Lesson Plan V The Imperative

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The key takeaways of the lesson plan are to teach students imperatives (commands) and have them practice following and giving commands.

The objectives of the lesson are for students to be able to give basic commands, follow commands, and understand what an imperative is.

Teaching techniques used in the lesson include direct method, oral method, communicative method, group work, pair work, dialogue, and conversation.

Lesson Plan

Name:
Form: V
Level: beginner
Textbook: Snapshot Starter
Lesson: Imperatives
Type of lesson: Mixed
Time: 50 minutes
Objectives:
At the end of the lesson the students will be able:
- to give basic commands, (Go, Come Here, Stand Up, Touch Your Head
etc.)
- to follow the instructions of an imperative, if one is given to them.
- to understand what an Imperative is
Skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing

Methods of teaching: - Direct Method


- Oral Method
- Communicative Method

Teaching techniques: group work, pair work, dialogue, conversation


Description:
This lesson plan is designed to make the students understanding the use of the
Imperative and use it in certain situations.
Preliminary lesson planning:
Materials:
- textbook
- blackboard
- worksheets

Teacher preparation:
Vocabulary – anticipate or prepare to teach key words:
Supervise the students’ activity during the lesson.
I. Warm up activity:
Purpose:
To create an appropriate atmosphere for the lesson
Procedure:
T. greets the students and checks attendance.
Teacher plays a game of Simon says inviting several Ss in front of the class and
giving commands like “ Go to the blackboard!’’, ‘’Open the window!’’, ‘’Go to the
door”, the student who doesn’t do the command loses and goes back to his place

II. Introducing the Imperative


Purpose:
To introduce the Imperative
Procedure:
T. explains to his students what an ‘imperative’ is. Also known as a command or a plea,
it gives someone instructions about what they should do – Stand up. Sit down. Stop
talking. Etc. The teacher writes several examples on the board and has students copy
into notebooks.
Teacher elicits other imperative sentences from his students and writes down further
examples . Explains that this structure is used when giving directions and orders and
gives students some speaking practice by having them read the sentences that are written
on the board aloud. Teacher explains the basic structure of an imperative, either a) the
simple version composed of just a verb – Sit. Stop. Eat. Run. Etc., or b) a verb
followed by additional information – Sit there. Stop talking. Eat faster.
III. Practice:
Purpose:
To better fix the problem discussed
Procedure:
Teacher has students match images with sentences. The images depict either
scenarios or actions where use of an imperative sentence would be appropriate. For
example, to match the universal “no smoking” sign with the sentence “Don’t smoke.” T
tells students to complete a fill in the blank exercise where the missing words are listed
for them to choose from. Check the answers as a class and review why certain choices
were correct by asking questions about the images or sentences.
Feedback:
T. offers feedback, encouraging all the students to ask for the next stages.

IV. Comprehension:
Purpose:
To see if Ss understood the Imperative
Procedure: Teacher asks the students to solve the first exercise on the worksheet and
then verifies it on the blackboard and then asks them to solve the followinf exercises
and verifies them.

Feedback:
T. offers feedback, encouraging all the students to ask for the next stages.
.
V. Homework
Purpose:
To see if the Ss understood the lesson.
Procedure:
Students are asked to solve the exercise...

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