Level one functional skills- accurately using 'a' 'an' 'the'

This PowerPoint goes through the grammatical rules of choosing the correct article in written English
1. Today’s lesson plan- objectives
2. Lesson warm up- how many words can you make from the letters given
3. An introduction to articles
4. The difference between two sentences- one with ‘a’ and one with 'the’
5. Terminology- space for the class to give definitions for ‘definite article’, ‘indefinite article’ ‘count noun’ and 'uncount noun’
6. Some grammatical rules
7. Noun sorting activity - sorting count and uncount (resource two is the student resource for this activity. This slide is left blank for teacher to put the nouns in the relevant categories as students give answers.
8. Some examples with missing articles to complete as a group
9. The rules for choosing ‘a’ or 'an’
10. The rules for using 'the’
11. Writing task to use articles- students asked to chose a recipe they like to make and list the ingredients and some basic instructions, as food is a good way to use articles.