4th Grade Unit 11 Food and Drinks Grammar Activities

Funda Topal

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Grade/ Unit: 4^th grade-Unit 11-Food and Drinks

Language point: How much, how many, some, a lot of,

Aims: Students recognize how they use ‘how much, how many, some a lot of’ and understand the differences between them. They are able to ask questions with ‘ how much, how many’ and answer them using some a lot of. They use the learnt vocabulary with grammatical structures.

Materials: pictures, ball, video

 (http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-snacks/countable-and-uncountable-nouns )

Noticing:

Aims: students learn to ask question with ‘how much, How many’. In respect of this questions, they learn to how to answer the with using countable and uncountable nouns.

Activity: watching

1-     I use a video to introduce new grammar pattern and convey their meaning. In the movie, there are countable nouns and uncountable nouns and food and drinks vocabulary such as apple, banana, milk, coke etc.

2-     I write one side of the board ‘how much’ and the other side ‘how many’. Then, I stick one picture under ‘how much’ and another one under the ‘how many’. For instance, I stick apple picture under the’ how many’ and I stick water picture ‘how much’. They recognize that we will use countable nouns like apple with how many and uncountable nouns like water with ‘how much’.

3-     I begin to show them the picture and ask them which picture I should stick under which picture.

4-     They try to guess and come to the board and stick the food and drinks’ pictures under the grammar points.

5-     Then, we do the same application for ‘some and a lot of’. They understand the qualities of the pictures that indicate some and a lot of. They are able to make the distinction at the end of the activity.

6-     Lastly, I ask the questions with ‘how much’ and ‘how many’. They try to answer using some and a lot of.

Structuring:

Aims: students manipulate the form and meaning of food and drinks unit in controlled practice. They are able to ask questions to their classmates and answer the questions. In some part, where is needed, they provide peer feedback to each other and teacher supply some help for them.

Activity: ball game

1-     I want the whole class to make a huge circle.

2-     I begin to the activity. I use a small ball. I throw the ball and ask a question using how much or how many. For example: how many apples are there? The students who catch the ball answer the questions using some or a lot of such as ‘I have a lot of apples.’

3-     Then, the students who answer the question ask a question one of his or her friends.

4-     The whole class asks questions and answers them. This is a whole class session activity.

5-     They supply some help each other where is needed or if students have a demand of it. This is collaborative communication activity.

Produceduralizing:

Aims: They are able to produce their own utterances with using grammar and vocabulary in food and drinks unit.

Activity: making a dialogue

1-     They produce a dialog in pairs.

2-     I show them an example dialogue and they make a similar dialog.

3-     Then, they present their dialogues in front of the whole class.