Unit4WildAnimalsPERIOD6:GRAMMARIITeachingGoals●Tolearnhowtogivereason(s)forsomethingusing‘because’●Tolearntouse‘becauseof’togivethereason(s)forsomething●Tomakesurethatthestudentscanaskandanswerreasoningquestions●Tohelplessablestudentstellclausesofreasonfromnouns,nounphrasesorpronounsTeachingProceduresSTEP1Discussingtheuseof‘because’Aswearegoingtodiscusstheuseof‘because’,theteachermaygotoclassroomoneminutelaterafterthebell
Thenwalkintotheclassroomquicklyandsaysorrytothemforbeinglate
Smileandask‘Doyouwanttoaskmeanyquestions
’Studentsmayask,‘Whyareyoulate
’Answerthestudents’questionandatthesametimewritethesentencepatternsontheboard
Iamlatebecause…
Getthestudentstotalkaboutwhattheysaytotheteacherwhentheyarelateforschoolusingthesentencepatternabove
Iamlatebecausemybikeisbroken
IamlatebecauseIgo