School: Asia Pacific Smart School (APSS)

Form: Secondary 3 Jupiter

Date: 1st April 2019
Time: 2.20a.m – 3.00p.m
Enrolment: 19 students
Proficiency Level: Intermediate & Low

Theme: People

Topic: Grammar – Past Continuous Tense

Main Skill: Writing

Sub Skills: Reading & Speaking

By the end of the lesson, Students will be able to

understand the usage and form of Present Continuous
General Objective:
Tense; to recognize it and to use it in examples, written
and oral language.
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
i. to talk about an action that something was
happening around a particular time in the past.

ii. Form 6 Past Continuous sentences by using the

Specific Objectives:
words given correctly

iii. Work in groups to write a short essay using the

Past Continuous Tense

Grammatical Items: Verbs, Simple Past Tense

Co-operation (group work), Communication skills,

Moral Values:
HOTS
Teaching Aids: White board, marker pen, power point slides, worksheets
Stages/ Time Rationale Teacher’s Activities Students’ Activities Teaching Aids
Set Induction  To get  Teacher asks students what  Students answer the  Power point
(5 minutes) students’ they were doing at certain questions by using presentation
attention times in past. correct usage of Past  Whiteboard
Continuous Tense.
 Students guess the
topic that they learn for
the day.

Presentation  To help  Teacher informs students the  Students listen to  Power point
(15 minutes) students focus of the lesson today teacher’s explanation. presentation
understand the which will be the Past
lesson of the Continuous Tense.
day  Teacher explains the lesson by
showing the examples.
 Teacher also recalls on the
grammar taught in previous
class (Simple Past Tense)

Practice  To evaluate  Teacher gives instructions to  Students listen to  Worksheet

(5 minutes) students’ students. teacher’s instructions.
understanding  Students get into their
  To help  Teacher explains on the lesson groups.
students (worksheet)  Students complete the
develop their task
co-operation &
communication
skills
Production  To evaluate  Teacher asks each group to  Students complete the  Worksheet
(10 minutes) group work write a short essay instructions and present
beginning with the it in front of the class.
sentence given. (Using the Past Continuous
Tense, write a short essay
beginning with the sentence
given below.

‘As he was walking along the

beach, he saw something
glittering……’

Closure &  To relate to the  Teacher gives  Students complete the  Worksheet
Consolidation assigned text students a take away lesson at home.
(5 minutes) homework (shorter writing
task)
Form Past Continuous sentence by using the words given.

1. The students / not eat / breakfast / in the classroom / this morning

2. We/ not have / lunch / at one o’clock today

3. ? / you /make / cupcakes / all morning

4. this time last week / we / sample / French chees

5. my sister / peel / potatoes / for hours this morning

6. ? / Cathy / prepare / dinner / on her own / last night

Answers:
Using the Past Continuous Tense, write a short essay beginning with the
sentence below. Your essay should not be more than 100 words.

“As he was walking along the beach, he saw something glittering……”

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