Simple Present vs Present continuous
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification, practice and review of present continuous present simple in the context of clothes work
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a present continuous present simple in the context of Homes
Procedure (45-59 minutes)
T-Ss T shows Ss of a man getting up in the morning. Asks Ss ccq's. Ss-T Ss reply with short answers about the man T-Ss T-Ss T asks them more ccq's about their daily routines
T-Ss - T exposes students to images of an office and elicits to them about how they usually go to work, or school or anyother activities. Ss-T Ss respond and give examples information of their dily routines or lives using simple present. T-Ss T drills these examples of present simple and present continuous to the students. Ss-T Ss repeat these sentences and make up their own in both tenses.
Examples of the structure are shown to the students of both tenses T-Ss. The teacher elicits these to the Ss. Ss-T Ss repeat them until T is satisfied that they remember them.
T-Ss T gives students writing exercises and some vocabulary so they understand the context Ss-T Ss complete these exercises to understand the forms and give more examples. T-Ss T asks questions about the structure and more CCQ's about the context
T-Ss T gives the students written exercises to check they ue the correct tense. Ss-T Students complete exercises PW Ss work in pairs and answer the exercises and check T-Ss T gives feedback to students on the exercise for control and CCQ's
T-Ss Teacher gives students some more semi-controlled practice. Ss-T Ss respond with the correct form of the tenses with their own answers. T-Ss T checks other vocabulary they may be unsure about
T-Ss T instructs Ss to write about their daily routines as one option. Ss-T Ss write at least five routines they usually do. Ss do group work or pair work for this activity. T- Ss T checks the answers in feedback