Prepositions And Prepositional Phrases Lesson Plan for 12th Grade Example Students

Topic: Identifying prepositions and prepositional phrases

Objectives & Outcomes

• Understand the difference between prepositions and prepositional phrases.
• Understand the functions of prepositions and prepositional phrases in sentences.

Materials

• Handout with definitions and examples of prepositions and prepositional phrases
• Examples of sentences with prepositions and prepositional phrases highlighted
• Pen or pencil for each student

Warm-up

• Ask students to think of a familiar place that they visit often, such as their school or a park near their home.
• Have them brainstorm a list of words or phrases that could describe the place, such as "on the hill" or "next to the pond."
• Write the words or phrases on the board and ask students to brainstorm why each word or phrase could be used to describe the place.
• Discuss the reasons for each word or phrase and how they could be used in a sentence.

Direct Instruction

• Review the definitions of prepositions and prepositional phrases, noting that prepositions are words that indicate location or time and prepositional phrases are made up of a preposition and its dependent clause.
• Give examples of prepositions and prepositional phrases and have students identify the prepositions and identify their functions in the sentences.
• Discuss the functions of prepositions, including to indicate location, time, and manner.

Guided Practice

• Give students a set of prepositions and prepositional phrases in sentence form.
• Have students work in pairs to identify the prepositions and identify their functions in the sentences.
• Have a class discussion about the examples and the functions of the prepositions.

Independent Practice

• Have students work on a worksheet or activity where they identify prepositions and identify their functions in sentences.
• Have students complete the worksheet independently, and then have a class discussion about the examples and the functions of the prepositions.

Closure

• Review the main points of the lesson, which are that prepositions are words that are used to show the relationship between other words in a sentence and that they typically come after the words they modify.
• Ask students to share one thing they learned about prepositions today.

Assessment

• Observe students during the group and independent practice activities to ensure they are correctly identifying prepositions and prepositional phrases and using the correct prepositions in their sentences.
• Collect and review the completed worksheets to assess students' understanding of prepositions and prepositional phrases.