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Waterbury Adult Education: Technology-facilitated
Lesson Plan (Irregular Plurals)*
Teachers:
Jon Norris
Class/Level:
ESL-Beginner
Lesson Duration:
45 minutes
Objectives (Learning Goals):
In order to communicate effectively in English
students must have immediate recall of common nouns in both the
singular and the plural forms. Students can best learn irregular
plural nouns through repeated exposure in a variety of contexts;
the starboard activity forces the student to engage all of her
cognitive faculties (visual graphics, written word, and spoken
word.)
Rationale:
Fits in with a directed reading assignment
Technologies Used:
- Starboard and appurtenant accessories
- Internet Site: www.manythings.org/wbg/
Other Materials:
Betty Azar’s, Basic English Grammar
Oxford’s Monolingual Picture Dictionary
Learning and Teaching Activities:
This class is best taught after the students
have thoroughly understood the rules for forming regular plurals.
Before beginning the starboard presentation introduce the nouns
and their plural forms; this can be done with a paper reference
and reinforced with the verbal pronunciations.
The lesson taught through the above noted website
with the starboard has three components to reinforce the plural
forms. “Jigsaw” requires the student to click and
drag the appropriate plural form from the right side of the page
and join it to the singular form of the noun on the left side.
“Match Words” requires the students to reveal the
singular and plural forms of different nouns hidden behind twenty
panels. Students must remember the correct form and its location.
“Speed Words” requires the students to write the complement
(singular or plural) for each noun. The exercise requires the
student to complete the word and wordlist in a limited time frame.
Evaluation of Learning:
This particular set of exercises is outstanding
because while providing exercises for learning the material; the
student and teacher are provided with ongoing evaluation of the
student’s success in the form of a score.
*from Technology
Implementation — End-of-Year Report as of June 30, 2003, compiled
by Roger D. Pelletier, Director
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