present simple
a1 Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of the simple present tense in the context of morning and evening activities.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide clarification, review and practice of language used for -es, -s endings.
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
T starts the lesson by greeting the Ss and goes on reviewing the previous lesson subject which is 'telling the time'. T brings a real clock to the class as realia and asks ss the question 'What time is it?' and elicits answers from the ss.
-Ss listen to the audio, point the certain pictures and repeat. T elicits sentences from ss about meal routines. -Ss read the rules for the third person singular forms of the present simple and study the examples. - T clarifies the differences between -s and -es endings, then -y endings and irregulars. - Ss in groups of three or four have cut ups which have verbs and -s / -es endings on, they will try to match them. T monitors and gives feedback. - T writes pieces of sentences to the board, ss in pairs put them in order and also practise the forms.
-Ss do the exercise on their book. T elicits answers. - T shows the difference between question word 'What time .....?' and 'When...?' by asking questions . - In pairs Ss writes questions and ask them each other. - Ss read the sentences on part 4 aloud and write 5 questions about Ed and Amy., - T writes sentences on the board with some incorrect spelling and ss identify the the incorrect verbs in groups.
-In this part there is a conversation model. Ss listen to it and T asks comprehension questions. T talks about morning person and evening person. - T has the ss repeat the intonation and directs the attention to rising and falling intonations. -T asks ss to think about activities they do every day, every week, or every month. - T models the conversation with a student.
-T asks ss 'Who is a morning person?' and 'Who is an evening person?' Ss raise hands, T writes the number on the board. - T puts the class in 2 groups and draws a simple but big tree with branches on the board and starts 'The Verb Tree' game. T corrects the sentences of ss if there are any.