Kreider u09a1 esl 502 mini grammar lesson narration

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MINI GRAMMAR LESSON PREPOSITIONS OF TIME AND PLACE (High Beginning to Low Developing ELLs) Kim Kreider Wilkes University ESL 502

Transcript of Kreider u09a1 esl 502 mini grammar lesson narration

  1. 1. (High Beginning to Low Developing ELLs) Kim Kreider Wilkes University ESL 502
  2. 2. In On At To Difficult for ELLs to know when to use each For example these can be difficult for Spanish speakers who use a for all four (in, on, at, and to) of these in some situations
  3. 3. John was born in Miami on the 24th of June in 1970. Miami is a big city in Florida in the United States. That was many years ago. Now John lives in Barcelona in Spain. He teaches at a school. Sometimes he goes to a movie on the weekend. He meets his friends at the movie theater at 10 oclock or later. In the summer, usually in August, he goes home to visit his family in America. He and his family go to the beach and relax in the sun in the morning and in the afternoon. In the evening, they often eat at a restaurant with their friends. Sometimes they go to a disco at night.
  4. 4. IN In Miami (city) ON AT TO Place each of the underlined phrases from the paragraphs into the chart with an explanation why to help you come up with the patterns and rules.
  5. 5. IN Miami (city) ON AT TO
  6. 6. IN Months, towns, cities, countries, seasons, some times of the day (in the morning, in the afternoon) ON Specific days (on Friday, on Thanksgiving, on the 19th) On the weekend or on weekends AT Specific times ( at 7 oclock, ) At night Specific places (at school) TO Verbs that show movement (go to, come to, return to, fly to, walk to, run to, drive to etc.) Rules
  7. 7. I live _____ Chicago. ____ the summer time, I like to go _____ the park ____ the afternoon and ride my bike. ______ Fridays, they show movies late _____ night when its dark outside and every Sunday there is a free concert _____ 5 oclock ____ the evening.
  8. 8. I live __in___ Chicago. _In___ the summer time, I like to go __to___ the park _in___ the afternoon and ride my bike. ___On___ Fridays, they show movies late __at___ night when its dark outside and every Sunday there is a free concert _at____ 5 oclock _in___ the evening.
  9. 9. With your partner talk about yourselves and make sentences using the different prepositions. Then write about yourself. Use in, at, on, and to like we practiced.