A LESSON PLAN IN ENGLISH

NAME: Navarro, Nimrod

Garcia, Marc Denzel

I.    INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the lesson, the students will have been able to:
A.   Differentiate linking verbs from helping verbs;
B. Use the approriate be-verbs correctly;
C.   Participate with energy in every part of the lesson.

II.   LEARNING CONTENT

A.   LESSON: Linking Verbs and Helping Verbs

B.    REFERENCES:
Thurman, S., & Shea, L. (2003). The only grammar book you'll ever need: a one-stop source for every
writing assignment. Adams Media.
Celce-Murcia, M., Larsen-Freeman, D., & Williams, H. A. (1983). The grammar book: An ESL/EFL
teacher's course. Rowley, Massachusetts: Newbury House.

C.   MATERIALS: Teacher-made instructional materials

D.   SKILLS: Reading, speaking
E.    VALUES: Accuracy, critical-thinking
III.   LEARNING EXPERIENCE
MOTIVATION
Introduce a list of five sentences. All you have to do is to determine whether verbs in the sentences are
action verbs or state-of-being verbs.If you think the answer is “action verb,” all you have to do is to shout
“Aw-aw” (a picture that shows action) before the number. If you think the answer is “state-of-being
verb,” all you have to do is to shout “Meow-meow” (a picture that shows state of being verbs) before the
number.
A. (DUSCUSSION) Discuss the difference between linking verbs and helping verbs.
  Linking verbs - linking verb is a verb that describes the subject
by connecting it to a predicate adjective or predicate noun.
Unlike the majority of verbs, they do not describe any direct
action taken or controlled by the subject.

 Example:
 “I am a singer.” AM connects the subject I with the noun
SINGER

Helping verbs - are verbs that are used in a verb phrase (meaning, used
with a second verb) to show tense, or form a question or a negative.
Helping verbs are used to show the perfect verb tenses,
continuous/progressive verb tenses, and passive voice.

Example:
“We have eaten.” HAVE is the helping verb, and EATEN is the main verb.
They are used together to express the action.

A. ABSTRACTION
The teacher will ask the following questions for clarifications…
-Who among you knows what linking verbs are?
-Who among you can define helping verbs?
-why do we call helping verbs “helping” verbs?
The teacher will ask a volunteer to sum up the discussion…
B. The teacher will let the students ask questions
C.
C. APPLICATION
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verbs the sentences need. Base your answer on the clues
before each item. Write only the complete sentences on your answer sheets. Ex. [feed] +
[present] + [progressive] + [passive]
The dog ___ by him.
Answer: The dog is being fed by him.
1. [rise] + [past] + [progressive]
The sun ___ when we arrived.

2.    [abuse] + [present] + [passive]

Many women ___.
.

3.    [study] + [present] + [progressive] + [passive]

Grammar ___ by university students.

4.    [rise] + [present] + [progressive] + [passive]

The sun ___ by the God Helios.

5.    [work] + [present] + [progressive]

At this very moment in India, many women ___ hard under unfair labor practices.
D. ASSESSMENT (Make this 10 items)
Fill in the blacks with the appropriate be-verbs the sentences need. Afterwards, determine what
type of be-verb was needed. (Ex. Is – linking verb)
1.    Right now, the boys ___ planning to workout in a gym.
2.    Last night, the actress ___ found dead in her condominium.
3.    Pando, a tree, ___ at least 80,000 years old.
4.    This men ___ very rich.
5.    Filipinos ___ resilient people.

IV. ASSIGNMENT
Bring articles from any newspaper tomorrow. We’ll be encircling verbs used in those
articles.