ROYAL UNIVERSITY OF PHNOM PENH (RUPP) DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (DOE)

INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES (IFL) LESSON PLAN TEACHING PRACTICUM, 2024-2025

Trainee’s Name: Hout KeoEynay Class: A1.3 Room: C11 Teaching Date: 03/04/2025
Supervisor: ROS Sokunmullika Associate Lecturer: NAT Panharith Time: 2:00-3:20 Duration: 80 Minutes
Subject: WS101
Lesson Objectives: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1) Identify five subject-verb agreement forms correctly from several sentences.
2) Correct subject-verb agreement mistakes accurately in a passage.
3) Construct 4 sentences with subject-verb agreement rule correctly in various sentence structures.

Topic / Theme Techniques and Activities Time Materials / Comments

Resource
Class opening: 5 min Attendant
• T walks into the class and greets students. list
• T chit chats with the students.
• T says, “Good afternoon, venerable and everyone. How are you doing today?
Have you eaten lunch yet? Have you had your coffee yet? How is the weather
today? Is it hot or is it okay?”
• T asks the Ss to put their name tag on their desks.
• T checks the registration.
Review:
• T reviews by asking two or three students to identify different types of sentences 5 min LCD T will give a hint if
Subject-verb
shown on the LCD slide Projector and Ss is stuck with the
agreement
Sentences: PowerPoint questions.
slides
• The cat climbed the tree.
• I wanted to go swimming, but the pool was closed.
• When the rain stopped, we went outside to play.
• The team practiced hard because they had a big game, and the coach was proud.
• T praises and gives feedback.

Transition:
• T may say, “Everyone seems to understand clearly the different types of
sentences. Now, let’s move on to what we will learn today.”
Warm-up: Should I stand or should I sit?
• T instructs Ss about this activity.
• T says, “Everyone, this activity is called “Should I stand or should I sit?” I will 5 min LCD
give you a sentence with a blank and 2 answers for everyone to choose from. If Projector and
your answer is on the blue ball, you have to stand up, and if your answer is on the PowerPoint
red ball, you remain seated. Are you clear, everyone?” slides
• T shows 3 sentences on the LCD slide.
Sentences:
• "Neither of the answers correct." Answer: is/are
• "Every student in the class to participate." Answer: need/needs
• "Some of the money missing." Answer: was/were
• T praise and give feedback.
Transition:
• T may say “Alright everyone, today we will learn about subject-verb agreement.”

Technique 1: Rule Formulation

• T briefly explains the definition of subject-verb agreement.
• Ss are put into 5 groups.
25 LCD
• T instructs Ss about this activity.
min Projector,
• T says, “Everyone, in this session, we will learn about 5 forms of different
PowerPoint
subject-verb agreement. I will give each group examples of one form, and each
slides,
group needs to figure out the form. At the same time, each group has to come up
speaker
to the board to write their form. Everyone has 10 minutes. Is everyone clear with
the instruction?”
• T provides a subject-verb agreement example handout to each group.
Rule:
• Rule 1: "Either of/Neither of" + plural noun + singular verb (Ex: "Neither of the
parents speaks Thai").
 • Rule 2: "Every/Each" + subject + singular verb (Ex: "Each person does his own
job").
• Rule 3: "Neither/Either + singular subj. + nor/or + singular subj. + singular
verb" (Ex: "Neither Tom nor his friend is going").
• Rule 4: "Neither/Either + singular subj. + nor/or + plural subj. + plural verb"
(Ex: "Neither Tom nor his friends are going").
• Rule 5: "All/Some/Majority etc. + singular/uncountable noun + singular verb"
(Ex: "Most of the house was burnt.").
• Ss are given 10 minutes to work on the task.
• Ss write their form on the whiteboard.
• T asks each group to explain their form.
• T praises and gives feedback.
• T checks Ss understanding by playing “Should I stand or should I sit” again.
Sentences:
• "Either of the options __________ suitable for the project." Answer: is/are
• "Neither the manager nor the employees __________ the new policy." Answer:
like/likes
• "Most of the information __________ accurate." Answer: seems/seem
Transition:
• T may say “Alright everyone, it seems like no one has any concern about the
adjective clause, so let’s move on to the next activity.”

Technique 2: Grammar police

• Ss are asked to work individually.
10 LCD
• T instructs the Ss about this activity.
min Projector,
• T provides a practice handout to each student.
practice
• Ss have to identify the mistake in the practice handout
handout,
• Ss have 5 minutes to work on this task. speaker,
• T walks around to help the Ss with any doubt.
 • T asks Ss to provide the answer orally. marker, and
• T gives feedback to Ss as a whole class. whiteboard.
Transition:
• T may say, "Alright, everyone. It seems you do not have any questions, so let's
move to another activity."

Technique 3: Planning a trip

• T puts the students into 5 groups. 15 LCD If there is a time

• T shows the topic on the LCD projector. min Projector constraint, the

Topic: teacher may reduce

• Plan a trip for the Khmer New Year. the number of

• T instructs Ss. sentences for each

group.
Instruction: “Okay, everyone, I’ve divided you into 5 groups. Your task is to plan
a trip for the Khmer New Year. I want each group to write 4 sentences about your
trip, using the various sentence structures and applying one subject-verb
agreement rule per sentence. Does anyone have any questions about the task or
subject-verb agreement?”
• T asks a few Ss to check their understanding of the instruction.
Question:
- How many sentences do you have to write?
- How much time do you have for this activity?
• After 10 minutes, T asks one student from each group to write a sentence on the
board.
• T praises and gives feedback.
Transition:
• T may say, "Alright everyone, since the last activity has come to an end, let me
cover what we have learned today. "
 Class closing: 5 min

• T wraps up what Ss have learned from today’s session.

• T asks Ss if they have any questions about the lesson.
• T dismisses the class.

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