Using indefinite articles
Overview
This beginner ESL lesson plan is designed to teach students how to ask about and identify objects using the correct articles. The focus at this level is on acquiring essential phrases to inquire and respond effectively, developing basic communication skills for everyday interactions.
The lesson begins with a boardwork suggestion that introduces the functional language for asking and identifying objects. We then move on to low-resource activities, emphasising articles and collaborative pair-work. The lesson ends with an interactive classroom game that reinforces the lesson's core theme.
Lesson Outline
Classroom activities
Use of the board
The students will use this simple dialogue to practise the correct usage of articles.
Students learn to ask basic questions and identify the correct indefinite articles to use with their responses. As always, you should try to elicit as much as possible from the students using actions or the students' L1.
Indefinite articles
Students have to fill in the gaps with the correct article.
What's this?
A quick and easy speaking activity where the teacher asks questions about different items in the classroom.
Can you identify this?
The students work in pairs identifying different objects in the classroom, using the target language for the lesson.
Classroom games
Relay challenge: Articles
Two teams of players race to the board to add statements containing articles.
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180+ ESL lesson plans
8 Distinct language levels
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