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Before you sit down, check if your classroom is clean. Pick up the pieces The students clean their room.
of paper under your chair.
Are you familiar with this game? In the game “Likeable Lucie”, you will
each think of an adjective to describe yourself. The adjective must suit No Ma’am.
you and also start with the first letter of your name. Ahhhhh
I will be the first one to start and then (Teacher calls out the student from
the last row) will continue.
While playing, the teacher asks each student how the adjective that they (The student from the last row up to the
have chosen suit them. She lets the students continue up to the last one. first row will continue the
game.)
TEACHER STUDENT
B. Motivation and Unlocking of Difficulties Task 3. Charades
After playing the game, the teacher sets off with another game to
introduce the lesson. The game is called “charades”. In this game,
the teacher will ask for 3 pairs of students. The teacher says the
mechanics of the game. She wrote 3 words: dancing, singing, and
cooking on three pieces of paper. The teacher calls out the three
pairs of students and let them decide who will guess the word and
act it out. She asks the students, who will act out the word, to have a
draw lots and reminding them that they will only be given 30
seconds to guess the word given to them.
Alright! Now that we know a little bit about each other, we are going Ohhhh
to play another game and I am sure you are all familiar with this
game. The game is called charades.
Now I need three volunteers to play the game. Please come here in
front. (Three students who volunteered come in
front)
The rules of the game are simple. The chosen actors and actresses
are going to act out a word that they will be choosing later from the Yes, Ma’am!
draw lots; and the class will guess the word that they have chosen.
You will only be given 30 seconds to guess. Understood?
Let’s first have a draw lots actors and actresses. And kindly stay
here in front of the class. (The three students picks out a word from
the draw lots)
I will give you five seconds to practice your acting skills.
After 5 seconds...
Our lesson for today involves a form of verb that ends in -ing
Gerunds are verb forms that always end in -ing and act like nouns.
I’ve said earlier that a gerund can function as a subject, subject (The five students come in front and match
complement, direct object, indirect object, or object of the the functions of each gerund in the
preposition. Now that you now the meanings of these functions… sentences provided)
Who would like to guess the function of each gerund in each
sentence? I need five volunteers to come here in front and match
these functions to the sample sentences.
In number 1, you said that the gerund here is used as a subject. Because the gerund swimming is what the
Why do you think so (name of student who answered)? speaker or the writer is
talking about.
Very good! A gerund is considered as a subject when it is what the
writer or the speaker is talking about in the sentence.
For number 2, you have matched the function subject complement. Because the gerund swimming explained
Why is it so (name of student who answered)? what John’s sport is and it
Great explanation! A subject complement should always clarify the also completed the meaning of the linking
subject and also complete the meaning of the linking verbs in the verb is.
sentence.
Number 3, the gerund functions as a direct object. Why (name of Because it answers the question “What
student who answered)? does John enjoy?” and it also completed
Nicely done! A direct object should answer the questions what or the meaning of the verb.
whom and it names also the receiver of the action in the sentence.
In sentence number 4, the gerund functions as an indirect object. The gerund swimming functions an
Why do you say so (name of student who answered)? indirect object because it answered the
Great job (name of student who answered)! It is true that an indirect question “To what does John give his
object should tell to whom or to what the action is directed and for complete dedication?
whom or to what the action is performed.
And for the last function, we have object of the preposition. Can you Because the preposition if is followed by
please explain your answer (name of student who answered). the gerund swimming.
Great! Again, an object of the preposition is a noun that follows a
preposition.
Let’s proceed.
Let’s read each sentence carefully. Number 1… 1. Flying kites on a windy day is a fun
activity both for the young and old.
So, who can try to underline the gerund phrase in this sentence? (A student raises his hand and stands up
Very good! The gerund phrase is “Flying kites on a windy day”. And to underline the gerund phrase in the
it functions as a… sentence)
Subject.
Great job! Flying kites on a windy day is the subject in the sentence
because the speaker or the writer talks about how fun it is for the
young and old.
In number 2…
2. A popular activity during summer is swimming at the beach. (A student raises his hand and stands up
The gerund phrase here functions as a subject complement to underline the gerund
because it supports the subject of the sentence. phrase in the sentence)
Can someone underline the gerund phase in the given sentence? (A student raises his hand and stands up
to underline the gerund phrase in the
Excellent! sentence)
Let’s move on to number 3.
3. Rica enjoys eating Japanese foods.
The gerund phrase here is what? Can you please try to underline (A student raises his hand and stands up
the phrase? to answer the question)
Great job! Now the function of the gerund phrase in this sentence
is…anyone? A direct object.
Nice job! The gerund phrase here functions as a direct object
because it answered the question what. What does Rica enjoy?
In number 4…
4. The city council gave buying new books a top priority. (A student raises his hand and stands up
The gerund phrase functions as an indirect object because it to underline the gerund phrase in the
answers the question to what. What do you think is the gerund sentence)
phrase here? Can someone please underline the phrase?
TEACHER STUDENT
E. Application Task 8. Gerund and Gerund Phrase Exercise
The teacher lets the students answer an exercise about the lesson in a
½ crosswise sheet of paper.
TEACHER STUDENT
F. Evaluation Task 9. Quiz
Get 1 whole sheet of paper and copy and answer the following
sentences. I will give you 15 minutes to finish the quiz.
Answers:
1. Singing – Subject
2. Dancing – Direct Object
3. Painting – Subject Complement
4. Writing – Direct Object
5. Surfing – Subject Complement
6. Campaigning – Subject
7. Swimming – Subject Complement
8. Fighting – Direct Object
9. Boxing – Subject Complement
10. Playing – Direct Object