**Lesson Plan: English Comprehension for Primary 4**
**Topic: Dialogue Practices in Excusing, Possibility, Obligation, and Permission**
**Objective:**
Students will understand and practice using dialogue to correctly express excusing oneself, discussing possibilities, stating obligations, and asking for/giving permission.
**Materials:**
- Whiteboard and markers
- Flashcards with key phrases
- Dialogue worksheets
- Role-play scenario cards
- Audio recordings of sample dialogues (if available)
- Chart paper
- Markers
**Lesson Duration: 60 minutes**
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### Introduction (10 minutes)
1. **Warm-Up Activity:**
- Greet the students and briefly discuss the importance of effective communication.
- Ask students to share situations when they have had to excuse themselves, discuss a possibility, state an obligation, or ask for/give permission.
- Write these examples on the whiteboard.
2. **Objective Introduction:**
- Explain today’s lesson objective: "We will learn how to use dialogues to excuse ourselves, talk about possibilities, state obligations, and ask for or give permission."
### Direct Instruction (15 minutes)
3. **Teaching Key Phrases:**
- Introduce key phrases and vocabulary for each category:
**Excusing Oneself:**
- "May I be excused?"
- "Excuse me, I need to..."
- "I’m sorry, but I have to..."
**Discussing Possibilities:**
- "It might..."
- "There's a chance that..."
- "It’s possible that..."
**Stating Obligations:**
- "I must..."
- "I have to..."
- "I am supposed to..."
**Asking for/Giving Permission:**
- "Can I...?"
- "May I...?"
- "You may..."
- "You have permission to..."
4. **Example Dialogues:**
- Write out simple dialogue examples for each category on chart paper, read them aloud, and discuss them.
### Guided Practice (15 minutes)
5. **Dialogue Worksheet:**
- Hand out worksheets with incomplete dialogues.
- Students fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrases.
6. **Pair Work:**
- Pair up students to practice the dialogues.
- One student will read the first part of the dialogue, and the other will respond using the correct phrase.
### Independent Practice (10 minutes)
7. **Role-Play Activity:**
- Distribute role-play scenario cards to pairs of students.
- Each pair will act out a scenario that involves excusing oneself, discussing a possibility, stating an obligation, or asking for/giving permission.
### Review and Conclusion (10 minutes)
8. **Student Presentations:**
- Ask a few pairs of students to perform their role-plays in front of the class.
- Provide positive feedback and correct any mistakes gently.
9. **Recap:**
- Summarize the key points learned during the lesson.
- Ask a few students to share what they have learned.
10. **Homework Assignment:**
- Assign a homework task where students write a short dialogue on their own, incorporating excusing oneself, discussing a possibility, stating an obligation, or asking for/giving permission.
### Assessment:
- Observe students’ participation during pair work and role-playing for comprehension and correct use of phrases.
- Review the completed dialogue worksheets for accuracy.
- Collect and review homework for understanding and proper implementation of the lesson.
### Extension:
- For students who master the basic dialogues, introduce more complex scenarios or additional phrases.
- Incorporate an audio recording activity where students listen to native speakers using these phrases in context.