Maple Court House Rules · Tutor Plan

Lesson aim

Evidence to collect

The learner scans a practical welcome sheet for times, places, and permissions and gives clear rules with imperatives and can or can’t.

Language lens

Give rules with imperatives and can or can’t

The sheet uses imperatives, the base verb with no subject, to tell residents what to do. Don’t plus the base verb says what not to do. Can and can’t say what is allowed or not allowed.

Suggested sequence

Timing

1. 2–3 min · Discuss the opening questions about home rules.
2. 3 min · Read once for the purpose and once to find each label.
3. 4 min · Complete comprehension and point to the line with the answer.
4. 3 min · Notice imperatives and can or can’t and complete the check.
5. 3–5 min · Explain real rules aloud or write a short welcome sheet.

Anticipated problems

Watch and respond

• The learner may read only the first time in a section and miss the end time or the word every.
• The learner may say Not leave or You don’t can instead of Don’t leave or You can’t.
• The learner may add to after can, as in You can to have a dog.

Short lesson

If time is limited

Read the Trash, Laundry, and Repairs sections only, answer questions one, two, and four, and finish with three spoken rules for the learner’s home.

Extended lesson

If the learner needs more

Role-play a new resident calling Mr. Okafor with two questions, then change one rule and ask the learner to rewrite that section politely.