Iman Iman

position of adverbs of frequency
elementary, A1- A2 level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about the place of adverbs of frequency through guided discovery based on a reading text about American teenagers. The lesson starts with discussion about life style. this is followed by a reading where students read about American teenagers in trouble. Then the teacher teaches the grammar points on the whiteboard and finally there are some controlled practices through ordering the words and drills.

Materials

Abc Some pictures and a hand-out as well as a whiteboard.

Main Aims

  • Students will be able to use adverbs of frequency( always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never) in grammatically correct position in a sentence in the context of healthy and unhealthy lifestyle.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Improve students' reading for gist and detail using a short, factual text.

Procedure

Lead in/ exposure (4-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Teacher shows some pictures and ask students if the people have healthy life style. students answer the questions and discuss the activities. After that the students are asked what pictures show activities that are good for your body, which are bad for your. Elicit the answers like: ' eating fast food is unhealthy for the body". the teacher ask students to know how often the students do the activities and try to elicit some adverbs of frequency from students.

Exposure (3-5 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text

Teacher ask students to look at the picture on the hand-out and ask some questions about the girl's age and what she is doing. The teacher tries to engage the students to the text by asking about American teenagers' lifestyle. Then the teacher ask the students to read the text once to find the answer of this question: "are the students in your country similar?" .

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

Teacher asks some questions about the words which are bold on the text( frequency adverbs) and tries to elicit the students to say the place of them in the sentences.

Clarification (3-4 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

Teacher writes some of the sentences of the text including frequency adverbs on the board and try to clarify form from them. Then the teacher ask some questions as CCQs to be certain that the students have understood the subject. After that the teacher say the words and ask the students to repeat them loudly.

Controlled Practice (2-4 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Students use correct word order in some sentences includes frequency adjectives on their hand- outs

Free practice (2-4 minutes) • To encourage using adverbs

students have to say at least three sentences about their lifestyle while using adverbs of frequency in appropriate places.

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