present progressive (for future)
A1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of present progressive (for future) in the context of plans for near future
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversaton in the context of plans for near future
Procedure (37-48 minutes)
- Show picture of Tom, Sue and Lily - Ask: what are they doing (discuss in pairs) - Ask volunteers to give answers (try to elicit present progressive sentences)
- Give HO #1 to Ss - Read the text individually (do we talk to each other?) and say verbs talk about now or future (which words? underlined ones) - check your answers in pairs - ask for answers (why they give this answer)
go through the power point clarification part. - don't forget GD - use markers with same color - for last slide give Ss HO #2
- ask Ss to look at 2nd page of HO#2 - explain the situation and let them read sentences - write your own plans like Sue (for what time? times mentioned in HO) (can we talk? no) (show them the example and ask them to write in the same way)
- show Ss how to ask questions and drill with some of them. - ask them to do the same in pairs - if there was time, change pairs, ask them to do the same (without their written sentences) - Monitor and write down mistakes - For FB read or write mistakes and ask Ss to correct them