Profesor (a) titular: _________________________ Grade: 4-A Date: September 9th, 2019

Profesor (a) titular: _________________________ Grade: 4-A Date: September 13 th, 2019

Initiation to the teaching Practicum – 2019_2

Teacher in development: David Hincapié Gómez

Lesson plan format

1. Grade and level: 4th - A1

2. General objective of the class (es): Make the students commit to follow certain very important
values for the well development of the classes from now on. While achieving this, students are
expected to use the verb to be as accurate as possible in present form with all of subjects.
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
Recognize the meaning of some values, as in their noun as in its adjective way.
Read, write and utter short phrases in the present tense of verb to be.
4. Pre-requisites:
Some previous classes about present tense of verb to be since the aim of the class is not to go in
depth in that topic but using it with new concepts.
5. Materials: Board, video beam, laptop, tape recorder, worksheets, markers.
6. Procedures.
September 9th.
Minutes Procedures Anticipated problems and
possible solutions
10 Min Having arranged the classroom in U shape previously, I Maybe students don’t want to
will greet every student stretching hands and asking talk that much.
“How are you”. At the same time, I will try encourage It’s normal, and I will make
them to greet among themselves. I will project through encourage to talk by
the video beam some chunks they can take advantage recognizing and congratulating
of to perform the activity. I will make them feel every single utter that they may
comfortable but at the same time stimulate the do in English.
interaction with the English language. Also, I will deliver
a short paper to each student with chunks that will be
used throughout the class.
15 Min I will tune on a song “Try everything, by Shakira”, as the Maybe students don’t feel
background melody, and then we will play a game called engaged with the activity
 “clapping game”. For this, I will display the numbers because of my instructions
through the video beam so they can say them rapidly given in English.
since that is what the game requires the most, as same Use Spanish as a resource but
as much concentration. let them know that they have to
be very attentive trying to get
my point while taking in English.
15 Min We will play another game that goes related with the first Maybe students don’t get so
part of the class, which is make them aware of the easy the instructions and/or
values they have to implement in the English class. I will commands so I would have to
say a value out loud and they will have to either jump, pace myself more and use
crouch, give one step back or forward; those commands cognates as throughout the
will be of course instructed previously. For instance I say class.
Generosity, and they all will jump, then I will say values
faster and the one who mistakenly do the command,
gets out of the game. The winner will have a candy. I
will project the commands.
20 Min I will display a short animated video in which some Maybe the students don’t want
values are illustrated and the words (values) are shown. to pass in front because the
Watch again the video and copy in the board the values may feel shyness or lack of
one by one. confidence. I will tell them that
I will call students to pass in front and perform a simple is totally ok if they make a
acting of any value. I will whisper the students that are to mistakes.
act what they have to do Students who are sitting, will
have to guess the value and say it out loud the name of
the value. They will have to raise their hands and before
getting started, I will tell them not to say anything if I
don’t concede the word.
I will display chunks through the video beam that they
must use to participate saying their guesses.
Also, the student who guesses, will have to pass in front
to write, correct spelled, the value on the board.
15 Min I will explain the verb to be in present tense with the help Maybe students don’t
of a power point presentation projected through the understand the grammar topic
video beam. I will try to do it very easy but at the same and they can get confused.
time effective and meaningful making connections with I will ensure them that it is very
 what we have done during the class. easy and will elicit self
confidence so that they can get
familiar with the topic and feel
motivated to use it.
15 Min I will deliver a very basic handout for the students for Perhaps students disrupt the
them to practice the topic and for me to see if they got activity or they just want to work
the grammar and communicative point. Every student with the best friends; in that
will have a worksheet and I will also gather them in case, I will arrange the groups
groups of three in order to start developing collaborative and will let them know that in
work. the English we must be
respectful.
Home As this is the first half of the lesson, I will assign a
work worksheet as homework, which students will have to bring
done for the next class. The worksheet consists of
exercises for practicing about verb to be in present tense
both affirmative and negative form.
September 13th
15 Min I will do again the same routine. My aim is eliciting basic Maybe students take too long
real life interpersonal communication. Then, we will play guessing the word.
hangman. Students will have to guess the word by saying I will rush them in a friendly way
letters (of any of the values that were seen in the first part since part of the aim of this
of the lesson) out loud. For this, they will have projected warm up activity is to have them
the abecedary for them to say the letter in English. They energetic before the class gets
will also have to ask the word before participating using started.
the chunks previously shared in the handout.
15 Min After the warm up activity, I will ask students to deliver the Maybe students reject the don’t
homework to me. We will share some of them to give a feel comfortable with the
kind of general feedback and then I will start making a addition of another use of the
review of the verb to be but in this time I will add the tense but I will let them know
question form. that it is very important for real
life communication and they are
totally able to use it.
20 Min I will deliver another handout in which students will It is possible that students are
practice the three forms of verb to be. The activity will be lazy or just don’t want to do the
carried out in groups of three but each student has a task because they feel behind
worksheet. I will pass around of every group in order to about their knowledge. I will help
 scaffold their performance. as much as I can those students
to elicit interest in the class.
20 Min As a class-work, students will be assigned the following Maybe students don’t get what
task. They will have to make two short phrases using the the adjective mean based on the
adjectives that will be projected through the video beam picture, I will make a description
(each one described with a draw) Students will have to in English, if still confused, I will
describe themselves, a classmate and their favorite TV use Spanish.
programs.
20 Min Finally, Students will pass in front of the classmates and Maybe any student want to pass
will share orally what they described. They will have to in front because they are afraid
structure their intervention as follows: of doing it wrong. I will make
Greet the audience. them feel secure and convince
Try to say what they will do (Today, I will describe ...) them to give a try.
Share the descriptions
Say thank you.
The output of the activity is not expected to be correct at
all. The aim is to encourage the use of the language and
self-confidence when using it.
Every student that participates will receive a candy and
an applause.

Attachments/materials.
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-powerpoints/grammar/present-simple-tense/verb-be-personal-
pronouns-exercises/96652
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/be-auxiliary-verb/verb-be-simple-
present/7890
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/vocabulary/describing-people/personal-core-
values/1282
https://en.islcollective.com/download/english-esl-worksheets/skill/speaking/verb-be/83125
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/material-type/fun-activities-and-
games/amare/23154
https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/skill/reading/verb-be-affirmative/negative-simple-
present/87844https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/747105025658612829/visual-search/?
x=16&y=0&w=548&h=687
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTQdzNJ4aXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqV3dzYOgk