ASEI Lesson Plan On English Language

Common Errors To Be Avoided When Speaking & Writing English Language


Subject: English Language

Theme: Preposition

Topic: Appropriate Uses of English Propositions

Sub Topic: Common Errors To Be Avoided When Speaking & Writing English

Date: dd/mm/yyyy

Class: S.S.S 3

Duration: 35 Minutes

No of Learners: 30

Learning Objectives:

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
  1. understand the appropriate use of the preposition.

  2. write and speak in clear, formal English, as is generally demanded in an academic context.

  3. correct errors that are often found or made in speaking and writing the English Language.


Rationale:

Errors are often found with the use of prepositions in students' when they speak and write English Language, such errors are also found in students' answers in the comprehension, summary, essays and letters, aspects of the examination. Therefore, there is a need to teach our students these errors for their essays and letters, speaking and writing to be more authentic and persuasive.

Language Area or Skill:

  • Grammar
  • Vocabulary
  • Writing
  • Reading
  • Speaking

Prerequisite/ Previous knowledge:

Students have been taught Preposition and Concord

Learning Materials:

Webster's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Journal, One copy of each page of the student worksheet per student. A whiteboard and pens.

Reference Materials:

New Oxford Secondary English Course SSS 3 By Ayo Banjo et al.
New Concept English for Senior Secondary School 3 (Revised Edition) by F. Ademola-Adeoye & others.
Webster's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, & Concise Oxford English Dictionary






Lesson Development:

STAGE
TEACHER'S ACTIVITY
LEARNER'S ACTIVITY
LEARNING POINTS
INTRODUCTION: Pre-lesson (conducted before study lesson)
full class session (5 mins)
Lead-in activity.

Begin by inviting the class to discuss the topic of Preposition and Concord. Establish whether the students have an understanding of the position of a preposition in grammatical constructions/ sentences if students have an understanding of the word concord, singular subject, singular verb, and singular adjective, plural subject, plural verb, and plural adjective and if so, ask them to give an example with a sentence or fill in the gap with the most appropriate word or words given in the bracket. If not, provide an example from the student worksheet.
Teacher to encourage vibrant brainstorm of ideas and facilitate students’ participation

  • I prefer rice _______ beans. (more, than, to, for)
  • Who knocked _____ the Door? (on, at, in, to)
  • John _______ rice weekly (eat, eats, eaten, ate, eating)
  • Peter and Paul _______ every day (enjoy, enjoys, enjoyed, have enjoy, has enjoy)
  • To treat Mary and Martha as criminals ______ unfair (are, is, was, were, have been)
  • The panel _______ submitted _______ report (have/it, has/its, have/its, has/it, have/is)
  • The panel _______ submitted _______ report (have/their, has/their, have/his, has/her, have/him)
  • Oliver Twins ______ an interesting novel (are, is, were, has been, have been)

Students respond to the teacher's question.

  • Preposition show the relationships between two or more things.
  • Concord is an agreement between the forms of words. For a sentence to be grammatical and acceptable, its subject must agree in number with its verb.
  • I prefer rice to beans.
  • Who knocked at the Door?
  • John eats rice weekly
  • Peter and Paul enjoy every day
  • To treat Mary and Martha as criminals is unfair
  • The panel has submitted its report
  • The panel have submitted their report
  • Oliver Twins is an interesting novel (are, is, were, has been, have been)

Revising the previous lesson

Students can explain the understanding of the word preposition and concord, singular subject, a singular verb, and singular adjective, plural subject, plural verb, and plural adjective.

DEVELOPMENT Step 1. Group Work (2 mins) The teacher guides the learners to form four groups and ask them to choose their leaders and secretaries. Learners choose their group leaders and secretaries. Inculcating leadership skills, competitive spirit, cooperation, teamwork and a sense of responsibility among learners.
Stage 2
Full class discussion (5 mins)

The teacher gives the class a prompt;

    Write a letter to your friend, identifying:
  • your salutation?
  • complimentary close?
and get students to discuss their views with their peers in their group
The teacher to ensure that students engage in active discussion or debate with their peers and arrive at their own opinion.

Students may say

  • Dear friend,
  • Yours lovely,
    James.

Students are enthusiastic to speak up and give suggestions

The teacher goes through learners work and correct where necessary.

  • Dear Peter,
  • Your loving friend,
    Thomas.
  • 'Dear friend' is not acceptable because you are supposed to write what you would have said if you were in physical contact with your friend.
  • You always call your friend's name anytime you want to get his or her attention.
  • Write the person's name so that your salutation will be true to life.
  • Do not indent i.e leave a space because it is not a paragraph.

Teacher to give further examples of prepositions attached to certain words in writing and speaking for students to reinforce the concept of the topic.
  • abide .............. by
  • absorbed .............. In
  • abstain .............. from
  • Accomplice .............. with
  • accused .............. (Sb) of (sth)
  • accustomed .............. To

Students correct their mistakes and listen to the teacher.

Developing ideas on the concept of common errors in speaking and writing English and introducing the topic.
Stage 3
Full class discussion (10 mins)
The Teacher gives more examples of prepositional phrases and guides learners to make simple sentences with them.
  1. addicted........ To
  2. adhere........ To
  3. admit........to/into
  4. advantage....... Over (sb) of (sth)
  5. affection.......... For
  6. afflicted........ With
  7. afraid......... of
  8. agree.......... To (proposal)
  9. agree..... With (a person) about/on sth
  10. aim .......at
  11. aloof........from
  12. alternative......... To
Learners make sentences with prepositional phrases.
  1. She had become addicted to golf.
  2. I have adhered strictly to the rules .
  3. Paul admitted to me that he sometimes feels jealous of my friendship with Stanley.

    The narrow windows admit little light into the room.

  4. His height gives him an advantage over the other players.

    I took advantage of the good weather to paint the shed.

  5. she had a deep affection for her parents
  6. He is afflicted with cancer.
  7. The Government is afraid of losing the election
  8. You and I are going to have to agree to disagree then.

    I can't agree to the terms of this contract

  9. I agree with every word you've just said

    I agree about going on a holiday

    Are we all agreed on this?

  10. We aim at pleasing everyone.
  11. The Government is keeping aloof from the controversy
  12. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
Being able to understand common errors with
  • addicted........ To
  • adhere........ To
  • admit........to/into
  • advantage....... Over (sb) of (sth)
  • affection.......... For
  • afflicted........ With
  • afraid......... of
  • agree.......... To (proposal)
  • agree..... With (a person) about/on sth
  • aim .......at
  • aloof........from
  • alternative......... To
in writing and speaking.
Evaluation. Full class session (10 mins) Ask the following questions to evaluate the achievement of the lesson.
    Fill in the gap with the most appropriate word in the box.
  1. I was amazed _____ her knowledge of French literature. (on, at, by, with)
  2. She had been very angry ______ the person who stole her new bike.(about, at, to, on)
  3. she was angry _____ the delay. (at, with, by, about)
  4. We were anxious _____ you. (for, at, with, on)
  5. She was anxious ______ her friend's illness. (about, for, with, at)
  6. He apologized _____ the people who had been affected. (for, to, at, on)
  7. He later apologized ____his behaviour. (for, to, at, on)
Learners expected response:
  1. I was amazed at her knowledge of French literature.
  2. She had been very angry at the person who stole her new bike
  3. she was angry about the delay
  4. We were anxious for you.
  5. She was anxious about her friend's illness.
  6. He apologized to the people who had been affected.
  7. He later apologized for his behaviour.
Confirming the achievement of the set objectives.
Conclusion, full class session (3mins) Ask learners to make simple sentences with
  1. appeal as regard (sb) and (sth)
Learners expected response.
  1. They needed to appeal to his sense of justice
  2. The idea of a vacation appeals to me
  3. The film has great appeal for young audiences.
  4. An appeal for help.
Acquiring/ improving understanding of the prepositional phrase.
ASSIGNMENT The teacher gives learners a take-home of prepositional phrase worksheet to study and ask learners to make a simple sentence with each word. Learners answer other questions. Improving their level of understanding of the Prepositional Phrase.

Worksheet on Prepositional phrase

  1. appetite..... For
  2. approach........to
  3. akin........to
  4. acclimatize........ To
  5. apparent.... To(sb)
  6. apparent...... From(sth)
  7. appoint.......(sb)to(sth)
  8. apply........ To(sb)for(sth)
  9. appropriate... To/for
  10. approve..............of
  11. aptitude............ For
  12. ashamed......... Of
  13. aspire.................to
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  15. assent...............to
  16. associate........with
  17. dissociate......from
  18. assure...............of
  19. astonished........ At
  20. atone............. For.
  21. attached..............to
  22. attend..................to
  23. attribute......(sth) to (sth/sb)
  24. authority........Over (power)
  25. authority............ On (expert)
  26. avail.........(oneself)of(sth)
  27. averse.................to
  28. ban(n)..............On
  29. ban(v)...........(sb)from(sth/doing sth)
  30. bad..........at(not good at)
  31. bad...for (harmful)
  32. believe.............in
  33. beneficial.......... To
  34. benefit......by/from
  35. blame.............(sb/sth)for(sth).
  36. boast................of
  37. bound............... For
  38. burden(n)......... To
  39. burden(v)........with
  40. busy.................with
  41. bearing.............. On
  42. campaign........... Against/for
  43. capable........... Of
  44. concern.............. For/about
  45. carefu.....about/for
  46. caution............ About/against
  47. charge.......... With
  48. claim............on/to
  49. clash........... With(sb)over(sth)
  50. collide..............with
  51. Collude......with(sb)in(sth)
  52. comment.........on
  53. compare......to (to show likeliness)
  54. compare ..............with (to show contrast)
  55. compassion..... For
  56. compatible...... With
  57. compensation..... For
  58. compliance.... With
  59. compliment...... On
  60. comply.......... With
  61. conducive......... To
  62. confide....in (trust)
  63. confide.....to (tell)
  64. confidence........In
  65. confident..... Of/about
  66. confined.......... (Sb/sth)to(sth)
  67. conform............To
  68. conformity...... With
  69. congenial......... To
  70. congratulate......... (Sb)on(sth)
  71. connect.......(sth)to(sth)
  72. consent............. To
  73. consist................of
  74. contemporary...... With
  75. contempt..... For
  76. contend....... with
  77. contend.....for
  78. content.........with
  79. contrary.............to
  80. control....... Over
  81. connive........at/in(sth)
  82. connive...with(sb)
  83. close...........to
  84. complain....to(sb)about/of(sth)
  85. crash............into
  86. convenient......... For(sb/sth)
  87. converse...... With
  88. convict........... (Sb)of(sth)
  89. cure(v).......(sb)of(sth)
  90. cure(n).............for
  91. concern(n...about/for/over.
  92. concerned (adj)........about/for/over (worried)
  93. concerned (adj).......about/with (interested in)
  94. deal......in(trade)
  95. deal.......with(to take appropriate action).
  96. delight.............in
  97. depend...On/upon
  98. deprive..........(sb/sth)of(sth)
  99. desist......... From
  100. destitute...........of
  101. detrimental...... To
  102. deviate........ From
  103. devoid........ Of
  104. differ.......from(sb/sth)
  105. differ...with(sb) about/on/over(sth)
  106. different........... From/to/than
  107. disgusted.......... At/by/with
  108. dispense...... With
  109. dispose.............of
  110. die...........of (person died of accident).
  111. Die.......with(disease) person died with cancer
  112. Die.........for(purpose) person died for country/organization.
  113. dissent.........from
  114. dote........... On/upon
  115. double (n)/doubtful (adj)........about
  116. drenched....... In/with
  117. decline......... In/of
  118. eager............ For
  119. eligible.......... For
  120. engaged......... In/on(sth)
  121. engaged....... To(sb )
  122. enthusiasm.......... For/about
  123. entrust......(sb)with(sth)
  124. entrust.......(sth)to(sb)
  125. envious/jealous......Of
  126. envy...............at
  127. entitle/entitlement.....To
  128. equal........... To
  129. escape....... From
  130. essential... To/for
  131. excel............at/in
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  133. exception........ To
  134. excuse.......... (Sb) for (sth)
  135. excuse........ For (reason)
  136. exemption...From
  137. expose.........(sth)to (sb)
  138. encroach..........on/upon
  139. expect....... (Sth)from (sb)
  140. fail. ...............in
  141. faith................. In
  142. faithful............. To
  143. famous........ For
  144. fearful..... For (sb)
  145. fearful...... Of(sth)
  146. feed/live.....on(eat)
  147. fight....... With(sb)about/for (sth)
  148. fill ........(sth)with(sth).
  149. fill..............in(sth)
  150. fit/unfit...........For
  151. fond.................of
  152. fondness........ For
  153. free.........from/of
  154. frightened........ At
  155. full................of
  156. fuss...about/over
  157. fed up...........with
  158. glad.......about (happy)
  159. glad.......of(greatful)
  160. glance............ At
  161. good......at (able to do sth well)skillful
  162. good.............for (suitable) convenient
  163. grapple....... With
  164. greatful.......to(sb)for(sth)
  165. grief....... At/over
  166. grieve.....for/over
  167. guard.......Against
  168. guilty........ about
  169. guilty........ of (having done sth illegal)
  170. harmful/injurious.....To
  171. heir...........to ( sth)
  172. heir..........of (sb)
  173. hint.............at
  174. hope........... For
  175. hope...........for/of
  176. hopeful........... About/of
  177. hostile............. To
  178. habit......of(doing sth)
  179. identical....... With
  180. ignorant......... About/of
  181. impact..... of(sb)on(sth/sb)
  182. impose........... On
  183. impress....... (Sb) with(sth)
  184. impression......... On(sb)
  185. impression..... Of(sth)
  186. impressed....with/by
  187. independent... of
  188. indifferent/callous......to
  189. indispensable...... To(sb/sth)
  190. indispensable........ For(doing sth)
  191. infected........ With
  192. infer..............from
  193. influence..... Over(control)
  194. influence........ On/upon(effect)
  195. inform.............. of
  196. inquiry.......about/into
  197. insight......... Into
  198. insist..............on
  199. insistence.......on
  200. interact......... With
  201. interaction......... With (sb/sth)
  202. interaction....... Between (two things or persons)
  203. interested....... In
  204. interfere......... In (get involved)
  205. interfere........ With (prevent)
  206. invest................in
  207. involved............in
  208. irrelevant........ To
  209. irrespective..... of
  210. meddle........... In
  211. keen................on
  212. kind/cruel.......to
  213. lack...................of
  214. lacking...............in
  215. lament...........over
  216. laugh................ At
  217. lead.................to
  218. leave..........for(a place, go to)
  219. liable....... For (legally responsible for paying the cost of)
  220. liable........ To (likely to be punished by law for)
  221. listen............. To
  222. longing (n)/long(v)..........for
  223. look/stare/gaze.......at
  224. lust...................for
  225. .march..............on
  226. married.............to
  227. marvel...............at
  228. meditate/concentrate......on
  229. mourn............ For
  230. nag....................at
  231. need/necessity....For
  232. negligent.......... In
  233. nervous...About/of
  234. notorious....... For
  235. obedient.......... To
  236. object/objection.....to
  237. oblige.....(sb)with(sth)
  238. obliged..... To(sb)for (sth)
  239. obsession.....with
  240. obsessive... About
  241. open...... To(sb/sth)
  242. opportunity......for(sb/sth)
  243. opportunity......for/of(doing sth)
  244. part...............from
  245. part......with (to give sth to sb else)
  246. partial............. To
  247. partially...For(sth)
  248. passion...........for
  249. pertain..............to
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  251. persist.....in(doing sth)
  252. persist........in/with(sth)
  253. pleased........With
  254. pleasing......... To
  255. popular......... With
  256. pray......to(sb)for(sth)
  257. prefer...... (Sb/sth)to(sb/sth)
  258. preferable........ To
  259. pretext............for
  260. prevail......on (persuad)
  261. prevail.......over (defeat)
  262. prevent....... From
  263. pride............. In
  264. prior............... To
  265. prohibit.........from
  266. prone.............. To
  267. proud............... Of
  268. provide..... (Sb)with(sth)
  269. provide......(sth)fo(sb)
  270. pessimistic...... About
  271. positive.......About
  272. quarrel........About(sth)
  273. quarrel.... With(sb)
  274. ready............ For
  275. reconcile..... To(sth)
  276. reconcile..... (Sth)with(sth)
  277. recover(v).....from
  278. recovery(n)...from
  279. refer............... To
  280. reference........ To
  281. rejoice..... At/over
  282. related............ To
  283. rely...................on
  284. remind..............of
  285. remorse......... For
  286. request............for
  287. resemblance... To
  288. resolve.............on
  289. responsible.....for (sth)
  290. restricted........ To
  291. rid....................of
  292. rob....................of
  293. resign......... From
  294. search............ For
  295. seek..............for
  296. senior/junior.......To
  297. sensitive...... To/about
  298. sequel...............to
  299. short.................of
  300. similar............ To
  301. smile/sneer/giggle...At
  302. sorry.........about/for
  303. spend.............on
  304. stick...... To (to continue doing sth despite difficulties)
  305. subject........... To
  306. submission.......to
  307. suffuse..........with
  308. succeed............ In
  309. succession........in
  310. succumb...........to
  311. suffer............from
  312. superior/inferior......to
  313. supplement..... To
  314. supply....... (Sth)to (sb)
  315. supply.......(sb)with(sth )
  316. surprised/shocked....At
  317. suspect.......(sb/sth)of(sth)
  318. suspicious...... Of
  319. sympathize...with(sb/sth)
  320. thankful ...for(sth)
  321. thankful..... To(sb)
  322. thirst/hunger/desire.........For
  323. threaten......(sb)with(sth)
  324. tired............... Of
  325. stick.............. Of
  326. tremble...... With
  327. true..................to
  328. used.................to
  329. victory...... Over/against.
  330. venue............. For
  331. wait.................for
  332. want.................of
  333. waste.......on(sth)
  334. withdraw......from
  335. wonder...... About (think about)
  336. wonder......... At(be surprised)
  337. worthy............. Of
  338. write...... (Sth)to(sb)
  339. write..... In(ink/pencil)
  340. write........ With(a pen)
  341. yearn..............for
  342. yearning........ For
  343. yield............. On
  344. yield..............to
  345. thrive.............. On
  346. self-sufficient....in
  347. debate....... on/with/for.


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