Under

Lead-in

  • Do you prefer in-person or digital banks?
  • Do you prefer physical or digital money?
    • I prefer …

Presentation

Top Down

  • Read the text and fill in the blank.
    • These tips are for you to hide money in ______.
  • Public
  • Your home
  • The street
  • Public
  • Your home
  • The street

Effective Places to Hide Money

  1. In a plastic bottle in the tank behind your toilet.
  2. In an envelope under your bed.
  3. In a plastic baggie in the freezer.
  4. In a sock in your sock drawer.
  5. In an empty aspirin bottle.
  1. In the pocket of a specific shirt in your closet
  2. Between pages in a book
  3. Inside your Christmas decoration box
  4. In a plastic baggie inside of a coffee container
  5. In an envelope inside of a DVD case

Adapted from Source

Bottom Up

  • Match the pictures with the tips. The first one is done for you.

Post

  • Which tips do you think are good ideas?
    • I think … are good ideas.
  • Which do you think are bad?
    • I think … are bad ideas.
  • Where do you hide your money?
    • I hide my money …

Target Language

Prepositions of place

In

  • My favorite pen is in my pencil case.
  • Your notebook is in your locker.
  • I live in Brazil. It’s a great country.

On

  • My coat is on the table.
  • My cat likes to sleep on my keyboard.
  • I live on Cherry Street.

Under

  • My dog is under the table.
  • My cat likes to sleep under my bed.
  • Your book is under my backpack.

In front of

  • The bus stop is in front of my house.
  • The plants are in front of the window.
  • My glasses are in front of my face.

Behind

  • The red car is behind the blue car.
  • My bed is behind me.
  • The interface is behind the microphone.

Next to

  • I let my pencil case next to my computer.
  • There are a lot of people next to the mall.
  • The train station is next to the shoe shop.

Between

  • John is between Mary and Ana.
  • The cheese is between the bread.
  • My nose is between my eyes.

Pre

  • Do you hide your money? Why?
    • Yes, I do.
    • No, I don’t.

Controlled Practice

  • Learn the prepositions hand dance. Then, watch, sing and dance along.

Freer Practice

Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks. There is one example.

  1. Little eggs are next to and ______ a big egg.
  2. The book and a cup of coffee are ______ the table.
  3. The cat is ______ the car.
  4. The bicycle is ______ the building.
  1. The girl is ______ the picture frame.
  2. The yellow house is ______ the blue house.
  3. The bird is ______ two flowers.
  1. Little eggs are next to and in a big egg.
  2. The book and a cup of coffee are on the table.
  3. The cat is under the car.
  4. The bicycle is in front of the building.
  1. The girl is behind the picture frame.
  2. The yellow house is next to the blue house.
  3. The bird is between two flowers.

Production

Describe the pictures using prepositions.

Example: Where is the ball? > The ball is in his hand.

Homework

Write the names of the objects.

Complete the sentences.

  1. The cat is ______ the box. 

  2. The cat is ______ the box. 

  3. The cat is ______ the boxes.

  4. The cat is ______ the box.

  5. The cat is ______ the box.

  1. The cat is in the box.

  2. The cat is next to the box

  3. The cat is between the boxes.

  4. The cat is in front of the box.

  5. The cat is behind the box.

Choose the correct option. 

Example: There is money in / between the envelope. > There is money in the envelope.

  1. The bottle is in / under the desk.

  2. The closet is behind / on me.

  3. The bed is between / in front of you.

  4. The socks are in / behind the drawer.

  5. John is on / between Mary and Peter.

  1. The bottle is under the desk.

  2. The closet is behind me.

  3. The bed is in front of you.

  4. The socks are in the drawer.

  5. John is between Mary and Peter.

Form sentences using the images and words below

  1. is / cat / the / keyboard

2. six feet / people / stay

  3. the / rest / trash / put / the

  4. girl / the / is / water

  5. is / tree / Ricardo and Anna / the

  1. The cat is on the keyboard.

2. Stay six feet behind people.

  3. Put the rest in the trash.

  4. The girl is under the water.

  5. The tree is between Ricardo and Anna.

Correct the sentences.

  1. The money is under the coffee jar.

  2. His hat is in his head.

  3. He hides his money between his socks.

  4. Yellow is next to orange and blue.

  5. Her mask is behind her face.

  1. The money is in the coffee jar.

  2. His hat is on his head.

  3. He hides his money in his socks.

  4. Yellow is between orange and blue.

  5. Her mask is on her face.

Writing

Write about where you hide or place things in your house.