Sofia Sofia

Present Perfect
Grade 6 level

Description

In this lesson, students learn about present perfect through talking about travel experience, playing games and doing exercises

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To teach students how to talk about their life experience and understand where and how to use Present Perfect

Subsidiary Aims

  • To teach students how to say what countries have they been to
  • To teach students how to say negative sentences in PP using NEVER
  • To teach students the difference between Past Simple and Present Perfect

Procedure

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

First, we look at pictures of different countries and discuss where students have been. They can say it using past simple or present perfect, depends on what they already know, we don't interrupt, just let them speak

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

The teacher talks about their own experience, shows photos from his travel and talks about it using present perfect

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

The teacher asks them if they noticed what grammar they used. Students try to find the answer based on what they just heard from the teacher

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

The teacher clarifies when to use present perfect, what forms of "have" to use and, if needed, remember what irregular verbs they have already studied

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

The students do the excersise when they need to choose between Past Simple and Present Perfect

Semi-Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

The students do the excersise when they need to open the brackets and put the verb into the right form, share their answers to the group

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

The students play "never have i ever...". Each student think of something they have never done. Before the task the teacher explains how to make negative sentences in PP using NEVER and explains the game. Students put fingers down, the first to put 10 fingers down has to sing a chorus of any song

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