Title - When to Use Articles A/An Duration: 15 mins Objective: Students will know the use of articles "a"

and "an". Warm up: The trainer introduces herself and states the aim on the white board Presentation: The trainer will discuss when it is appropriate to use a/an in a sentence with a few examples. Controlled practice: The trainer will do a few sample sentences on the white board Free practice The trainees will read the following paragraph discussing with their classmates and use appropriate articles wherever necessary. Ruby and Leigh Ann saw [a, an] bird's nest. Greg has [a, an] orange an green sweater. Two quarters equal [a, an] half dollar. [A, An] engine pulled [a, an] long train. Eduardo put up [a, an] target in the field. There is [a, an] enormous house on [a, an] hill. Kellye's family went to [a, an] opera in New York. Colleen and Taylor talked to [a, an] teacher about [a, an] answer. Jana and Allison had [a, an] art lesson after school. Hayden and got [a, an] home run in the big game. [A, An] exit sign hung over [a, an] door that Andres and Eileen walked Justin had [a, an] aunt and [a, an] uncle for dinner. Shannon ran for [a, an] hour in the park.

A.J and Chris had [a, an] cookie and some ice cream. Campbell learned [a, an] Indian dance on [a, an] reservation. [a, an] honest friend is someone to treasure. Interesting fact: The song Happy Birthday was written by [a, an] pair of school teachers in 1893. Interesting fact: The chicken can travel up to 9 miles [a, an] hour. Interesting fact: The longest recorded flight of [a, an] chicken is thirteen seconds. Interesting fact: In the wild [a, an] chimpanzee may live to be 50 years old and weigh up to 121 pounds. Interesting fact: When [a, an] great white shark is born it quickly swims away from its mother and is on his own. Interesting fact: A newborn koala is only the size of [a, an] jelly bean. Interesting fact: If you put all your blood vessels in [a, an] line, they would stretch around the earth 2 times. Interesting fact: You get [a, an] new stomach lining every three days. Interesting fact: [a, an] Monarch butterfly is the state insect of Texas. How does [a, an] bee get to school? - on the school buzz! Why does [a, an] gorilla have big nostrils? - because he has big fingers! Why did the farmer buy [a, an] brown cow. -Because he wanted chocolate milk! What do you call [a, an] cow laying on the ground? - ground beef

What do you get when you cross [a, an] elephant with [a, an] fish? - swimming trunks!