LESSON PLAN 3 - PREPOSITIONS

 

Grade level: Grade Seven

Objectives:

            At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:

a.    identify the type and function of the preposition used in a sentence.

b.    use prepositions in describing a place, time, and direction.

c.    remember the importance of using appropriate prepositions in sentences.

Subject Matter: Prepositions

Reference/s:

            Grammar Monster Free Grammar Lessons and Exercises.(n.d.). What Are Prepositions?.                                 Retrieved from https://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/prepositions.htm

            Images and Worksheets retrieved from:

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            https://www.english-grammar.at/worksheets/prepositions/prep1.pdf

            https://images.app.goo.gl/331BxDmbsphq3J8j6

Materials:

• Laptop
• Projector
• PowerPoint Presentation

Procedure:

A.   Activity

a.    Recall

Prayers and Greetings

Checking of Attendance

The teacher asks the students about the topic they last discussed in the subject and briefly discussed the relationship of this to the new subject matter.

 

b.    Motivation

                              The teacher will give a hand out to the students and the students answer                         the following direction

                        Direction:

• Draw an ant beside the jar
• Draw a ring on top of the jar
• Draw a heart in the jar
• Draw a watch near the jar            

                            

C. Analysis

After the activity, the teacher will ask the students the following questions:

1.    Who can tell me what he/she notices with the following sentences?

            2.  Are you familiar with the Prepositions?

D. Abstraction

Prepositions

A preposition is a word that usually tells where or when something is in relation to something else.

 

Examples of Prepositions that Tell Us Where

Here are some examples of prepositions that tell us where something is in relation to something else (prepositions highlighted):

·         the boy behind the bush

(Here, the preposition "behind" tells us where "the boy" is in relation to "the bush.")

·         a mouse under the stairs

            (In this example, the preposition "under" tells us where "a mouse" is in      relation to "the stairs.")

Examples of Prepositions that Tell Us When

Here are some examples of prepositions that tell us when something is in relation to something else (prepositions highlighted):

·         the calm before the storm

            (Here, the preposition "before," tells us when "the calm" is in relation to      "the storm.")

·         one second after the bang

(In this example, the preposition "after" tells us when "one second" is in    relation to "the bang.")

About the Word "Preposition"

          As we've seen, prepositions can tell us where or when something is. However, prepositions are far more versatile than that. The word "preposition" means "positioned before." A preposition sits before a word (either a noun or a pronoun) to show that word's relationship to another nearby word. Look at these examples:

·         a bone for the dog

(Here, the preposition "for" sits before the noun "the dog" to show the relationship between "the dog" and "a bone." This example is not about where or when.)

·         everyone except the teacher

(In this example, the preposition "except" sits before the noun "the teacher" to show the             relationship between "the teacher" and "everyone." So, this example is not about where or when either.)

List of Common Prepositions

Here is a list of common prepositions:

above, about, across, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, since, to, toward, through, under, until, up, upon, with, within

The Role of a Preposition

Prepositions show how two words are linked. Lots of prepositions (e.g., "on," "in," "near," "behind," "under," "inside") tell us where things are relative to each other. For example:

• The cat sat on the mat.

• The rat ran under the shed.

• The Sun dropped below the horizon.

Often, prepositions (e.g., "during," "after," "before," "in," "on," "at") tell us when things are. For example:

• Eat your popcorn during the show.

• The swans will leave in August.

• I will clean the windows on Sunday.

• She said the answer before you.

Expressing where and when are two key roles for prepositions, but they have other roles too. For example, they might show possession or purpose.

• These are the wishes of the people.

(Here, the preposition "of" shows possession.)

• It is a device for opening jars.

(Here, the preposition "for" shows purpose.)

A Good Way to Think about Prepositions

        When you're first learning about prepositions, it might be useful to think about prepositions as anywhere a mouse could go.

This works because lots of prepositions show the relationship between two words by expressing their locations relative to each other.

Real-Life Examples of Prepositions

Here are some real-life sentences featuring prepositions.

·         I cook with wine. Sometimes, I even add it to food. (Actor W C Fields)

            ("With" shows the relationship between "wine" and "cook." "To" shows the             relationship between "food" and "add it.")

·         Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. (Actor Jim Carrey)

            ("Behind" shows the relationship between "every great man" and "a           woman." The term "every great man" is a noun phrase. Note that a       preposition can sit before a noun, a noun phrase, a noun clause, or a         pronoun.)

·         The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits. (Physicist Albert Einstein)

            ("Between" shows the relationship between "stupidity" and "genius.")

·         If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me. (Writer Alice Roosevelt Longworth)

            ("About" shows the relationship between "anybody" and "to say." "Next to"             shows the relationship between "me" and "sit." Note that a preposition can           be more than one word. Other common multi-word prepositions are "close      to," "ahead of," "in front of," and "according to.")

 

 

Object of a Preposition

The word (or phrase) that follows a preposition is called the object of a preposition. If there is a preposition, there will always be an object of the preposition. A preposition cannot exist by itself.

Prepositional Phrase

A prepositional phrase is made up of a preposition and the object of the     preposition             (including any modifiers). Prepositional phrases are very common. They function as either adjectives or adverbs. For example (prepositional phrases     highlighted):

·         It is a message from Mark.

(Here, the prepositional phrase "from Mark" is functioning like an adjective because it is describing "message.")

·         Mark is trapped on the island.

(Here, the prepositional phrase "on the island" is functioning like an adverb because it is modifying the verb "is trapped.")

Key Points ·         You can end a sentence in a preposition, but you run the risk of irking people who still think you can't. ·         Don’t say "between you and I" or "from my wife and I." They're both wrong. ·         "Too" means overly or as well. "To" doesn't. ·         Write "have" not "of" when expanding a contraction like "would've." ·         "Dependent on" means reliant on. A "dependant" is a person.

 

A.   D. Application

a.    Individual Guided Activity

 On a 1/4 sheet of paper, the students will answer the following exercise.

Fill in the correct prepositions.

about – at – by - for – from – in – of – on – to - with 

1. She learned Russian ____________ the age of 45. 

2. The book was written ____________ Mark Twain. 

3. I’ll show you the picture ____________ the palace. 

4. We can only get to the camp ____________ foot. 

5. He reminds me ____________ his old history teacher. 

6. What are you talking ____________ ? 

7. ____________ the end of next year we will have made over £ 100,000. 

8. She always gets up early ____________ the morning and goes to bed late ____________ night. 

9. I went to work ____________ Tuesday but I didn’t go ____________ Friday. 

10. You’ll have to wait. He’ll be with you ____________ a minute.

b.    Group Differentiated

Telephone Preposition

The students will be divided into four groups. The way it works is that the students have to pass down a message along the line. Then, the person at the end compares what they have with the original message.

The sentences to be pass contains a lot of preposition.

 

B.   E. Evaluation

Independent worksheets will be handed out and completed by students to the best of their ability for the remainder of the lesson. The teacher will walk around to check understanding and correct worksheets.

 

C.   F. Assignment

For the assignment, the students are tasks to make an essay about their bedroom. Students think about their bedroom and what they like or don’t like about it. Say that they’ve suddenly come into some money and now have P50,000 Php to remodel. What would it look like?

Criterion	Description	Point	Score
Quality of Writing	Very informative and well-organized	10
Grammar, Usage & Mechanics	Virtually no spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors and used Prepositions correctly.	10

 

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