Prepositions+for+7th+Grade

**About Me:**



Hello!

I am Mrs. Pérez. I am a future English teacher who wants to do her best at what she is good at. I currently live in Puerto Rico and the students that I teach are second language learners. I love teaching English as a Second Language. I enjoy using technology in the classroom.

In this module you will learn everything you need to know about prepositions.

1. Objectives:  A. Through the study of prepositions of place, the students will identify and apply them correctly.  B. Given enough information about prepositions of time, the student will identify them adequately.  C. After reading about the prepositions of direction, the student will identify them without mistake. D. Finished the study of all three types of prepositions, the student will present a picture that portraits each one correctly.

2. Skills covered: Parts of Speech/ Prepositions

3. Types of activities: PowerPoint games and presentations, hot potatoes quizzes

4. Programs used: PowerPoint, HotPotatoes

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">5. Standards applied: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Puerto Rico Stadnards of Education: The student applies the parts of speech. National Education Technology Standards:<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 90%;"> Creativity and Innovation <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 90%;">Lo Ti Framework: Level 1 Awareness and Level 2 Exploration

=<span style="color: #ba1212; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Part I: Introduction** =

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">Welcome to the Prepositions Module!



How much do you know about prepositions? That is what we must find out first!

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">**Pre-test**


 * Instructions**: Click on the link below to take the pre-test.



<span style="color: #ba1212; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Part II: Content**



<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">What are prepositions?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">**Preposition**: what links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">A preposition usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">For example: > > > > > >
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Pam is running **__towards__** Bill.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The man runned **__across__** the bridge.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Liz went **__through__** the tunnel.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">There are three types of prepositions: > <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Download and read the following presentation for a general overview of prepositions. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Prepositions of Time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Prepositions of Place
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Prepositions of Movement

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Watch the following videos to help you understand each preposition:

Prepositions of Time Video

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Prepositions of Place Video

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Prepositions of Movement Video

Now, let's practice!

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">Practice Exercise I: Prepositions of Time Cloze Exercise Instructions: Fill in the blank with one of the prepositions provided.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">The best season is summer. [ ] (during, at, on) summer I can wake up [ ] (at, on, in) 10:00am because I do not have to go to school. [ ] (during, since, for) summer, I get to play all I want. I go to the beach [ ] (on, at, in) Sundays. I can also stay up [ ] (during, until, since) 11:00pm. I cannot wait for summer to be here!

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">Practice Exercise II: Prepositions of Place

Cloze Exercise Instructions: Fill in the blank with one of the prepositions provided.



<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;"> My cat is very unpredictable. When I am watching TV he sits [ ] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">(on, over, above) the sofa with me. A few minutes later, he is staring at the fish [ ] (in, on, over) the tank. When I am eating, my cat is usually [ ] (over, under, above) the table. After finishing eating, I go to my bedroom and I find my cat [ ] (in, on, beside) my bed. When I woke up in the morning my cat sometimes scares me because he can be standing [ ] (under, above, in front) of me. This cat of mine will kill me of a heart attack one day!

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">Practice Exercise III: Prepositions of Movement

Cloze Exercise Instructions: Fill in the blank with one of the prepositions provided.



<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Flying a plane is a unique experience. You can fly [ ] (to, from, towards) the sun and never reach it. Soaring [ ](to, towards, through) never ending blue skies. The plane can fly [ ] (over, to, in) the clouds and disappear [ ] (into, under, towards) them. I will fly [ ] (over, under, across) the skies for ever.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">Special Project

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Instructions: Post a picture of at least one preposition of each type and make a sentence with it. Underline the preposition in your sentence.

Example:

Preposition of Time:

Today, I woke up __at__ 10:10 am.

Preposition of Place:



The dog is __on__ the sofa.

Preposition of Movement:



The train is heading __towards__ the tunnel.

Now that you have seen an example, find your pictures and send them to me via e-mail in a Word Document.

=<span style="color: #ba1212; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 48px;">**Part III: Evaluation Information** =

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Special Project Evaluation

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">25 points


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Criteria || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Yes || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">No || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Score ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Includes at least three prepositions, one for each type. ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> /5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Includes at least three pictures, one for each type of preposition. ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> /5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Includes a sentence explaining each picture. ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> /5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Underlines the preposition correctly. ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> /5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The prepositions is accurate with the picture. ||  ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> /5 ||

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Part IV: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teacher’s Section

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 150%;">Puerto Rico Standards of Education

WRITING: The student effectively communicates to a variety of audiences in all forms of writing through the use of the writing process, proper grammar, and age- appropriate expressive vocabulary. The student: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 110%;">W.7.2 Applies the parts of speech…

READING: The student uses reading strategies, literary analysis, and critical thinking skills to construct meaning and develop an understanding as well as an appreciation of a variety of genres of both fiction and nonfiction. The student: R.7.2 Applies context clues, reference sources, and other vocabulary expansion strategies to assess word meaning using prior knowledge to relate to new meaning...

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">National Education Technology Standards <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes. b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

Lo Ti Framework > At a Level 1 (Awareness), the instructional focus emphasizes information dissemination to students (e.g., lectures, teacher-created multimedia presentations) and supports the lecture/discussion approach to teaching. Teacher questioning and/or student learning typically focuses on lower cognitive skill development (e.g., knowledge, comprehension). > > Digital tools and resources are either (1) used by the classroom teacher for classroom and/or curriculum management tasks (e.g., taking attendance, using grade book programs, accessing email, retrieving lesson plans from a curriculum management system or the Internet), (2) used by the classroom teacher to embellish or enhance teacher lectures or presentations (e.g., multimedia presentations), and/or (3) used by students (usually unrelated to classroom instructional priorities) as a reward for prior work completed in class.
 * **LoTi Level 1 - Awareness**

> At a Level 2 (Exploration) the instructional focus emphasizes content understanding and supports mastery learning and direct instruction. Teacher questioning and/or student learning focuses on lower levels of student cognitive processing (e.g., knowledge, comprehension) using the available digital assets. > > Digital tools and resources are used by students for extension activities, enrichment exercises, or information gathering assignments that generally reinforce lower cognitive skill development relating to the content under investigation. There is a pervasive use of student multimedia products, allowing students to present their content understanding in a digital format that may or may not reach beyond the classroom.
 * **LoTi Level 2 - Exploration**

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