Free 10th Grade "There Is" "There Are" "Some" "A Lot Of" "Any" Lesson Plan

Topic: There is/are/some/a lot of/any

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and use the proper words to express quantification: "there is," "there are," "some," "a lot of," and "any."
• Students will be able to identify and use the proper words to express the idea of existence or presence.

Materials

• handout with examples of quantification words and their proper usage
• pen or pencil

Warm-up

• Ask students to write down a list of things that they see in their classroom.
• Have them share their list with a partner and discuss if there are any duplicates (i.e. if two students wrote down "whiteboard" then there are duplicates).
• Ask students if there are any items on the list that are not duplicates.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the topic of the lesson by saying that today we are going to be learning about the different phrases that we can use to talk about quantity.
• Explain that the first phrase we will be learning about is "there is."
• Demonstrate the proper usage of "there is" by saying "there is a pencil on my desk."
• Explain that "there is" is used to indicate that there is at least one of something present.
• Next, introduce the phrase "there are."
• Demonstrate the proper usage of "there are" by saying "there are four students in this class."
• Explain that "there are" is used to indicate that there is more than one of something present.
• Next, introduce the phrase "some."
• Demonstrate the proper usage of "some" by saying "I have some homework to do."
• Explain that "some" is used to indicate that there is a small amount of something present.
• Next, introduce the phrase "a lot of."
• Demonstrate the proper usage of "a lot of" by saying "there is a lot of homework to do this week."
• Explain that "a lot of" is used to indicate that there is a large amount of something present.
• Next, introduce the phrase "any."
• Demonstrate the proper usage of "any" by saying "do you have any pencils?"
• Explain that "any" is used to ask a question about whether or not there is any of something present.

Guided Practice

• Provide students with several examples of sentences that use "there is," "there are," "some," "a lot of," and "any."
• Have students work in pairs to correct the sentences, replacing the inappropriate phrases with the correct ones.

Independent Practice

• Have students complete a grammar exercise in which they must replace inappropriate phrases with the correct ones. For example, they might be given a sentence such as "There are many kids in the classroom," and they must replace "many kids" with "a lot of kids."

Closure

• Review the different words for quantifiers and their definitions.
• Ask students to share one thing they learned about quantifiers today.

Assessment

• Observe students during independent practice to see if they are correctly choosing the correct quantifier to use in their sentences.
• Collect and review students' posters or presentations to assess their understanding of quantifiers.