BOIOARA SECONDARY SCHOOL

TEACHER: ANGHELU MELANIA

LESSON PLAN

Date Textbook SNAPSHOT, LONGMAN

Class VII Unit 7 YOU'RE NICOLA, AREN'T YOU?
Number of Ss 11 Title/Topic of the PAST SIMPLE AND PRESENT PERFECT
lesson SIMPLE
Level INTERMEDIATE Type of lesson MIXED LESSON
Time of lesson 50 MIN.

AIMS:

1. To reactivate students' schemata;

2. To practise and learn the usage of simple past and present perfect simple;
3. To differenciate between the simple past and the present perfect simple;
4. To encourage students to learn English language through dialogues, games, conversation;
5. To develop reading, writing, speaking and listening skills

AIDS/MATERIALS: the board, pictures, worksheets, coursebook, workbook

TEACHING METHODS: the audio-lingual approach, the audio-visual approach, the communicative approach, the natural approach

TEACHING TECHNIQUES: observation, conversation, repetition, discussion, exercise

 STAGES OF THE LESSON

Activity Timing Aims Procedures Skills Interaction/class

management

Activity 1 2 min -to create a - The teacher greets the students and checks attendance Speaking T-Ss
Organizing the relaxed /a proper - the students greet and prepare for the lesson
class atmosphere for
teaching the new
lesson

Activity 2 5 min. -to check - The teacher asks Ss about their homework Speaking T-Ss
Checking previous - The teacher assesses the homework Active listening S-S
homework and knowledge - The teacher checks Ss previous knowledge regarding past
previous -to give Ss simple and present perfect simple
knowledge feedback on their - Ss listen, check or interevaluate the homework of
knowledge and deskmates
homework

Activity 3 1 min. -to create interest -The teacher announces the new lesson, writes on the Speaking, T-Ss
Transition to the in the new lesson blackboard the topic, title, key structures active listening,
new lesson - to familiarize Ss - The teacher explains the new focus of the new lesson and writing
to the new lesson announces the objectives
- The teacher elicits from Ss vocabulary related to the new
lesson
- Ss talk to the teacher ,give answers to question, write down
on their notebooks the notes on the blackboard
Activity 4 Speaking T-Ss
Presentation 10 min. -to learn when to -The teacher uses examples in order to explain the Active listening Individual work
(past simple vs use past simple difference between the past simple and the present perfect Writing
present perfect and when to use simple, then she asks the students to complete the rules Reading
simple) present perfect written on the board
simple - Ss listen, write in their notebooks, and complete the rules
- to reactivate
students'
schemata
 T-Ss
Activity 5 5 min -To practise the -T gives each student a worksheet and asks them to fill in the Speaking IW
Practice use of the tenses blanks with the appropriate tense. See exercise A from Listening PW
Annex 1 Writing
-Ss listen and complete the exercise individually at first, then Reading
they check their answers in pairs.
-T checks their work

Activity 6 5 min. -to practise -T draws two faces on the board, one on the left and one on
Practice understanding of the right, and asks the students to copy these into their Listening T-Ss
the rules notebooks. She tells the class that the person on the left is Reading IW
called Charles, that he was a famous explorer, and that he
lived in the 15th century. The person on the right is called
Brian, he is also an explorer, and he is 70 this year.
T gives each student a sentence about each explorer. See
Annex 1, exercise B
-Ss have to stick their sentences under the appropriate
picture
-T checks and correct if necessary

Activity 7 10 min -to develop Listening T-Ss

Practice speaking and -T divides the class into groups of 5 and 6, and then asks the Speaking GW
writing skills students to imagine that they are going to interview Brian and Reading
William (Charles'great great....... grandson). Writing
-Ss prepare their questions and answers and then they
report back to the class.
Activity 8
Use 5 min. -to use correctly -T organises the class in pairs and asks the students to ask Speaking T-Ss
the two tenses and answer true questions with Have you ever....?, Did Listening PW
you....?, and How long.......? Writing

-Ss listen, think of some questions, and act out short

dialogues in front of the class

Final activity 3 min. -to assign

homework
ANNEX 1

A. Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect or the Past Tense:
1. I (not play) football since I (break) my leg.
2. We (not see) them for ages! Where they (be)?
3. Tom (play) football when he ( be) at school.
4. You ever (eat) snails? No, I never (eat) snails.
5. When George (come) into the room, Lucy (sit) in an armchair in a corner of the room.
George (not see) Lucy and he (go) to the bookcase and (choose) a book.
Then, Lucy (cough) and George (turn) round quickly and (say): "Excuse me,
I (not see) you.
6. Mother (be) in the kitchen for half an hour.

B. Put each sentence under the appropriate picture:

1. Charles was an explorer.
2. Brian is an explorer.
3. He went to many countries.
4. He has been to many countries.
5. He has been to the North Pole.
6. He went to Japan.
7. He has never been to the South Pole.
8. He has crossed the Gobi Desert.
9. He crossed the Sahara Desert.
10. He never explored in America.
11. He went to China three times.
12. He has been to India twice.
13. He has explored in six continents.