SK Y4 Unit 12 Page 123 (Grammar)

Focus:
Grammar
Unit:
12
Topic:
Good Values
Content
Standard:

5.1 By the end of the 6 year primary schooling, pupils will be

able to use different word classes correctly and appropriately.

Learning
Standard:

5.1.7 Able to use articles correctly and appropriately. (a) the

(b) zero article (-)

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to complete the

sentences with article the and zero article ( -) and read the
dialogue with a friend.

Time:

60 minutes

Teaching
Aids:

Laptop , LCD , worksheet

Activities:

1. The teacher asks the class what they can remember about
Jack and the Beanstalk. Students have 2-3 minutes to tell
their friends what they remember. Teacher asks a few
students to re-tell the main events of the story.
2. Next, the teacher divides the pupils into small groups and
distributes the worksheet. Teacher asks students to put the
pictures in the correct order by numbering them. The
worksheet is taken from the following link. Students tell the
story to each other.
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/pictures_order.p
df
http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sites/teacheng/files/answer.pdf
4. After completing the task above, the groups will do the

activity on page 123 in the textbook. Complete the passage

using the or (-).
5. The teacher asks the students to look at a sentence from
Jack and the Beanstalk. Teacher tells them there are some
mistakes in the sentence. Do they know what they are?
There was giant beanstalk. He went outside and started to
climb beanstalk. The correct sentence should be There was
a giant beanstalk. He went outside and started to climb the
beanstalk.
6. Divide the class into groups of three. Give each group a
set
of cut up sentences (below). Tell the students to turn the

paper face down in a pile. One student takes a paper and

reads the sentence with the mistake aloud. The other
students must listen and decide how to correct the mistake.
Students take turns to read the sentences.
Once upon a time there was the boy called Jack.
Answer:
Once upon a time there was a boy called Jack.
Jacks mother told him to take their cow to the market and
sell her. On the way, Jack met a man. He gave Jack some
magic beans for cow.
Answer:
Jacks mother told him to take their cow to the market and
sell her. On the way, Jack met a man. He gave Jack some
magic beans for the cow.
Jack took beans and went back home.
Answer:
Jack took the beans and went back home.
The hen laid an egg. It was made of the gold.
Answer:
The hen laid an egg. It was made of the gold.
He climbed up to a sky through the clouds.
Answer:
He climbed up to the sky through the clouds.
Next morning, Jack looked out of the window.
Answer:
The next morning Jack looked out of the window.
Jack heard voice. Fee, Fi, Fum!
Answer:
Jack heard a voice. Fee, Fi, Fum!
On the table there was hen and a golden harp.
Answer:

On the table there was a hen and a golden harp.

Jacks mother took an axe and chopped down a beanstalk.
Answer:
Jacks mother took an axe and chopped down the
beanstalk.
The giant fell and crashed to a ground.
Answer:
The giant fell and crashed to the ground.
In a non tech lesson, a teacher can write the sentences on
spreadsheet. They also can do running dictation, whereby the
sentences can be pasted on the wall in the classroom, the
pupils will copy the sentences and completed them with the
correct article.
Lesson
Link:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/sit