LESSON PLAN N° 1: QUANTIFIERS ‘There is/There are’ (+).

Trainee teacher’s name: Barrionuevo, Jorgelina Isabel.

Trainer teachers’ name: Stefania Valdéz –.
School:
Course: 1st Year.
Course teacher:
Date: June, 16th.
Textbook: English File Elementary (4th Edition).
Unit: 8 B “A house with a history”
Time: 60 minutes.
Grammar points: Presentation: “There is/ There are” in affirmative form.
Function: To say that something exists.
Topic Vocabulary: Revision: Parts of the house: Bathroom, Bedroom, Dining
room and Kitchen.
Revision: Furniture: bed, cooker, cupboard, fridge, lamp,
mirror, shower, sofa.
Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Lesson aims:
 To provide enough input through a short text in order to explain the new
topic.
 By the end of the lesson students will be able to know the quantity of the
rooms and furniture in their houses.
 By the end of the lesson students will be able to form accurate oral and
written sentences using ‘There is’ and ‘There are’.
WARM UP:
At this stage I will stick a short text about houses on the board and make
students pay attention to the highlighted words in order to introduce the new
topic. I will begin in the following manner:
T: Pay attention! Look! What’s this?
Ss: (expected answer): un texto/ a text.
T: Right! A text. What can you see in the text?
Ss: (expected answer): las palabras resaltadas.
T: Good! Pay attention to these words… (I will read the text doing mimics
whether if necessary)
T: ¿Qué piensan de estas frases? ¿Estarán relacionadas con la parte de
vocabulario o puede ser una estructura gramatical?
Ss: (expected answer): Estructura gramatical…
T: Very good! Today we are going to learn quantifiers THERE IS and THERE
ARE.

My home in Amsterdam.

I live in the centre of Amsterdam. My house is a boat.

It’s small but it’s ok.
My boat has a kitchen, a dining room, a bedroom and a bathroom. It hasn’t got
a living room. The rooms are small.
In the dining room, there is a carpet and two lamps. There isn’t a sofa. In my
bedroom, there are two beds and a mirror. There aren’t any cupboards.
I love my home!

Students will be given a copy in order to comprehend the text. It will be done all
together and checked orally. It will be a multiple choice.
 1. Tick ()the correct option according to the text.
 The house is:
 cottage.
 boat

 The house has:

 bathroom
 garden

 In the dining room:

 there is a carpet.
 there are three mirrors.

 In the bedroom there is:

 there is a lamp.
 there are two beds.

2. How many rooms are in the house? Write their names.

PRESENTATION:
At this stage I will introduce the new grammar structure. I will explain its use and
the form. I will stick a chart on the board so as students can understand
properly. I will use mother tongue if necessary to reinforce the explanation. I will
proceed in the following way:
T: Now, pay attention! We use this structure (pointing to the phrases) to say that
something exists. For example, “There is a pencil on the desk.” (Doing
emphasis on the structure).
T: We use ‘There is’ for singular, only one thing and ‘There are’ for plural.
T: So, in an affirmative sentence we use “There is plus a/an” when we talk
about one thing and say that it exists (I will read the examples). And we use
“There are plus the number” when we talk about more than one thing and say
that it exists. (I will read the examples).
T: So, we use THERE IS or THERE ARE to say that something exists. (doing
gestures) Usamos esta estructura para decir si una cosa existe o no existe.
T: Now, listen and repeat after me. (I will read the examples).
Students will repeat the examples in chorus.
T: So, tell me, there is and there are is used for… (I will be pointing the use).
Ss: (expected answer): to say that something exists.
T: Very good!
I will deliver each student a copy of the new structure so as to be glued in their
folders.
 GRAMMAR: THERE IS / THERE ARE.
USE:
We use THERE IS / THERE ARE to say that something exists.

FORM:

THERE IS (Singular) THERE ARE (Plural)

There is a cooker in the kitchen. There are two carpets in the bedroom.
(+) There is a shower in my bathroom. There are four lamps in the dining room.

ORAL PRACTICE:
At this stage I will use the text from the Warm up stage in order to practice the
new grammar structure. Students will have to form affirmative sentences about
what there might be in the kitchen and bathroom of the boat house. The activity
will be done with all the class in order to reinforce the structure if it is still a
doubt. I will do one as an example. I will say in the following manner:
T: Let’s practice. Look at the text! Let’s remember which rooms are missing to
describe. Which rooms are missing?
Ss: (expected answer): Kitchen and bathroom.
T: Very good! Now, what furniture do we have in the kitchen? For example, a
cooker or a bed?
Ss: (expected answer): A cooker.
T: Right! A cooker. So let’s say that we have a cooker in the kitchen. (I will be
pointing the chart).
T: There is a cooker in the kitchen.
T: Is it clear?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
T: Ok, another furniture…
During this activity the grammar chart will be still stick on the board to help
students.

WRITTEN PRACTICE:
First activity:
 At this stage I will give each student a copy so as to practice the new structure.
Students will have to complete according to the image. They will work
individually and the activity will be check on the board. The first one will be
already done as an example. I will proceed in the following way:
T: Ok, let’s practice! Look at the copy. (I will read the activity)
T: You have to look at the images and complete with there is or there are, and
you have to complete with the name of the furniture. (Doing gestures).
T: Pay attention! Number 1. Look at the image. What is it?
Ss: (expected answer): a fridge.
T: Excellent! And how many? Let’s count!
Ss: (expected answer): four.
T: Good! And, Is it singular or plural?
Ss: (expected answer): plural.
T: Right! Four fridges. So, we have to complete in this gap with the grammar
structure (pointing to it) and in this one the name of the furniture.
T: Let’s see. It is plural so which structure do we need?
Ss: (expected answer): THERE ARE.
T: very good so here we complete with there are and here with the furniture, in
this case, Fridge.

ACTIVITY 1: Look and complete.

1. _________ four _______ in the kitchen.

2. _________ a __________ in the bedroom.

3. _____________ two _________ in my Grandma’s house.

4. _______________ one ____________ in my sister’s bedroom.

5. ___________ five lamps in our house.

 Second activity:
At this stage, students will be given a copy in order to continue practicing.
Students will have to complete the gaps in an appropriate way. I will explain the
activity. Students will work individually. The first one will be already done as an
example and the activity will be checked orally. I will say in the following way:
T: Let’s practice. Pay attention! Look! (pointing the copy) Look and complete.
T: You have to complete with there is or there are. Pay attention to the number.
T: I will do the first one. Is it clear?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
T: Ok, you have 5 minutes. Work!

ACTIVITY 2: Complete.

1. __There is one cupboard in the bedroom.

2. __________ a shower in the bathroom.

3. __________ two cupboards in the kitchen.

4. __________ one sofa in the dining room.

5. __________ teen mirrors in my house.

6. __________ five beds in my house.

7. __________ a lamp in the dining room.

PRODUCTION:
At this stage, students will have to write about their house using the grammar
structure and the vocabulary already seen. I will give the structure. They will
work individually and the activity will be checked orally and randomly.
T: Last activity! Look! (Pointing the copy).
T: You have to write about your house, about what there is in your house (doing
mimics).
T: Listen! This is my example. My house. (I will read my example). Is it clear?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
 T: You have 3 minutes. Let’s work!
ACTIVITY 3: Write about your house.
MY HOUSE.
In my house there is a dining room,
a kitchen and a bedroom
In my dining room there are two
cupboards.
In my kitchen there is a cooker
In my bedroom there are four
beds.
YOUR HOUSE.
In my house _________________
__________________________
In my ______________________
___________________________
In my ______________________
In my ______________________
___________________________