Prepositions of place
Overview
In this beginner-level ESL lesson plan, we look at prepositions of place. Students will learn how to use prepositions to accurately describe the locations of objects, improving their ability to communicate spatial information clearly and effectively.
The lesson will start with suggested boardwork to introduce the target language, providing a solid foundation for the activities. We will then move on to several low-resource writing and speaking tasks, giving students plenty of opportunities to practice and apply their new language skills. To end the lesson, we have included an interactive classroom game that will reinforce the use of prepositions of place in a fun and challenging way.
Lesson Outline
Classroom activities
Use of the board
The sample board below illustrates one way to introduce or review prepositions of place. As the board implies, step through each preposition and use images to elicit them from the students.
Preposition sentences
In this writing activity, the students will create phrases that describe images on the board.
Where is everything?
Students will write sentences that describe a typical bedroom.
My room
For this activity, students will use the target language of the lesson to write a description of their bedroom.
Classroom games
20 Questions: Prepositions of place
Students use questions containing prepositions to identify an item in the room that their classmate is thinking of.
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