Lesson Plan:

Lesson Topic School Vocabulary & Parts of Speech: Nouns,

Verbs, and Adjectives
Overview of Lesson Students will learn school vocabulary as well
as grammar in regards to parts of speech
They will be introduced to nouns, verbs, and
adjectives as the practice with a variety of
activities throughout the lesson.
Description of Learners, Intended Learning
Goals, and Lesson Content
Audience~
Learners are in 6
th
and 7
th
grade with about 2-
3 years of classwork of English. Their overall
speaking ability is low to moderately low. The
gender distribution is approximately even.
There are about 25 students who live in
Bogota, Colombia and are native Spanish
speakers.

Learning Environment~
The school is a small school, Colegio
Fundacion Nueva Granada located in Bogota,
Colombia containing 550 children from a large
range of ages. The technology level of the
school is relatively low, but there are
whiteboards, internet access, and a projector.
This lesson plan will make use of the projector
for a powerpoint presentation.

Technology~
Projector: Google Presentation for Lesson &
Description Mania Activity
Whiteboard: Pictionary Activity

Learning Goals~
Learn basic school vocabulary words.
Determine if a vocabulary word is a noun,
verb, or adjective.
Explain what a noun, verb, and adjective do.

Road Map~
Orientation: Introduce Objectives to students;
give vocabulary list (paper for each student,
on powerpoint)
Motivation: Explain how these words can be
used to speak to others about school; The
parts of speech is also essential to
speaking/writing with clarity
Information: 3 different Parts of Speech
Presentations (Powerpoint)
Application: 3 different activities following
each parts of speech presentation
1) Pictionary; applying nouns
2) Charades; applying verbs
3) Description Mania; applying adjectives and
nouns
Evaluation: Quiz
-Defining vocab words
-Sort parts of speech in table
-Define a noun, verb, and adjective
Objectives












Given a list of nouns, students will be
able to draw a picture of it in order to
have another student guess the noun
in 30 seconds.
Given a list of nouns, students will be
able to describe each one with three
adjectives in 10 seconds.
Given a list of verbs, students will be
able to act out the action of the verb in
order to have another student guess
the verb in 30 seconds.
Given a school vocabulary list of
nouns, verbs, and adjectives, students
will be able to define each word (and
determine if it is a person, place, or
thing if it is a noun) with at least 70%
accuracy.
Given a list of nouns, verbs, and
adjectives students will be able to sort
parts of speech in a table with at least
70% accuracy.
Resources



School Vocabulary List
Whiteboard
Projector
Google Presentation
Procedure



Combined Orientation-Motivation Activity:






(Duration~ 2 minutes)
Explain objectives and lesson topic to class.
Discuss what parts of speech are and how
they relate to everyday.
Introduce/Review a vocabulary list pertaining
to school.
Discuss how school vocabulary can be
incorporated to speak about school in english.
Discuss the importance of learning parts of
speech in order to speak/write with clarity.


Informational Activity: (Duration~ 5 minutes)
Introduce Nouns with powerpoint presentation.
Discuss with class

Application Activity:
Pictionary (Duration~ 7 minutes)
Split into two teams
Member from Team 1 draw a noun out
of a hat
This team member will draw for 30
seconds
Team 1 will guess during these 30
seconds
If Team 1 guesses correctly, they
receive 1 point.
If Team 1 does not guess the noun in
30 seconds, Team 2 may have 1
guess.
If Team 2 guesses correctly, they
receive 1 point.
Send a member of Team 2 to draw a
noun out a hat and repeat process.

Informational Activity: (Duration~5 minutes)
Introduce verbs with powerpoint presentation.
Discuss with class.

Application Activity:
Charades (Duration~ 7 minutes)
Keep same teams
Member from Team 1 draws a verb out
of a hat
This team member will act of verb for
30 seconds
Team 1 will guess during these 30
seconds
If Team 1 guesses correctly, they
receive 1 point.
If Team 1 does not guess the noun in
30 seconds, Team 2 may have 1
guess.
If Team 2 guesses correctly, they
receive 1 point.
Send a member of Team 2 to draw a
verb out of hat and repeat process.
Information Activity: (Duration~ 5 minutes)
Introduce adjectives with powerpoint
presentation. Discuss with class

Application Activity:
Description Mania (Duration~ 7 minutes)
Display pictures on projector
Students will write down 2 adjectives to
describe the picture
After 30 seconds to write the adjectives
down, students may call out the
adjectives to describe the noun

Evaluation Activity:
Quiz! (Duration~7 minutes)
Assessment Quiz: Students will be given a list of
vocabulary words.
1) Define english word with spanish word.
2) Categorize the words into chart
columns of nouns, verbs, and
adjectives.
**Students must complete this with at least
70% accuracy.
Standards Standard 1: English language learners
communicate for social, intercultural, and
instructional purposes within the school
setting.

Standard 2: English language learners
communicate information, ideas, and concepts
necessary for academic success in the area of
language arts.


































Quiz

Noun Verb Adjective












Words to Identify & Define(If it is a noun, determine if it is a person, place, or thing)

Student Teacher Big
To Read To Draw To Talk
Long School Pencil
To Write Classroom Tall
Orange Book Pen
Desk Whiteboard Athletic
To Describe Friendly To Play
Pretty To Search Funny
To Learn Eraser Red
Short To Listen To Find






Journal Articles

Article 1

Brista, K. (2011). Teaching English as a foreign/second language in Nepal: Past and
present. English for Specific Purposes World, 11(32), 1-9.


In this article, it talks about teaching English in Nepal. They have been teaching English
in Nepal from around the 1950s to today. They teach it in the schools there. The way the
educators teach it there is through a traditional way of teaching. They teach grammar points to
the students and vocabulary. Teachers that teach English in Nepal said it hard to a set lesson
plan because not everything goes according to what they plan. When they teach the lesson, it
depends on where the school is, what grade level, and the curriculum. The schools may be like
the schools that we are talking about in this case where they do not have much technology.
This article will help us because they are teaching English to another language. Also, they are
teaching to an older grade level.


Article 2

Bebout, L. (2001). "What was it like to learn English?" learner interviews in TESL training.
TESL Canada. Journal. 19 (1). 73-79.


In this article it talks about people trying to teach English to a student with little English
background. It interviews a student with little English background and it gets answers as to how
they learn better. When people talked about their experiences they regret not being able to talk
or understand people in English. They said that English is a hard language to learn and never it
imagined it to me that hard. This was utilized into our lesson plan by providing motivation for the
students to learn english since many regretted not learning english.













Vocab List

Nouns
Student: el estudiante
Teacher: el/la maestro/a
School: la escuela
Classroom: la aula
Pencil: el lpiz
Pen: la pluma
Book: el libro
Whiteboard: la pizarra
Desk: el escritorio
Eraser: la goma de borrar
Ruler: la regla
Scissors: las tijeras
Backpack: La mochila

Verbs
To Read: leer
To Write: escribir
To Draw: dibujar
To Play: jugar
To describe: describir
To Find: encontrar
To Learn: aprender
To Search: buscar
To Listen: escuchar
To Talk: hablar

Adjectives
Sharp: agudo
Small: pequeo
Big: grande
Long: largo
Short: Bajo
Tall: alto
Friendly: amable
Pretty: bonita
Athletic: atltico
Funny: comico
Red: rojo
Orange: anaranjado
Yellow: amarillo
Green: verde
Blue: azul
Purple: morado
Pink: rosada
Black: negro
Brown: marron
White: blanco