Language Arts Lesson Plan - Verbs

Interactive 5E lesson plans intended for Grade 4 Language Arts classes using the NSC (National Standard Curriculum). The plans have been used in classes containing up to 30 students. The plans are simplified so as to cater to learners at their grade level. These plans are simple and student-centered. Suitable for use in Caribbean territories and can be readily adopted for students at the primary-level worldwide.

Duration:    2 weeks

Unit Title:   Ourselves

Focus Question: How do we give and receive information about how we relate to others?

Attainment Targets

Know and use basic language skills and the convention of spoken and written language.

Use recognizable handwriting and appropriate spelling and vocabulary.

Specific Objectives

At the end of the lesson students should be able to:

1. Do dramatic presentation of verbs
2.  Use a checklist for editing to ensure subject/verb agreement.
3.  Use verbs

(a)    Present and past tense forms of the verb ‘to be’. ‘am’, ‘is’, ‘was’, ‘were’ consistently in writing.

(b)   Simple present tense ‘base + s’ verbs.

(c)    Simple future and past tense verbs.

(d)   Irregular verbs

(e)    Present continuous

4.            Use the past tense in oral reports.

Skills: acting out verbs/making sentences, using past tense, using future tense, practicing subject verb/agreement, playing word games, modeling, listening

Key Vocabulary/Concepts:  verbs

 Resources/Materials: New Junior English Revised, Rainbow Reader 4, Language Tree workbook 4

Categories that apply:

·  Language Arts - Literacy, English

·  5E – Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate

·  NSC – National Standard Curriculum

. Primary School in Jamaica - ages 8 to 10 years Jamaican pre-teens

. Face to face, face-to-face, in-person, synchronous

.Peer reviewed

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