Lesson Plan for Primary 4 - English Comprehension - ialogue Further Practices In Excusing, Possibil

**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** --- ### 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.