New lesson plan: Special questions in Present tenses

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Special questions in Present tenses - Elementary (kids 10-11 yo) level

Special questions in Present tenses
Elementary (kids 10-11 yo) level

Description

In this lesson students recall the information about present tenses through the competition between two teams. Then they ask special questions using the revised information and the words they know. This is followed by writing a positive sentence and changing it in negative, question and special question sentences. Then, they make up a rule of asking special questions. Finally there is some controlled practice through a test and individual written task.

Materials

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Main Aims

To provide clarification of present tense in the context of daily routine

Subsidiary Aims

To provide practice of present tense in the context of daily routine

Procedure (44-60 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

First, we sing a song using our daily routine vocabulary, recalling the words that we are going to use during the lesson.

Exposure (10-15 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks

Students are devided into 2 teams. On the board there are two fields: Present Simple (for team 1) and Present Continuous (for team 2). The goal is to write structures of positive, negative and question sentences. on this stage without special questions. After we compare their answers with the formulas in the workbook. After we remember structures of to be, modals verbs, there is/are in the same way.

Useful Language (8-10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

After revising all formulas of tenses. We try to creature special questions for all types of sentences. And discuss the formula of the special question. We go to the rule in the Work book.

Productive Task(s) (15-20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

Students tick a write answer in the small test. After we check it together with the teacher. Then, a student choose a sentence preparred by the teacher in advance and for a certain amount of time they should change it in negative, common question and special question.

Feedback and Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

Finally, 1 student holds a ball and makes a positive sentence with a verb proposed, then he/she throws a ball to student 2 - and the 2 student should make a special question with the same sentence.