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1. 1. Using Prepositional Phrases I. Learning Objective Identify prepositional
phrases used in sentences correctly. Use prepositional phrases in sentences. II.
Subject Matter A. Topic: Using Prepositional Phrases B. References: PELC 12
Speaking Skill Builders in English 4 pp. 102-103 Cultural Publisher Copyright 942
Del Monte Avenue, SFDM, Quezon City Purificacion Calma- Balingit C. Materials:
Pictures and charts III. Procedure A. Preparatory Activities Review Invite the pupils
to play the game Who Made the Most? a. Divide the class into five groups. b.
For three minutes have the pupils list as many prepositions as they can c. The
group that can give the most number of prepositions is the winner. Motivation 1.
Show a picture of a farm. Value Focus: Helpfulness
2. 2. Ask: a. What is this place, children? b. What do see in a farm? c. What do you
do on the farm? d. What do you do on the farm? Encourage pupils to share
experiences. Unlocking of Difficulties Ask pupils to pick cut-out flowers from a
Make-Believe garden. Read the words in the flowers then match each with its
meaning written on a chart. locker a small closet hallway a way to go through a
building shelves thin, flat piece of wood fastened to a wall
3. 3. B. Developmental Activities Presentation Say: Listen to the story that I will
read. Then call on a volunteer to read the story aloud. I stay at my uncles farm
every summer. I wake up very early every morning to gather duck eggs. Before
the sun goes up, my cousin Celso and I drive the goats to the grassy hill to graze.
There is plenty of grass to eat so the goats are full within an hour. By this time
Uncle Pastor is busy among his vegetable plants. Celso and I help him pull the
weeds or cultivate the soil until lunch time which is around twelve noon. After
lunch, I lean against the trunk of a huge acacia tree and take a nap for about half
hour. Discussion and Analysis 1. Have the pupils answer these questions. Have
them write each answer on the board and underline the preposition. a. Where is
the story taking place? (in the farm) b. When do the boys drive the goats to the
graze? (before the sun goes up) c. In how many hours does the goats get full?
(within an hour) d. Where does Uncle Pastor work most of the time? (among the
vegetable plants) e. When is lunch time? (around twelve noon) f. What do the
boys do when the sun gets hot? (lean against a tree) g. What may be a good
thing to do after lunch? h. If you were Celso, will you also enjoy working on the
farm? Why? i. Will you also help your uncle? How? 2. Say: Lets go back to your
answers to the questions. What do you call the underlined words? preposition 3.
With part of speech do the prepositions end? (noun or pronoun) 4. What do you
call the group of words that begins with the preposition and ends with a noun or
pronoun? (prepositional phrase) 5. Group Activity a. Group the pupils into five. b.
Give each group five minutes to review and use these prepositional phrases in
sentences. The group who is able to use all the phrases in sentences correctly
wins.
4. 4. at the health center during summer to my house into the deep hole
under the tree Generalization Ask pupils this question and guide them to elicit
the answer. What is a prepositional phrase? C. Post Activities 1. Application
Directions: Read the paragraph carefully. Choose the correct prepositional phrase
that fits each sentence. Underline your answer. A. Heidi went (in the bookstore,

inside the bookstore). She noticed boys and girls (about a big box, around a big
box) of books. They were looking through (the pages, from the pages) of some
books there. Heidi saw that the books were (about prehistoric animals, around
prehistoric animals). She took one book and browsed (from page to page, in the
pages). She found out that they were very different (than the books, from the
books) she already had. B. Use the following prepositional phrases in sentences.
1. among the boys 2. in a year 3. from the forest 4. under the mango tree 5. to
the city A prepositional phrase is group of words that begins with a preposition
and ends with a noun or a pronoun.
5. 5. Enrichment Divide the class into learning teams. Each learning team will be
given a picture. Encourage the teams to talk about the pictures using
prepositions/prepositional phrases. Guide them in doing this. Have each team
present their sentences in paragraphs. Sample pictures pupils in the library men
in the store boys on the tree farmers on the farm doctors in the hospital Values
Integration Ask: Have you ever experienced helping others? What did you do?
How did you feel? Did you expecting anything in return? IV. Evaluation Directions:
Read the sentences and use the correct prepositional phrase. Circle your answer.
1. Cutting down trees (in the forest, to the forest) is prohibited. 2. Cross the
street (at the pedestrian lanes, to the pedestrian lanes). 3. That lady waiting (to
the shed, under the shed) is my mother. 4. Pupils are not allowed to stay (too
late, at late) in the school. 5. Chen sits (among the two boys, between the two
boys). V. Assignment Make a paragraph using the following prepositional phrases.
from the village in the sky across the river at seven oclock under the
bridge
6. 6. Enrichment Divide the class into learning teams. Each learning team will be
given a picture. Encourage the teams to talk about the pictures using
prepositions/prepositional phrases. Guide them in doing this. Have each team
present their sentences in paragraphs. Sample pictures pupils in the library men
in the store boys on the tree farmers on the farm doctors in the hospital Values
Integration Ask: Have you ever experienced helping others? What did you do?
How did you feel? Did you expecting anything in return? IV. Evaluation Directions:
Read the sentences and use the correct prepositional phrase. Circle your answer.
1. Cutting down trees (in the forest, to the forest) is prohibited. 2. Cross the
street (at the pedestrian lanes, to the pedestrian lanes). 3. That lady waiting (to
the shed, under the shed) is my mother. 4. Pupils are not allowed to stay (too
late, at late) in the school. 5. Chen sits (among the two boys, between the two
boys). V. Assignment Make a paragraph using the following prepositional phrases.
from the village in the sky across the river at seven oclock under the
bridge
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