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LESSON PLAN (GRAMMAR)

LESSON: PHRASES and CLAUSES of PURPOSE (UNIT 12 – ENGLISH 10) CLASS: 10A2 TIME: 45 MINUTES
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 42 AGE OF STUDENTS: 16 LEVEL: PRE-INTERMEDIATE – INTERMEDIATE
CLASS PROFILE:
The majority of students are active and have a pretty good command of English. Some are obedient and hard-working. Some tend to make noise
during class time. The class enjoys the active atmosphere and competitive activities or games in order to get bonus marks or presents.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, students are expected to:
 understand the use of phrases and clauses of purpose.
 conjugate the verbs in their correct forms.
 apply the structures in sentence transformations as a way to enrich their use of English.
 be able to use the structures in speaking and writing.
APPROACH & TEACHING AIDS/MATERIALS:
 PPP, inductive teaching
 PowerPoint Slides, 42 handouts for Appendix 1, 4 handouts for Appendix 2
 Markers, whiteboard
LESSON SEQUENCE
ACTIVITY PROCEDURE INTERACTIO
STAGE CONTENT
TYPE Teacher’s Activity Students’ Activity N
I. PRESENTATION (15min)
1. Presenting Eliciting For each example: T-Ss Example 1:
examples questioning  Show pictures and provide  Answer the  Children listen to Mozart’s music.

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 context to draw out the
sentence.
 Transform the sentence  Look at the
using clauses and phrases
of purpose
 Conduct repetition of the  Listen and repeat.
sentence using phrases
and clauses of purpose
questions. They will be smarter
 Children should listen to
Mozart’s music so as to be
examples. smarter.
Example 2:
 Jane applied the sunscreen. She
didn’t want her skin to be tanned.
 Jane applied the sunscreen in
order for her skin not to be
tanned.
Example 3:
 The prisons are carefully guarded.
They don’t want the prisoners to
escape.
 The prisons are carefully
guarded in order that the
prisoners can’t escape.
Example 4:
 Jerry was tiptoeing. He didn’t
want to wake Tom up.
 Jerry was tiptoeing so that he
wouldn’t wake Tom up.

2. Presenting Eliciting  Ask students some  Answer the T-Ss Meaning: To give purpose(s) for a

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 questions from the questions. particular action.
meaning questioning examples to draw out the
meaning.
 Ask students to draw out  Draw out the form. T-Ss Form:
the form from the  S + V + to +
examples. Vbare
3. Presenting Eliciting in order (for s.o) (not) to
form questioning so as (not) to
 SA + V + so that/in order that + SB +
will/can/may/would/could/might +
(not) + Vbare
 Write down some notes  Listen and T-Ss NOTES:
on this grammar point. remember. 1. Negative form:
not to + Vbare
 so as not to + Vbare
4. Presenting
Presenting  in order not to + Vbare
notes
2. Phrases  Clause
SA ≡ SB → to/so as to/in order to Vbare
SA ≠ SB → in order for s.o to Vbare

 Ask students to copy the  Copy the lesson

5. Copying into
Copying lesson into their into their
notebook
notebooks. notebook.
6. Giving more Eliciting  Ask students questions  Answer the T-S Questions:
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 about their personal
experience to elicit the
examples questioning use of the phrases and
clause of purpose.
II. PRACTICE (25min)
 Ask students to do the
Individual exercises (controlled
work practice) in the handout.
 Correct the exercises.
 Divide the class into 4
groups.
 Explain the rules and give
demonstration.
 Distribute paper and
markers.
Sentence
 Set the game.
building game
 Have the groups stick their
paper onto the board.
 Check the grammar
structure and the logic of
the sentences.
 Announce the winner.
questions.
 Do the exercise. T-Ss
 Correct and take
notes if necessary.
 Sit in 4 groups. Ss-Ss
T-Ss
 Listen.
 Receive.
 Play the game.
 Stick the paper
onto the board.
 Listen and take
notes if necessary.
 Why do you listen to music?
 Do you want to learn another
foreign language beside English?
Why do you choose that
language?
(See Appendix 1)
Rules:
 Each group receives a grid (see
Appendix 2) with a lot of verb
phrases on it.
 In 5 minutes, each group has to
match the verb phrases to form
meaningful sentences containing
phrases or clauses of purpose.
 The group with the most correct
sentences will win the game.
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III. PRODUCTION (5min)
 Instruct students to write
one sentence in class.
Writing  Set the rest of the task as
homework.
 Follow teacher’s Write about the purposes of
instruction. learning 11 school subjects using
 Do the rest of the phrases or clauses of purpose.
assignment at
home.

Appendix 1

Fill in the blank with the correct verb form. You may have to use “in order (not)” or “so as (not)”
1. I wish I had enough money ____________ (buy) a bicycle.
2. He came home early _______________ (see) the kids before they went to bed.
3. Children need to feel secure _____________ (do) well at school.
4. We will send you a reminder in order that you’ll _______ (arrive) on time for your appointment.
5. I agreed to her suggestion ________________ (make) her sad.
6. She’s going on a diet ____________ (lose) weigh.
7. We took off our boots ______________ (make) the floor dirty.
8. We left a message with his neighbor so that he would _____________ (know) we’d called.

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Appendix 2

go to the gym listen to music pass the exam be tanned

rescue the girl from
stop smoking hear see him bleed
drowning
open an account wear a jacket be more attractive surf the internet

work hard fall asleep make a big cake study abroad

hide his identity buy lottery tickets scold me go to the bank

find a
earn their own living brighten the mood tell a lot of jokes
boyfriend/girlfriend
search for work out for muscle
wear the red suit study hard
information growth
rush into the live independently
whisper win an Oscar
swimming pool of their parents
concentrate on
celebrate birthday wear a mask develop lung cancer
studying

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