LESSON PLAN

Laura Cristina Rojas Sosa

GRADE/ LEVEL:
Fourth grade

TOPIC:
Wh questions

SUBJECT:
English

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
The students will be able to ask questions about different topics (traveling, working,
studying, just to name a few) using wh questions.
SPECIFIC OBJETIVES:
The students will identify and use wh questions in order to get information related to
different situations, e.g:
Asking for information about something.
Asking for reasons.
Asking about time.
Asking about a place or position.
Asking about choice.
Asking for a subject/object.
The students not only will be able to ask for information but to give information too.
The students will form wh questions with the correct structure.

TEACHING PROCEDURE:
Warm Up:

SUGGESTED TIME FRAME:

100 minutes
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The use of Simple Present: its

semantic
and
grammatical
function.
The use of different verbs, for
instance: to drink, to eat, to do.

GRAMATICAL FOCUS:
Wh questions are interrogative forms
used in an information statement.

 An introductory activity will consist of an informal conversation (for instance, a

conversation between two friends) with the students in order to make questions about PRONUNCIATION:
the places where they live, things that they like to do, etc.
The pronunciation of wh questions is
Presentation:
going to be listened, learnt and used
during the class by its constant repetition
1. To show the grammatical function of the wh questions and how to use each one in a and correction at the right moment.
conversations using as an example the introductory activity.
2. To give students other examples of wh questions.
3. To ask students to form in pairs; they will be given some pictures of people doing
different activities (traveling, working, studying, etc.); the students will have to make
questions about what they see in the pictures.
4. The students will have to write those questions.

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES:
1. The students will choose a member of their families and they will ask questions about
any experience or situation in their lives, for instance:

What is your favorite TV show?

When did you start watching the show?
Where was it aired for the first time?

What /(h)wt/
Where /(h)we()r/
When /(h)wen/

VOCABULARY:
To wake up, to work, to like, to play, to
travel, to meet, to go, to eat, to drink, to
buy, to do, to see, to swim, among others.

EXERCISES ONLINE:
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeaga
me/viewgame.asp?id=5283

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS:
1. To recommend students to do exercises on the Internet.

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeaga
me/viewgame.asp?id=1718

HOMEWORK
The students must read the text on
page 11 and answer the questions.

EVALUATION
Students will have a quiz regarding wh questions.