Lesson planTeacher: Johana Elizabeth Gomez Ascencio.

Class: Advanced level

Main aim: To make students identify which one is the correct form to write a sentence and help them to not get confused about the structure

Personal aim: Move around the classroom and monitoring

ACTIVITY TIME NEEDED MATERIAL SKILLS TO BE PRACTICED

ANTICIPADED PROBLEMS

Teacher introduce herself in the class. After that the teaher writes on the board 3 sentences. Then is going to ask the students to say which differences they can see.

Some students like to study in the morning Alejandro played football so maria went

shopping The teacher returned the homework after

she notized the error.Each one of them belongs to a specific type of sentence.

10 minutes T/Ss BoardMarkers

Speaking

when students finish to give their opinions the teacher is going to handle the characteristics of each one of them but without title they need to read carefullly in order to know which one belongs to them

10 minutes T/Ss Photocopies Reading

The teacher is going to ask the students to create a short story using the three types of sentence. They have to write and then read it aloud for the rest of the class who need to identify how many sentences they used. the students are going to be in teams of 3

20 minutes Ss/Ss None WritingSpeakingListening

Students are going to resolve an exercise in order to evaluate if the difference between each type of sentence is clear.

10 minutes Ss Ss/Ss Reading Teacher can explain again if notices any problem with the answers.

A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.

A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when (and many others) or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which

Name:

Identify the following sentences as simple, compound, or complex based on your reading of the material about simple, compound, and complex sentences.

1:The teacher walked into the classroom, greeted the students, and took attendance.

Simple

Compound

Complex2: Juan played football while Juanita went shopping.

Simple

Compound

Complex3: Juan played football, yet Juanita went shopping.

Simple

Compound

Complex4: Although Mexico has the better football team, it lost.

Simple

Compound

Complex5: The island was filled with many winding trails, a small lake, and dangerous wild pigs.

Simple

Compound

Complex6: Naoki passed the test because he studied hard and understood the material.

Simple

Compound

Complex