The document discusses teaching grammar in language classrooms. It defines grammaring as focusing on using grammar structures accurately and appropriately in context rather than just learning rules. It then provides a sample lesson plan for teaching the simple past tense to intermediate elementary students over 40 minutes, including warm-up, pre-activity, and post-activity exercises as well as homework. It concludes with a sample micro-teaching video on teaching the past tense through a bedtime story.

1. Teaching Grammar in language classrooms Yoonjung Choi, MinJung Choi, JuYoung Jeon, Jahyun Son

2. Contents What is grammaring? 2. Lesson plan 3. Micro-teaching

3. What is grammaring?

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5. “ A set of rules for memorization?” “ In most cases, students don't need to know about the language, they need to be able to use the language.” -> Grammaring ( coined by Diane Larsen-Freeman) **more than grammar - ongoing process in a particular context, not static knowledge - not about knowing language systems, but about knowing how to use language - the fifth skill to use grammar structures accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately **more than teaching - not only teaching rules - by helping students learn how to figure out their language choices in grammar

6. Lesson Plan

7. Student Level: Intermediate level (3rd graders at Elementary) Class Time: 40 minutes Focus: Grammaring Materials: Video clips, storybooks, PC connected internet, powerpoint slides, worksheets.

8. Students will be able to : - understand the differences between the present tense and the past tense. - gain competence to use appropriate the simple past tense verb in a variety of situation. - communicate and describe what happened in the past by using the simple past tense. Topic: What did you do yesterday? (The Simple Past Tense)

9. Assumptions: Students already know how to make sentences and how the sentences are structured. Students are intermediate level. Students are already aware of some past tense verbs and uses.

10. Teacher will show a video clip to introduce the topic. Teacher will ask students what they saw on the video clip to show the difference between the present tense and the simple past tense. Warm – up

11. T will show a short story to the students and highlights the simple past tense verbs. T hands out a worksheet to each student. Ss will choose words from the picture and create their own personalized stories. As a group, Ss will share stories and complete. T will give some correction or feedback. Pre-Activity

12. Ss will do the Omok activity as a group. Teacher will encourage Ss to talk to one another about what they did yesterday and choose/use the simple past tense of verb. Teacher will monitor/find mistakes and correct them. Post-Activity

13. 1. Rewrite the story using the simple past tense verbs. 2. Draw a crazy bathroom based on your own story. Homework

14. Micro - Teaching

15. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2YBanMRBqY&feature=related

16. The story title is..

17. He gave cookies to the mommy hamster. 9 minutes till Bedtime

18. He brushed his teeth. 7 minutes till Bedtime

19. He wore his pajamas.

20. He read the story with hamster friends. 5 minutes till Bedtime

21. 3 minutes till Bedtime He took a bath.

22. He said , “ Good night ” to hamster friends. 2 minutes till Bedtime

23. His dad gave a good night kiss. 1 minute till Bedtime

24. Finally, he fell asleep.