Teaching Practice 7
A1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
-
To provide clarification and review of Present Simple and Present Continuous in the context of a
Subsidiary Aims
-
To provide inference reading practice using a text about Present Simple and Present Continuous in the context of Activities of Daily life
Procedure (44-55 minutes)
- Show the Ss pictures of a boy doing activities of daily life. wake up, brush teeth, eat breakfast, read/study, play etc. - Ask the Ss, 'What can you understand from these pictures?' 'What is the boy doing?' - Aim is to elicit 'every day activities' and make a story - Talk about all the pictures. The boy wakes up, brushes teeth, eats breakfast.. etc. - Use present simple tense while talking - Keep language graded and use simple words - Ask the students, What do you do regularly/every day? What are you doing right now?
- The students are exposed to the context through two reading materials about a man named, 'Nigel'. - The first material tells about what Nigel does every day in his routine. - The second material tells about Nigel on a holiday with his family right now. - The students read the two materials and listen to them as well. - The aim is to introduce them to the Present Simple and Present Continuous tense.
- Divide the students in groups of 3 - Distribute the HO for Guided discovery - Tell them that there is one sentence taken from each text which they just read - In groups, instruct them to work on the meaning of the sentences - Do WC feedback on board - Instruct students to work on the form of the sentences - Once done, do WCFB on board - DRILLING - Model and drill the two sentences
- The students remain seated in their groups - Give HO to the students - They do Task 1 independently - Once done, they check answers with their group members - For FB, distribute AK to students - Ask them to check their answers
- The students remain seated in their groups - They do Task 2 independently - Demonstrate the task by doing one sentence as an example - They may take help/give help to group mates - Monitor students while they are writing and take notes for delayed error correction - For FB, three students come and write sentences on the board - Discuss the noted errors (if any) - The students are instructed to do Task 3 independently - Demonstrate the task by doing one sentence as an example - They may take help/give help to group mates - Monitor students while they are writing and take notes for delayed error correction - For FB, three students come and write sentences on the board - Discuss the noted errors (if any)
- The students remain seated in their groups. - They have completed Task 2 and Task 3 in Semi Controlled Practice. - They read out their sentences to their group members. - Then the students talk about what they are doing right now. - The students speak about different activities that they do often. - The aim is to practice speaking the TL