Activity: Start with a brief discussion about famous escapes in history or movies. Questions: “Can you think of any famous escapes from history or movies?” “What do you think makes a successful escape plan?”

Activity: Introduce the story of Henry ‘Box’ Brown. Provide a short reading text about his escape. Instructions: Divide the text into parts and give each student a section to read. Then, have them share their sections with the class to piece together the full story. Text: Part 1: Members of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society had gathered, anxiously waiting for a package that had come from Virginia. Part 2: A voice from inside the box replied to the officers' asking. Part 3: Henry Brown had escaped slavery before coming out from the box.

Activity: Highlight sentences from the text that use the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous. Sentences: Past Perfect Simple: He had planned his escape for months. Past Perfect Continuous: He had been hiding in the box for hours.

Activity: Explain the form, meaning, and pronunciation of the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous. Instructions: Use a timeline to show the difference between the two tenses. Provide examples and drill pronunciation. We use the past perfect simple to talk about an action that was completed before another action in the past. For example, He had planned his escape before he mailed himself. We use the past perfect continuous to emphasize the duration of an action that was ongoing before another action in the past. For example, He had been hiding in the box for hours before he was discovered. freight feat

Activity: Sentence reformation exercises. Instructions: Give students sentences in the simple past and ask them to rewrite them using the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous. Simple Past: He planned his escape. Past Perfect Simple: He had planned his escape. Simple Past: He hid in the box for hours. Past Perfect Continuous: He had been hiding in the box for hours.

Activity: Pair work where students create sentences about Henry ‘Box’ Brown using the target language. Instructions: Provide prompts related to the story and have students discuss and write sentences. “Describe what Henry had done before he decided to escape.” “Talk about how long he had been planning his escape.”

Activity: Role-play activity. Instructions: In pairs, students role-play an interview with Henry ‘Box’ Brown, using the past perfect simple and past perfect continuous to describe his experience. Interviewer: How long had you been planning your escape before you actually did it? Henry: I had been planning it for several months. I had thought of every detail.

Activity: Quick recap of the lesson and address any remaining questions.