Thursday, March 19, 2009

Mini Lesson: Articles (when to put them, and why)

1. E (Engage): Students will be show a picture of an actual article on PowerPoint. I will explain to them that although this is an article, this not what an article means in grammar. This is how I will introduce the topic.

2. E (Explore): The class will look at sentences that are missing articles and they will be asked to determine what is wrong without knowing the rules about using articles.

3. E (Explain): I will explain what articles are and the importance of using them in sentences. The information obtained for this mini lesson can be found at http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/articlestext.htm and http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/grammar/aanthepicture.html.


4. E (Expand): Working with a neighbor the students will come up with sentences on using the information he or she has learned about articles. Write a sentence using an indefinite article, one using a definite article, and one that does not have any articles.

5. E (Evaluate): Using PowerPoint, the class will do an online quiz together. The quiz can be accesse at http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/article_ex2.htm.

6. E (E-Search): For homework, the students will search the Internet and find three sentences. One sentence should have an indefinite article, one should have a definite article, and one should not have any articles.

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