Lesson plan

Teacher: Chiorean Maria Raluca School: coala Gimnazial Sf. Ilie Toplia-Harghita Date: 23nd April 2013 Class: the 6th Level: Pre-Intermediate Lesson: Present Tense Simple Skills: Listening,reading,speaking,writing Time: 50 minutes Lesson aims: 1) to learn about the Simple present Tense 2) to make the difference between Simple Present and Present Continuous Tense(definition, structure 3) to reinforce the use of Simple Present 4) to use correctly the tenses in sentences Activity 1 Aims: checking homework Procedure: Students read their homework. Interaction: T-Ss Timing: 7 Activity 2 Aim:- to introduce simple present tense: form, use and spelling notes Procedure:1- Teacher writes on the blackboard the three forms: affirmative ,negative, interrogative and explains when we are add s for the third person singular and that verbs ending in ch, -sh, -x, -o, -ss add es instead of s alone, to form the third person singular. Interaction:T-Ss Timing:10 Anticipated problems: none

2- Teacher writes on the blackboard the adverbs that Simple Present is often used with: always, never, often, sometimes, every week and explains the sts that Simple Present expresses habitual, repetitive actions. Teacher writes on the blackboard a verb and asks the students to conjugate the verb at simple Present (affirmative, negative, interrogative). Interaction:T-Ss Timing :10 Anticipated problems: Students may have difficulties in conjugating the verb, they may not know when we to add s or -es. Teacher explains by offering examples. Activity 3 Aims:- to make the difference between Simple Present and Present Continuous - define and give the structure of present continuous - give examples of time adverbs used with these tenses. Procedure:1- Students are asked to explain when is Present Continuous used and to present the three forms: affirmative, negative, interrogative and to make a parallel between the two tenses. Students are also asked to give examples of time adverbs used with these tenses. They do this task. Interaction:T-Ss Timing:10 Anticipated problems: Students may have difficulties in expressing themselves. Teacher helps them. Activity 4 Aims:- to reinforce the use of Present Simple and Present Continuous - to develop the students ability to choose the right variant out of two when it comes to two different tenses. - to solve the exercises specific to the activity Procedure:1- The teacher proposes the students to identify the right tense that is to be used in each sentence in exercise 1 from

the textbook, paying attention to the time adverb used. The students solve the exercise and one of them reads it. The others correct him/her, if necessary. Interaction:T-Ss Timing:5 Anticipated problems: The students may have problems in solving the exercise. The teacher gives information. Activity 5 Aims: to solve the exercises specific to the activity Procedure: Students are given two other types of exercises: choose the right form , put the verb in the brackets in the Present Simple (A,N,I). Students solve the exercises and teacher asks them to motivate their answer. Interaction:T-Ss Timing: 8 Anticipated problems: The students may have difficulties in solving the exercises. The teacher will gently correct the mistakes and explain again the points where they didnt seem to have understood well. Homework: exercise D/138; F,G/139