
peeves. Have
students use any,
every and some to
create sentences.
After, complete
exercise 1 on p.
111.
Book, pen, paper
Grammar
Collective Nouns
20 minutes
Book, pen, paper
Introduce collective
nouns on p. 112.
Explain the
difference between
singular and plural
nouns. Most take
singular verb except
for “majority” or one
Dirección de Lingüística e Intercambios Culturales
CENTRO DE EDUCACIÓN CONTINUA
ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL
Ladrón de Guevara E11-253, Campus Politécnico Ruben Orellana, Edif.. Ingeniería Civil 5to. Piso
30 minutes
Listening p. 114
Reading p. 115
CD, cd player, book, pen,
paper
20 minutes
Grammar
A Number of/ The Number of
Book, paper, pen
Materials
Duration
entity (time,
money). Give
examples (see
below) of nouns and
show singular or
plural. Complete
exercise 1 and 2 on
p. 113.
Create a short list
of topics heads of
state talk about in
home country. (no
more than 5 things)
Then, ask students
about topics that
Presidential
candidates talk
about in Ecuador.
What similarities do
countries show?
Differences? After
complete, the
questions before
listening to the CD.
Complete p. 114.
Brainstorm types of
terrorism in Ecuador
and the world. Is
chemical terrorism a
threat in Ecuador?
Read and complete
article on p. 115.
Introduce grammar
on p. 116. Explain
when each
grammar is used a
number of + plural
verb and the
number of +
singular verb.
Follow the chart and
then complete
exercise 1 on p.
116.
Observations
Wrap up
Things that make you happy, sad,
angry, or feel proud of yourself
10 minutes
Pen, paper
pack (of dogs) Congress, team, public, group, club, family, army, jury
. Students should
be put in groups
and each student in
the group needs to
come up with an
answer. After, have
all students share
their ideas.