Lesson Plan - Prepositions

4th Grade, EFL (9-10 years old), 22-25 students per class, Public school. 4 x 45 minutes
lessons per week. Averagelow socio economic level, many students do not use English
outside of the classroom.
Most of the students are able to express themselves using the vocabulary that we have
learned until now. 2-3 students are weak with profound skills problems in their L1 as well,
and receive individual assistance. Most of the students are truly engaged to English learning
using activities; they present ongoing progress in all 4 skills.

Preposition Lesson We have already learned and discussed Preposition last year and we
have used the preposition with many subjects like the text book unit " Around town" and
" animal world" , but in this class I am going to be very specific and focus on preposition
training drills, to make sure the issue is "polished" and that the preposition are used
correctly and in context , or as I am plan to call it " My where lesson", offering them a guided
reminder of the correct use of preposition.
My lesson objectives: By the end of the lesson students will be able to read & write
independently at least 3 sentences using correctly 3-4 of the 7 prepositions: In , On, Under,
In front of, Behind, Next to, between, In the form os "Where is the ________" ?
" The ______ is _______ the ________".

MATERIALS and SOURCES to Prepare:

My "Where Box" Just a plain medium size carton box, I printed the preposition on A4 and
used simple glue to attach the preposition to the box, In Inside, On and under up and
down and Next to and behind on both sides.
Max - The puppet - I will use Max to present the prepositions. Max should be in the box
when I enter the class (Before the lesson). We can use any toy, Puppet, Plastic Toy, realia's
or authentic material that you feel the children can relate too.
I have also prepared the pictures I have attached below (Check the end of the PDF) With
pictures like: Family in front of the house, ball between boxes, a cat under a chair all from
Google, and wrote question like : Where is the Family ?
I have also found and printed the following worksheet http://busyteacher.org/21262-basicprepositions.html

And I found this sweet song on Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx8i-Wq_jtc

I am planning to use books, pens, my teacher's desk and table, and the student's coats and
umbrellas for demonstration and practice.

Teacher does/says...

Students do/say...

Approximate time needed

Check
attendance
/Homework preparation.

5 minutes

Present today's topic :Today Translate "Where " to L1

we are going to talk about
our Where words, Do you Max is in the box.
remember what is Where
?what are our "where
words" ? And I have Max to
help me, So, where "Where
is Max?

2-3 minutes

Present my "Where Box" and Participate, answer the 2-3 minutes

Max the puppet, Take Max correct preposition name.
out of the box, and move
him
around
the
box
presenting place preposition,
ask the student what is the
correct preposition and write
them on the board with
translation to L1. (If they
don't remember all of them,
write all of them and ask
them to explain and
translate the missing ones).
The really need the drill so ,
ask them to ask question
about Max and ask another
student to answer, The all
class should repeat the
sentences with the teacher
giving the sign of repetition.
For additional demonstration
and repetition use things
they have on their desks, like
"where is the pencil? It is in
the pencil box".
Present once or twice and
ask them to ask question.

Participate, answer the 5-6 minutes

correct preposition name.
Offer additional items for
demonstration.

Present the slides of Ask and answer the question 4-5 minutes
situations, and ask them to correctly.
ask the read the questions
and answer them, reapeat
each sentence with the
students. Write the answer
on the board next to the
slide. Highlight/underline the
preposition when you write
it.

Ask the students to copy the Copy correctly

list of reposition and the
translation
to
their
notebooks,

5 Minutes

At this stage students should Listen to the guidelines for

be able to practice the the pair actively.
prepositions, write on the
board a model conversation:
Where is ?
The XXX is the
Give them an example:
A: Where is the book?
B: The book is on the desk.
Divide to pairs.

By pairs : Ask the students to Pair work, Invent and write 6-7 minutes
invent four sentences, elicit sentences.
word they can use from
them like:
The Ball
Bag
Pen
pencil

Cat
Dog

desk
window
One will present the
sentence he /she invented
and one will write it.
Once they are done copying
and writing, each one will
receive the worksheet for
class work.

One will read the question

from the page and one will
answer, Both will write using
their worksheet.

Reflection:
Before I planned this lesson , I read many articles about "how to teach preposition" so I
guess I was brainstorming with myself, finding a the right way for me. . as I teach
elementary school and "in my element" when it comes to the younger grades. I knew I
wanted something stimulating and "fun". I also knew we have a fun to learn philosophy
when it comes to teaching student engagement being the key for us. During the
preparation I know that I wanted to use an activity which was "Max" based. I thought that
the focus should be on the something they remember from last year. From there the way
was like a "surprise" show, using Max , In on under the box and also use all piece of
material I will be able to use in class, and most of all, let them practice the usage many times
during the lesson. It takes time and practice to get "beat" of the lesson, the slow and fast
rhythm changes you need to make to run this lesson in an efficient way, you have to
remember this is a fun lesson but not to over stimulate them to death.

Look down for the pictures:

Where is the
dog ?

Where is the
apple?

Where is the
ball?

Where is the
apple?

Where is the
cat?

Where is the
family?

Where is the
boy?