Lesson 4

Asking About Classroom Objects

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Visual aides for Lesson 4

Objectives: To be able to ask for the whereabouts of personal belongings.

To be able to identify the locations of objects in the classroom.

Dialog:

A. Where's my book?

B. I don't know. Look on the shelf.

A. Which shelf?

B. Try the top one.

A. It's not there.

B. Check in the desk drawer.

A. Here it is. Thanks.

Practice 1: Commands, Listen and Do

Stand up.

Go over to the book stand.

Look on the top shelf.

Go over to the filing cabinet.

Look in the bottom drawer.

Go over to the desk.

Check in the middle drawer.

Go back to your seat.

Sit down.

Practice 2: Vocabulary Expansion

Look on the	top shelf
	middle
	bottom

Practice 3: Ordinal Numbers

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
FIRST	SECOND	THIRD	FOURTH	FIFTH
6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
SIXTH	SEVENTH	EIGHTH	NINTH	TENTH

Practice 4: Vocabulary Expansion

Check	in the	top drawer.
Look		middle
Try		bottom
		first
		second
		third

Practice 5: Commands, Listen and Do

Stand up.	Look behind the desk.
Go over to the desk.	Look beside the desk.
Look under the desk.	Try on top of the desk.

Practice 6: Vocabulary Expansion

Look in the	desk drawer.	Check	under the	table.
	filing cabinet.		on	desk
	box.		behind	chair
	folder.		beside
	briefcase.

Practice 7: Game

The teacher closes her eyes while the students hide various possessions, such as book, pencil, pen, notebook, watch, etc.

The teacher opens her eyes and asks:: T. Where's my __________?; S. Look under the desk.; T. It's not there.; S. Try on the shelf.; T. Which shelf?; S. The __________ one.

Practice 8: Vocabulary Expansion

Where's my	book?
	pencil?
	pen?
	folder?
	watch?

Practice 9: Role Play

A. Where's my book?

B. I don't know. Look on the shelf.

A. Which shelf?

B. Try the top one.

A. It's not there.

B. Check in the desk drawer.

A. Here it is. Thanks.