This, that, these and those
Overview
This lesson focuses on introducing and reviewing the practical uses of demonstrative pronouns in English. Students will become familiar with 'this', 'that', 'these', and 'those', learning to use them effectively in their communication.
In this lesson, we suggest boardwork to help teach the target language. We also include interactive low-resource activity ideas for students to practice and reinforce their understanding of demonstrative pronouns. To conclude the lesson, we recommend a fun classroom game to review what they have learned.
Lesson Outline
Classroom activities
Use of the board
The students learn and review the functional uses of demonstrative pronouns in English.
Start by adding the target language to the board along with translations in L1. After that, step through and explain the functional use of each demonstrative using the images described.
Drill
The students learn and perform a useful exercise for remembering demonstratives.
Classroom interrogation
Students are challenged to demonstrate the target language by answering questions about the objects in their environment.
Interrogation circle
Students will take turns asking and answering questions about different objects in the classroom.
Classroom games
Pictionary
Players have to use images to represent statements on the board while their teammates guess what they are.
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180+ ESL lesson plans
8 Distinct language levels
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