LESSON OVERVIEW

The main objectives of this lesson are to:

• learn and practise prepositional phrases;
• talk about important objects;
• watch a short video and discuss losing and replacing important objects.

With this lesson on prepositional phrases, students talk about objects of significance (e.g. an heirloom, a souvenir, a keepsake, etc.), read stories and practise the correct use of prepositions in phrases (e.g. in a hurry, for luck, on purpose, etc.). They also watch a promotional video of a company that creates replicas of objects, discuss their thoughts on the topic and create stories using prepositional phrases.

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

This lesson on prepositional phrases starts with a warm-up where students look at photos which present different objects (artefacts in a museum, pictures in an album and a toy) and discuss why they might be special. They also talk about why some objects are more important to people than others. Then, students read stories about important objects and choose the correct prepositions to complete some phrases (e.g. by accident, on display, in detail, etc.).

After that, they read some definitions and match words to the objects in the stories (e.g. souvenir – an object you keep to remember a holiday). Next, students discuss questions about objects of significance and their stories. Afterwards, they read a text about a person who loses their heirloom and gets a replica made by a company. Following that, students answer some comprehension questions. Then, they watch the video and find three pieces of information in the text that are incorrect or not mentioned.  

VIDEO AND DISCUSSION

In this part of this lesson on prepositional phrases, students talk about their perspectives on losing an important object and creating a replica of it. After that, they choose an image and use the story beginnings from the task to create short stories about different objects. Students also use prepositional phrases to write the stories. 

Next, students complete gaps with the correct phrases (e.g. in pencil, in return, for luck, etc.). Afterwards, in pairs, they answer the questions. Students give three different answers to each question before they hear the next one. 

HOMEWORK/REVISION

This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students find and correct mistakes in short texts. Then, they brainstorm what the objects described in the texts might be. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.