Teaching practice 3
Upper-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To revise narrative tenses (focus more on integration between Past Simple, Past Continuous and Past Perfect) in order to make students feel confident in using them while telling stories.
Subsidiary Aims
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To work on students' reading for gist and speaking skills in framework of using narrative tenses
Procedure (40-45 minutes)
T shows Ss the headlines from different newspapers. T asks Ss to talk in pairs and discuss where these stories could happen, when and how. T asks ICQs and sets the time limit (1 minute). After 1 minute T elicits some information: 1) Did you use Present or Past while talking about these stories? (Past) 2) Where did all these stories happen? (air plane) After that T introduces the topic of the lesson - "Airline incidents and storytelling"
T asks Ss to read a story for gist. T sets the time limits (2 minutes). T asks ICQs in order to check whether Ss got the idea of the task or not. In 2 minutes, T asks Ss to work in pairs and exchange the information they've just read using the prompts from the board.
T draws Ss' attention to the board where Ss can see different tenses. T asks which tenses were used in the text, circles them and then introduces their name (narrative tenses). After that T elicits a general usage of these tenses by asking CCQs: When do we use these tenses? What for? (for storytelling) After that T divides Ss into pairs and asks each pair to match names of the tenses to their form, timelines and proper examples. While Ss are doing the task, T is monitoring. If one pair has correct answers, T asks other Ss to come and check the answers. T asks CCQs if necessary.
T draws a timeline on the board with some gaps on it and asks students to come and label the numbers with a proper tense. Then T writes a sentence on the boards and uses it in order to elicit the information. I was walking in the forest when i realized that I had forgotten my keys at home. 1) Which tense shows us a single action? (Past Simple - "realized") 2) What happened first? (I had forgotten) Which tense is it? (Past Perfect) 3) Was I in the process of doing something when I realized? (yes) What was I doing? (was walking in the park) After eliciting the information and checking students' understanding, T asks Ss to work in pairs and do ex. 6b on page 26 in order to practice grammar. T uses PPT in order to check the answers.
T asks CCQs one more time in order ensure whether all students got the idea of the usage of these tenses. Then T divides Ss into pairs using laces or stripes of paper. T asks all Ss to stand up and come to T who is holding either laces or stripes of paper. T asks Ss to drag these stripes with different ends and find their partners. After pairs are settled T explains the task. Students A and B have to read their own stories. In 5 minutes they have to tell these stories as if they were participating in it. But there is a rule: each student get a set of 3 paper clips. Their task is to get rid of these clips by using TL properly in their stories. While doing the task, T is monitoring and taking notes in order to do delayed error correction.