The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:
- – Compare regular and reflexive pronouns through matching exercises and movie scene analysis featuring John Cusack in this intermediate esl lesson.
- – Use reflexive pronouns correctly with prepositions like “by” while understanding when reflexive forms cannot be used for adult english lessons.
- – Practice grammar through video comprehension and quiz activities that reinforce reflexive pronoun usage using these english teaching materials.
This Intermediate ESL lesson focuses on teaching and practicing reflexive pronouns.
Warm-up
The lesson starts with a few questions, all of which have the same answer (a reflexive pronoun).
Grammar: reflexive pronouns
In this part, regular pronouns (I, we, they, etc.) and reflexive pronouns are compared.
After that, the student matches regular pronouns with the corresponding reflexive pronouns.
Video time: John Cusack in 1408
The student watches a segment from the movie 1408 and observes Cusack’s actions in the scene. Then, they fill in the gaps using reflexive pronouns.
By + reflexive pronouns/Prepositions of place + object pronouns
The meaning of reflexive pronouns changes slightly when they follow the preposition “by.” The student learns when we cannot use reflexive pronouns.
Quiz
This is a brief overview of the lesson.