Class

: 4 Efficient

Date

: 29th April 2015

Duration

: 10.25 11.25 am

Theme/ Context

: World of Knowledge

Topic

: Unit 7- Past Continuous Tense

Main Skill

: Grammar

Content Standard

: 5.1 By the end of the 6- year primary schooling, pupils will be able to use different word classes
correctly and appropriately.

Learning Standard

: 5.1.3 Able to use verbs correctly and appropriately:

(d) past continuous tense

Language Focus

: Past Continuous Tense (Sentence Pattern)

Behavioural Objectives

: By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. Transform the present tense into past tense at least 4 out 5 correctly.
2. Create sentences in past continuous tense at least 5 out 6 correctly.

Instructional Materials

: Worksheet, Sentence Structure Table, Song

Educational Emphasis

: CCTS- Associating and Analysing

Moral Value: Hardworking

Stage/Time

Set

Content
Aural-Oral Questions

Teaching/Learning Activity
1. Teacher paste the sentence structure

Rationale
- As a lead in to

Remarks
-Sentence

1. What can you see on the table?

table on the board.

the topic of the

Structure

2. What do you think you will learn

2. Teacher tells the students to listen to the

day

Table

today?

song first and repeat the song after that.

Song

3. Teacher asks the students what will they

lesson in a fun

learn today after looking at the table and

way

Induction

To

start

the

-Song

listen to the song given.

4. Teacher leads the students to the topic
of

the

day

which

is

about

present

continuous tense.
Presentatio
n

Sentence Structure
How
many?
A
Several

Subject
girl
students

Be
was
were

Verb+ing

What/Where/

eating
watching

Who
A sandwich.
the football
game

1. Teacher asks the students to focus their

- To give input to

-Sentence

attention to the table.

the

Structure

2. Teacher explains to the students what

about

the table all about is and how to use them.

grammar

3.

and

Students

listen

to

the

teacher

explanation.
5. Teacher asks the students to tell what is
happening in the picture.
Students

questions.

the

respond

to

teachers

point

sentence

construction.

4. Teacher shows a picture to the students.

6.

students

Table
-Picture

7. Teacher do a modelled writing based on

the picture and asked the students to listen

Practice

Transform The Sentences

and look carefully.

1. Teacher distributes worksheet to the

Instruction:

students.

opportunity

1. Change the sentences into past

2. Teacher gives instruction to the students

the students to

continuous tense.

on what they should do.

practice the input

2. Refer to the table in order to do

3.

the task given.

instruction.

Students

listen

to

the

teachers

To

give
for

given to them.

4. Students proceed to the work given.

5. After they have finished, teacher discuss
the answer together with the students.
Production

Worksheet-Sentence

1. Teacher distributes worksheet to the

- To consolidate

Construction

students.

students

1. was/She/walking/in the garden

2. Teacher gives instruction to the students

knowledge on the

2. boys/ Two / were /playing/

on what should they do.

grammar

badminton at the field.

3.

3. gardener/The/weeding/was/under

instruction.

the tree.

4. Students proceed to the task given and

4. were/They/carrying/ the flower

the teacher will walk around to check on

pots.

students progress. Guidance will be given

5. was/ watering/ Ai Mei / the

if necessary.

flowers.

5. After the students have finished their

6. planting/were/They/sunflowers.

work, they will submit it to the teacher.

Students

listen

to

the

teachers

and

point

sentence

construction.

-Worksheet

Summary
Closure

1. Teacher recaps the lesson by asking

- To summarize

questions on what they students have

the whole lesson.

learned on that day.

2. Teacher asks the students to sing the
song once again.

Reflection: