TEFL Assignment 2-Lesson Plan-Grammar.
Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Annamique Tyler 15 November 2021 Pre-Intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Giving Advice (Should and Shouldn’t)
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Use modal verb should and shouldn’t to give advice in a Expanded their ability to give positive and negative advice
positive or negative way. using modal verb should and shouldn’t.
Talked in pairs and gave each other advice on different
aspects such as health.
Practiced the accuracy and fluency of using should and
Example sentence: shouldn’t for giving advice by playing games such as the
spinning wheel where a student goes up to the interactive
1. You should brush your teeth everyday. (Positive advice) board and clicks to spin the wheel on which a problematic
2. She shouldn’t watch violent TV shows. (Negative advice) sentence is displayed and reads the sentence aloud, other
students will try to give him or her advice using should and
shouldn’t.
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Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Topic related difficulties 1. Make the lesson interesting by incorporating a lot of fun games
Young learners at the age of 11 and 12 may lack and level appropriate charts that explain grammar in a clear
interest in the topic and find grammar boring. ,highly visual way so the students can readily understand and
be engaged .
2. Language related difficulties
Students are all from different countries (Russia, 2. Incorporate learning activities that help learners to process the
France and Italy ) with different languages hence correct and relevant grammatical forms and these activities
their first language might have different grammatical need to take into account the degree of similarity between the
rules to English and this may confuse the student, target L2 and first language.
such as in French it is common and acceptable to use A rule should be put in place at the beginning of the lesson that
a double negative yet in English it is considered to be forbids the use of any other language other than the target
slang. language during lesson. This will reduce chances of confusion
The presence of multiple languages in the classroom during lesson and as a bonus reinforce the use of English.
may lead to a lot of confusion among the students.
3. Create a physical environment that affirms differences, an
3. Cultural differences. emotionally positive classroom climate, this type of setting
Cultural differences may cause confusion and enables learners to feel worthwhile and cared for despite
misunderstandings as learners may have problems their cultural differences let them relax and focus on learning.
communicating with each other and this may put Promote positive peer to peer interactions among students
learning at risk during a lesson. and maintain high expectations for all students.
4. Class management difficulties 4. Closely monitor the students and give leadership roles to the
Some of the students might be at the International ones that seem to lack attention such as being the leader of a
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Summer school because of the decision made by
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Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Annamique Tyler 15 November 2021 Pre-Intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Giving Advice (Should and Shouldn’t)
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Use modal verb should and shouldn’t to give advice in a Expanded their ability to give positive and negative advice
positive or negative way. using modal verb should and shouldn’t.
Talked in pairs and gave each other advice on different
aspects such as health.
Practiced the accuracy and fluency of using should and
Example sentence: shouldn’t for giving advice by playing games such as the
spinning wheel where a student goes up to the interactive
1. You should brush your teeth everyday. (Positive advice) board and clicks to spin the wheel on which a problematic
2. She shouldn’t watch violent TV shows. (Negative advice) sentence is displayed and reads the sentence aloud, other
students will try to give him or her advice using should and
shouldn’t.
1 i-to-i LOVE TEFL Lesson Plan
,TEFL Assignment 2-Lesson Plan-Grammar.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Topic related difficulties 1. Make the lesson interesting by incorporating a lot of fun games
Young learners at the age of 11 and 12 may lack and level appropriate charts that explain grammar in a clear
interest in the topic and find grammar boring. ,highly visual way so the students can readily understand and
be engaged .
2. Language related difficulties
Students are all from different countries (Russia, 2. Incorporate learning activities that help learners to process the
France and Italy ) with different languages hence correct and relevant grammatical forms and these activities
their first language might have different grammatical need to take into account the degree of similarity between the
rules to English and this may confuse the student, target L2 and first language.
such as in French it is common and acceptable to use A rule should be put in place at the beginning of the lesson that
a double negative yet in English it is considered to be forbids the use of any other language other than the target
slang. language during lesson. This will reduce chances of confusion
The presence of multiple languages in the classroom during lesson and as a bonus reinforce the use of English.
may lead to a lot of confusion among the students.
3. Create a physical environment that affirms differences, an
3. Cultural differences. emotionally positive classroom climate, this type of setting
Cultural differences may cause confusion and enables learners to feel worthwhile and cared for despite
misunderstandings as learners may have problems their cultural differences let them relax and focus on learning.
communicating with each other and this may put Promote positive peer to peer interactions among students
learning at risk during a lesson. and maintain high expectations for all students.
4. Class management difficulties 4. Closely monitor the students and give leadership roles to the
Some of the students might be at the International ones that seem to lack attention such as being the leader of a
2 i-to-i LOVE TEFL Lesson Plan
, TEFL Assignment 2-Lesson Plan-Grammar.
Summer school because of the decision made by
their
3 i-to-i LOVE TEFL Lesson Plan
