ELA Lesson Plan — Timekeepers: An Interactive Procedure Understanding

Objective: Introduce students to conjunctions and enable them to identify and use them effectively in sentences.

Lesson Flow:

1. Warm-up Exercise:

   • Magical Potion Narrative: Engage students with a captivating story that subtly introduces conjunctions.

2. Introduction to FANBOYS:

   • Learn about the acronym "FANBOYS" which stands for common conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So.

3. Practice Exercises:

   • Students work on exercises designed to help them identify and correctly use conjunctions in sentences.

4. Application Activity:

   • Describing Sunday Routine: Students describe their typical Sunday, integrating conjunctions to enhance their narratives.

5. Additional Practice:

   • Supplementary exercises provided for students to reinforce their understanding of conjunctions.

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