Lesson plan

Teacher: Elena VasileDate: May 23rd, 2012Grade: 7th No. of students: 19 School: Pănătău Secondary SchoolTime of lesson: 50 minutesTextbook: SnapshotTitle: Past simple and Past continuous tense – final revision

Lesson aims/ objectives

1. To raise Ss’ awareness of the English language;2. To use correctly grammar in different communicational situations;3. To talk about past using Past simple tense and Past continuous tense;4. To stimulate creativity;5. To identify and compare linguistic aspects between English and Romanian.

Materials: Blackboard, laptop, power point presentations, worksheets, paper ball,

Skills involved: reading, speaking, listening and writingClass management: individual work, pairwork

Activity 1 Warm-up Aim: To create a pleasant atmosphere and to relax the Ss To get Ss involved in the topicProcedure:

1. Informal conversation, greetings2. Check if there are students missing3. Homework check

» The teacher throws a paper ball to some Ss and asks them the following :“What day is today?”“What is the weather like today?”“What’s your best friend’s name?“Tell me an English word starting with s / r / ”

Interaction

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Timing

2 min

3 min

» Did you have a homework for today? (the Ss had to revise the list of irregular verbs and the regular verbs)» Playing the ball game again. The T asks the Ss to tell the past tense forms of several verbs

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Activity 2 Lead in

Aim: to introduce the theme of the lessonProcedure: T writes on the blackboard the sentences: We visited our cousins last week.

She met Jack two years ago.» Then she asks the Ss to remember the use of the Simple PastUse: we use the Simple Past to talk about completed actions in the past.» T writes on the blackboard again:We visited our cousins last week. They were waiting for us.She met Jack two years ago at Sarah’s party. He was dancing.» T asks the Ss : Can you identify the tense in the examples?The Ss recognize the Past Continuous tense.

What do we use it for?Use: we use the Past Continuous tense to talk about actions which were in progress at a particular moment in the past.The actions can be:interrupted – when …happening at the same time – while…or as I……..

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10 min

Activity 3 Practice Aim: ConsolidationProcedure: T asks the Ss to have a look at the following sentences and to complete them.

I was picking fresh vegetables when...................................Elaine was still working on her project last night when…..……………………….when a tiger escaped from its cage.……………………………..while I was having a shower.The power went off in my room when………………………………………when a policeman arrested a young man.…………………………………when I heard a loud voice.Jessica was setting the table while……………………

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Activity 4 PracticeAim: Consolidation Procedure: T asks the Ss to look at the pictures. These were happening yesterday at noon. The Ss have to make sentences based on the pictures.

Activity 5 Reading comprehensionAim: to practice readingProcedure: The T asks the Ss to read the text below and find the error in the sentences.

A strange experience

Last month I was on holiday in Ireland with my mum and dad. One day, were driving through a small village. It was time for lunch, so we stopped at a restaurant.

It was a large, old building. We looked through the window. There were lots of people in the restaurant. They were eating, drinking and chatting. A musician was playing the violin. But there was something strange about the people. They weren’t wearing normal, modern clothes. They were wearing hats, jackets and dresses from another century. We couldn’t understand it. But we were hungry, so we opened the door.

When we went into the restaurant, everything was different. The people were wearing normal clothes. The musician wasn’t there… the music was on CD. It was a very strange experience. What is wrong about these sentences? Can you give the right answer?

1. Daniel was on holiday with his parents in Scotland.2. One day they were driving through a small

mountain town.3. They stopped at a restaurant to have dinner.4. All the people in the restaurant were dancing.5. There was a musician in the restaurant, too. He was

playing the piano.6. When Daniel and his parents looked through the

window the people in the restaurant were wearing normal clothes: jeans, shirts, suits.

15 min

- The T asks the Ss to identify / underline the verbs in the past simple and past continuous in the text.

Activity 6 Story makerAim: to practice listeningProcedure: T asks the Ss to pay close attention to what they are going to hear. They have to make similar dialogues using the Past simple and Past Continuous in other similar situations as the one given.

Team AMake a similar conversation using the cues below:

1. shop/ for clothes/ department store2. wait to pay/ man steal my purse3. security guard/ watch on video camera/ see

everything4. arrest the man/ leave the store

Team BMake a similar conversation using the cues below:

1. walk/ in the park/my friend Julie2. sit on a bench to have a rest/ a woman fall on the

ground3. a doctor/ run in the park/ see what happened4. give the woman first aid/ an ambulance arrive/ take

the woman to the hospital

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15 min

Activity 7 Giving homework and dismissing class 2 min

thank you for participating!