New lesson plan: PRESENT CONTINUOUS

JOSE EDUARDO LANDEROS QUINONES

PRESENT CONTINUOUS - A1 BASIC level

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
A1 BASIC level

Description

This is a reading lesson to provide students with opportunities to develop skills and to interact with an authentic text.

Materials

picture matching

enter the link and match

TEAM WORK FOR GIST AND DETAIL

picture matching

enter the link and match

TEAM WORK FOR GIST AND DETAIL

Main Aims

To provide gist and detailed in the context of Provide students understanding of the difference between present simple and progressive

Subsidiary Aims

To provide practice in the context of vocabulary presenting actions in the moment

Procedure (45-55 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • iN THIS SECTION SS WILL RECOGNIZE AN ACTION IN PROGRESS IN THE PRESENT

IN PAIRS SS WILL MATCH THE PICTURES TO THE SENTENCES IN THE RIGHT. AND AS A GROUP WE WILL SOLVE THE WORKSHEET. THEN THE TEACHER WILL PERFORM 4 ACTIVITIES FROM THE LIST AND ASK STUDENTS TO DESCRIBE, CORRECTING WHEN NECESSARY. FINALLY, T ASKS SS TO DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SENTENCES ON THE WHITEBOARD: THE TEACHER IS READING A BOOK VS THE TEACHER READS A BOOK.

Pre-Reading/Listening (10-12 minutes) • To prepare students for the text and make it accessible

The students enter the link and they work with the vocabulary and grammar.

While-Reading/Listening #1 (10-12 minutes) • To provide students with less challenging gist and specific information reading/listening tasks

IN TEAMS SS WILL FIND ANSWERS AND LATER DISCUSS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE TEXT

While-Reading/Listening #2 (14-16 minutes) • To provide students with more challenging detailed, deduction and inference reading/listening tasks

One student per team will reconstruct the story by using the prompts 1. Mrs. Curious is not watching people from her balcony, but she is just dreaming. ( ) 2. The man at the florist’s is checking the time and he looks worried. ( ) 3. The butcher and his assistant are working in the shop at the moment. ( ) 4. Little Alfie is crying because he wants to fly a kite with his friends in the park. ( ) 5. Three cats are going after Joe because they want to eat the sandwich. ( ) 6. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are sitting on the grass and getting some fresh air. ( ) 7. James is jumping up and down with anger. ( ) The other team will have to write down as much info as they can and viceverse.

Post-Reading/Listening (8-10 minutes) • To provide with an opportunity to respond to the text and expand on what they've learned

Students individually will describe something that is in progress in their lives or their families' lives..