A
Lesson Plan in English I
I.
Objectives
Within
the period, the first year students with 75% accuracy will be able to:
A. Define
collective nouns;
B. Construct
their own sentences using collective nouns;
C. Apply
subject-verb agreement in using collective nouns in a sentence
II.
Subject Matter
Content
Focus : Collective Nouns
Skill
Focus : grammar skills
References : Sebastian, Victoria V.
“Building Better English 1 and Values
through Filipino Literature”, V.S Publication and Trading
: De Peralta
H. And Lojas L. “Grammar and Writing Workbook”, Vibal Publishing House, Inc.
:www.Enchantedlearning.com/grammar/partsofspeech/nouns/collective
:www.teachro.publiccomputingservices.org/grammarpractice/nouns/conounadverb
:www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6276#9
Instructional
Materials: cartolina with the details written
Photocopies of the test questions for
evaluation
Replica of a cabbage
III.
Procedure
A. Stimulating
Activity
The
teacher will have an activity called “Word Groups”. A replica of a cabbage will
be passed around the class accompanied with music. Once the music stops, the
one holding the cabbage will get the rolled paper inside it and answer the
question written. If nothing was written, then the student is safe. The student
who cannot answer will have a corresponding consequence.
The
question is:
Which of the following does not belong to the group?
1. Mouse,
keyboard, processor, monitor, speaker
2. Car,
train, submarine, bus, bicycle
3. Russian,
Africa, Scottish, English, Australian
4. Swede,
turnip, java plum, leck, union
5. Honda,
William, Fiat, Rover, Aston Martin
6. Scobby
Doo, The Simpsons, Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny
7. Lipstick,
nailpolish, foundation, eye shadow, mascara
After
the activity, the teacher will give the consequence for those who was not able
to answer correctly.
B. Actual
Activity
The
teacher will start introducing the topic which is about collective nouns. The
definition of the collective nouns will be given and its examples.
Collective nouns
refers to the names of the persons, places, or things taken as a group, as a
unit or as one.
Examples:
team bunch fleet of ships
family crew colony of ants
If
the collective nouns is referred to as one unit, it is taken are singular. If
you refer to the individual members in the collective noun, the noun is taken
as plural.
Examples:
1. The
staff is having a meeting. (singular)
The staff are arguing about an issue.
(plural)
2. The
play’s cast is rehearsing for today’s show. (singular)
The play’s cast are having their costume rehearsal.
(plural)
The teacher will ask a few students to give examples of a
collective noun. While the students are giving examples, the teacher will write
those examples on the board. After, the teacher asks another student to
construct a sentence using the given collective nouns. Then, the teacher will
post on the board more examples of collective nouns and the students will pick
one and use it in a sentence.
LIST
OF COLLECTIVE NOUNS
Crew of sailors flight of
swallows galaxy of stars
Band of musicians murder of crows basket of fruit
Gang of thieves army of frogs library of books
Team of players litter of
kittens string of
pearls
Tribe of natives flock of sheep pair of shoes
C. Follow-up
Activity
The
teacher will group the students into four groups. Each group will line up at
the back part of the classroom. For the first part of the game, the teacher
will give a sentence and the students should race o the board and write the
collective noun found in the sentence. In the second part, the students should
select the appropriate collective noun of the given sentence. The last part
would be the giving of a sentence, wherein the students are tasked to write the
correct verb that will agree with the collective noun.
The questions for the
activity are:
I.Pick the collective nouns
found in the sentence.
·
Has anyone seen a bunch of keys?
·
She was attacked by a swarm of bees.
·
The political party won the election.
·
In the movie “The Lion King”, Simba had a
battle to take control of his pride.
·
We sat down in the shade of a clump of trees.
II.Choose the appropriate
collective noun.
·
A _ of geese. (gaggl, straggle, waggle)
·
_ is to army as a staff is to company.
(platoon, pack, pile)
·
For the ice breaker activities, we had to
work as a _. (crew, company, team)
·
A _ of organised criminals. ( slang, gang,
bang)
·
A huge _ of _ surrounded the vampires and
devoured them.
(litter,
kittens; gang, staff; pack,werewolves)
III.Write the correct verb
choice that will agree with the collective noun.
·
On the first day of school, the class (
describe, describes) their vacation.
·
The jury (agree, agrees) that the state
prosecutors did not provide enough evidence.
·
The swarm of reports (engulf, engulfs) the
famous actor all at once.
·
The team (is, are) putting on their helmets.
·
The audience (cheer, cheers) the winner of
the million dollars.
The group who gets the
highest score wins the activity.
D. Evaluation
Underline
the collective nouns found in the sentence.
1.
Gang of guys celebrated the football
championship.
2.
The priest was very sad to see his
congregation getting smaller.
3.
For their wedding, I gave them a set of
cutlery.
4.
That cruise ship carries 150 passengers and a
crew of 85.
5.
She gave a bundle of old clothes to charity
organization.
6.
An enormous swarm of locusts ate all the
crops.
Encircle
the correct verb that will agree with the collective noun.
7.
The class (listen, listens) carefully to
their teacher’s instructions.
8.
The class (start, starts) their projects
while the teacher grades their papers.
9.
The team (is,are) heading for practice this
afternoon.
10. The team (is are) eating with their families
tonight.
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