Free time activities, Present Simple
Elementary, A2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of the negative form of the Present Simple Tense
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review of going to the cinema, meetibg friends, listening to music etc. in the context of Free time activities
Procedure (32-45 minutes)
The T greets the students The T gives out the Vocab fill-in HO The T gives instructions "Try to remember the free time activities from the previous lesson. Complete the expressions. You have 3 min" The expressions are written on the board The T elicits answers from students and writes them on the board 5 nouns are written on the board The T emphasizes the correct pronunciation and drills the words in a choral repetition The T gives the instructions ''Complete the expressions with the words'' The T elicits the answers from students and writes them on the board The T gives the instructions ''Complete the expressions with one word of your own'' The T demonstrates on the WB Check the SS's ideas
The T asks SS ''What is happiness for you?'' The T demonstrates her own ideas on the board The T gives out the hand outs The T gives the instructions ''Write 6 activities that make you happy. You have 3 min''
The T collects the hand outs and sticks them to the board The T asks the whole class to come to the board The T gives the instructions ''Read the answers ans guess who is the person. Write his or her name on the top'' The T monitors SS and participates in the activity
The T asks what is unhappiness The T tells the things that make her unhappy The T gives the instructions ''Work in pairs. Tell your partner what makes me unhappy'' The T nominates a student to demonstrate an example to the whole class The T monitors the SS The T elicits answers from SS
The T splits the class into groups The T gives out the hand outs The T gives the instructions ''Tell your group what things you do not like doing. Tell your group what the person who is sitting next to you does not like doing'' The T monitors the students The T nominates the S and asks him/her to tell about his/her partner's dislikes