Our class

Unit 1. Our Class

School:

Date:

Teacher’s name:

Class:

Number present:

absent:

Theme of the Lesson:

Grammar practice. Recount stories

Learning objective(s) that this lesson is contributing to

6.6.9.1 use appropriately an increased variety of present and past simple active and some passive forms on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics

6.6.3.1 use common participles as adjectives and order adjectives correctly in front of nouns on a growing range of familiar general and curricular topics

Lesson objectives

• To use appropriately present and past simple active forms

• To use adjectives and order adjectives correctly in creating stories

Assessment criteria

• A learner can use present and past tenses

• A learner can use adjectives properly in their stories

Value links

The lesson is aimed at improving students’ motivation, self-management and collaborative skills

Cross curricular links

Education, the lesson is aimed at practicing Present and Past Tenses while discussing Primary school experiences.

Previous learning

Schools around world

Plan

Planned timings

Planned timings

Resources

Beginning

0-3

3-8

Organizational moment

Teacher presents the lesson objectives, explains students what they would be able to do by the end of this lesson.

1. Warming-up. Brainstorming

Learners tell each other stories about their time in primary school (P)

What was exciting to do at school?

When were you bored at school?

What and why were you interested in?

Middle

8-15

15-25

25-35

2. Focus on grammar

The Simple Present Tense is used:

• To express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes.

E.g I smoke (habit); I work in Almaty (unchanging situation); Shymkent is a big city (general truth).

• Be careful! The simple present is not used to express actions happening now.

• In the third person singular the verb always ends in –s. He wants, she needs, he gives

• Negative and question forms use DOES: Does he want ice cream? He does not want vanilla.

• Verbs ending in –y: the third person changes the –y to –ies: fly ---flies, cry ---cries. Exception: if there is a vowel before the –y: play-plays, pray-prays.

• Add –es to verb ending in: -ss,-x, -sh, -ch; he passes, she catches, he fixes, it pushes.

The Simple Past Tense

The simple past tense, sometimes called the preterite, is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now. The simple past is the basic form of past tense in English. The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past and action duration is not important.

E.g. He lived in Aktau in 1985. We went to America last year.

• You always use the simple past when you say when something happened, so it is associated with certain past time expressions.

• Note: the word ago is a useful way of expressing the distance into the past. It is placed after the period of time: a week ago, three years ago, a minute ago.

• Be careful! The simple past in English may look like a tense in your own language, but the meaning may be different.

3. (FA) Focus on writing

Ask learners to write about their experiences in Primary school. Many learners do not know Past forms of Irregular verbs, there is a table of Irregular verbs in Handout (2).Print it in advance to provide learners or you can also display in a smart board if there is a chance to do it.

E.g: What were the worst things there?

What were the best things there?

What did they like in primary school?

What was difficult?

Assessment criteria:

-writes at least 50-60 words

-uses Present and Past Tenses correctly

-has a few spelling mistakes

4. Practice

Ask learners to do some practical exercises. Exercise are divided into levels, Level A for strong learners, Level B for middle and Level C for low ones.

Answers:

Level A

1.Do you live with your mother?

2. Where does Kate have lunch?

3. When do you go to the cinema?

4. Do you listen to the radio in the morning?

5.Where do they play football?

6.Does she study French?

7.Does his brother work in the center?

Level B

1.Do 2. Do 3. Does 4. Do 5. Does 6. Does 7. Does 8. Do 9. Does 10. Do

Level C

1.go2. Read 3. Don’t 4. Live 5. Doesn’t 6. Stop

7. Watches

Handout 1

www.britishcouncil.kz

www.ef.com

PPT Present Simple

Or video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLA58CSIf3M

www.ef.com

Past Simple

Handout 2

http://esol.britishcouncil.org/content/learners/skills/writing/write-about-past-events-your-life

English file, Elementary Unit 1, WB p 7-8

Handout 2

35-40

At the end of the lesson, learners reflect on their learning:

• What is Present Simple Tense?

• When do we use this tense?

• When do we use Past Simple?

• What is the auxiliary verb of Past Simple?

• What auxiliary verbs are used in third person for Present Simple Tense?

DIFFERENTIATION – how do you plan to give more support? How do you plan to challenge the more able learners?

ASSESSMENT – how are you planning to check learners’ learning?

Health and safety rules

Teacher helps weaker students with some vocabulary and grammatical issues.

Grammatical exercises are divided into three levels as Level A/B/C.

Monitoring learners writing, evaluating their writing according to the following assessment criteria.

writes at least 50-60 words

-uses Present and Past Tenses correctly

-has a few spelling mistakes

-Chairs, wastebaskets, electrical cords, and other articles should not be left where they will become a tripping hazard.

-Desk drawers, cabinet doors and file drawers should not be left open while unattended. Pull only one drawer out at a time. Heavier items should be loaded in the lower file drawers to prevent the file from tipping over.

-Approved ladders or other safe support should be used to reach materials on high shelves, bulletin boards, or other high elevations.