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Eda Aslan/29.04.2014/TP7 - Past Simple vs. Past Continuous - Intermediate level

Eda Aslan/29.04.2014/TP7 - Past Simple vs. Past Continuous
Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, the students learn about the meanings , forms and usages of Past Simple and Past Continuous Tenses through guided discovery. They'll also practice the productive skills of Speaking.

Materials

Handouts

Video

Pictures from films

Handouts

Video

Pictures from films

Main Aims

To provide clarification and practice of the past simple and past continuous tenses in the context of movies.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a story telling in the context of movies

Procedure (34-46 minutes)

STAGE 1 - Lead in (5-7 minutes) • to introduce the topic by using a video

- The teacher asks students to watch a video about the film "Titanic". - The teacher asks some questions about the video such as " Did you watch Titanic?" , "Did you like it?" " What were the people in video doing ? etc.

STAGE 2 - Guided Discovery (10-12 minutes) • to introduce the past simple and past continuous to the students through guided discovery.

- The teacher gives the students handouts for guided discovery. - The students answer the questions individually. - After completing each section, the students compare their answers with their partners, then the teacher moves on the other activity. - The teacher asks some CCQs and provides feedback with whole class on the white board, at the end of the activity.

STAGE 3 (3-5 minutes) • To practice the usage of Past Simple and Past Continuous

- The teacher gives the students handouts. - The students complete the activity indivially. - The teacher asks students to check their answers with their partners. - The teacher asks students to unfold the handout to see the answer key.

STAGE 4 (3-5 minutes) • To get students do more practice on the target grammatical structure

- The teacher gives the students handouts. - The teacher asks students to choose the correct form of the verbs. - The students complete the activity alone, then they check the answers with their partners. - The teacher shows the answer key on a smartboard.

STAGE 5 (5-7 minutes) • to consolidate the usage and the meaning of Past Simple and Past Continuous

- The teacher gives the students handouts. - The teacher asks students to watch a short scene from the movie of 'Greenberg' and fill in the gaps according to this scene by using Past Simple or Past Continuous. - The students complete the task individually, then they check the answers with their partners. - The teacher monitors and provides delayed feedback.

STAGE 6 (8-10 minutes) • to talk about pictures by using Past Simple and Past Continuous

- The teacher puts the students in pairs and gives each pair a different pictures of couples from different scenes of some famous movies. - The teacher asks pairs to think and talk about how these couples met by using Past Simple and Past Continuous. The teacher gives some promt questions to guide students such as, " How was the day?, What they were doing? , What happened? " - After discussing in pairs, the teacher asks students to stand up and mingle in the classroom and talk about their stories with other students. - The teacher plays an energetic music at the bachground. - The teacher monitors the students during the activities and provides delayed feedback with whole class.