Name: Ashurali Mirzayev

Activity 2

Objectives: letting students to notice and practice prepositions and their usage

Level: A 2

Teacher instructions:

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  let students work individually this time
  
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  ask them to identify prepositions and why they have been used in this way
  
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  distribute the handouts (see appendix 2)
  

Students directions:

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  work individually
  
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  try to find all the prepositions in the passage
  
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  try to find out why they have been used with these nouns
  

Critical analysis of the activity

This time also students are got to notice the grammatical features of Prepositions by observing the meaning and context of them. In this way students will literally get advance notice of forthcoming and more productive work, rather than being required to instantly produce and manipulate new and unfamiliar language (Batstone, 1994).

Teaching grammar as skill

Activity 3

Objectives: SWBAT practice the target language focusing on form

Teacher instructors:

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  provide the learners with the table (appendix 3) which shows a table quiz
  
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  Divide them into 4-5 mini groups in which they will notice the grammatical features.
  
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  Later each group will tell other groups why do they think these sentences belong to those types of tenses
  
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  Regulate the groups while they are noticing and discussing the topic
  

Student instruction:

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  work in groups
  
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  decide what is the exact time of the action in the sentence
  
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  try to find out it according to the context
  

Critical analysis of the activity.

The most distinguishing aspect of the activity is that it lets learners to notice the grammar point by focusing on the meaning. And after noticing they will have an opportunity to reflect what they have learnt on their own.

Activity 4

Objectives: SWBAT notice the sequence of the events which happened in the story by observing the meaning

SWBAT use the form they have noticed in their speeches

Teacher instructions:

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  tell students that they are going to work in groups of 4 or 5
  
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  Distribute the handouts (see appendix 4) which have a couple of sentences on it
  
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  Tell students to find what has happened first according to the meaning of the sentences.
  

Critical analysis of the article

In the activity. Students are provided a couple of sentences which is one of them in past simple while the other is in past perfect. Students should find the time log of the events by looking at the time expressions before, after etc.