Introduction
LEVEL: Intermediate and Above
ESL students
Task
The lesson focuses on understanding parts of speech.
Go through links given in the process.
Chose a link to do the follow up tasks given in the evaluation part.
The lesson objectives are for you to :
Understand parts of speech
Identify different parts of speech.
Learn to pronunce by listening to the explanation.
Have a comprehensive knowledge on how same acts as different parts of speech.
Process
Step1: You will be divided into groups by your teacher each groups gets one part of speech. Check the following links and find out the definition, how one can find the part of speech in a sentnece.
http://britishcouncillearnenglish.blogspot.in/2012/12/english-parts-of-speech.html
The above link is e book on parts of speech developed by the British Council. This free e-book features well-organized skill-building content, and a focus on practical conversational skills. Here you will find clear explanations. This comprehensive workbook provides thorough coverage of every grammatical topic you need to know about.
http://aderikardo1.blogspot.in/
The above link gives you information on eight parts of speech with examples. You will also understand that same words also act as different parts of speech too.
Testing Your Knowledge:
Form into pairs and take 2 tests and report to your group lead on your performance
1. take test in one of the links:
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/parts_of_speech/quiz395.html
or
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html
2.
http://www.grammar-monster.com/tests/test_parts_of_speech.htm
or
http://quizzes.cc/parts-of-speech-231
Listen and learn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEgNbPZMhaA
The above link teaches is meant for beginners to understand parts of speech. Of course you can listen and learn how to pronounce each part of speech.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36_ioED8-Bg
The above link helps to identify parts of speech, finite verbs and infinite verbs. Listen and improve your listening and pronunciation too.
Evaluation
Group Evaluation
This is how your work will be evaluated.
http://questgarden.com/134/47/9/111102145152/evaluation.htm
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Below |
Meets Requirements 2 |
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Score |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | Students gave a definition that was not correct and/or difficult to understand. | Students gave a brief definition, but was accurate. | Students gave a definition that was exactly correct and easy to understand. | |
| How to use part speech in a sentence | Students could not tell how to use part of speech in a sentence. | Students made an attempt to use part of speech in sentence but needed some help. | Students used part of speech correctly in sentence. | |
| How to locate part of speech in sentence | Students could not locate their part of speech in a sentence. | Students had some difficulty locating part of speech in sentence. | Students located part of speech in sentence very easily. | |
| Did class learn about part of speech | Class did not learn anything about part of speech. | Some of class learned from less but not entire class. | Entire class learned about the part of speech and understood. |
Conclusion
Follow up: http://questgarden.com/76/43/7/090325145219/process.htm
http://questgarden.com/134/47/9/111102145152/evaluation.htm
The above links are webquests for learning parts of speech, you can go through them for more comprehension
Credits
The webquest was created by Prof Pushpa Nagini
Thanks to webquest