TP7 Grammar Past Simple (Regular & Irregular Verbs, Positive Forms)
Elelmentary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To present and practice past simple tense (regular & irregular verbs, positive form) in the context of films
Subsidiary Aims
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have developed their ability to read for gist and specific information with particular reference to an article on famous films.
Procedure (28-38 minutes)
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1IHteJRnvVmaqp0XnJF3Y8W_B30Xf8EAUqUqRxNu2q80/edit?usp=sharing (G-Jamboard TP7) Greet the Ss. Show students a pictures 4 films, labeled A-D. Create BORs. Ask Ss following questions: -Ask “what do you know about these films? -Ask “what do you know about director James Cameron? -Did he direct many films? Send to BOR 3 mins
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1IHteJRnvVmaqp0XnJF3Y8W_B30Xf8EAUqUqRxNu2q80/edit?usp=sharing (G-Jamboard TP7) Provide article clipping, " James Cameron world" from text (Face2Face elementary 2nd edition Student Book pg 42) -Tell Ss the text is about James Cameron's life. -Tell Ss in BOR's they will read the text and fill in the blanks to complete sentences. -Ask Ss to notice the words in pink and blue. Send to BORs
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1IHteJRnvVmaqp0XnJF3Y8W_B30Xf8EAUqUqRxNu2q80/edit?usp=sharing (G-Jamboard TP7) Show G-Jamboard article Ask students How do we make the past simple of regular verbs? What do we do when the verb ends in e? What do we do when the verb ends in y?) MFPA slides -Ask CCQs . Is it in the present, past or future? past What part of Speech is it? moved visited had became MFPA “Went, moved, studied, wrote” Regular and Irregular rules. (Google Jamboard) https://forms.gle/RFbHur5MmQ9Q9gru5 G-Forms TP7 Match irregular Past Simple forms in pink
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1IHteJRnvVmaqp0XnJF3Y8W_B30Xf8EAUqUqRxNu2q80/edit?usp=sharing (G-Jamboard TP7) Controlled Practice T: Complete in the BORs T: fill in the gaps with the past simple tense of these verbs. “Love, marry, write, win, be, get, start, make” Students work in pairs. FB on the board.
https://jamboard.google.com/d/1IHteJRnvVmaqp0XnJF3Y8W_B30Xf8EAUqUqRxNu2q80/edit?usp=sharing (G-Jamboard TP7) Ss work on your own. Choose five of these events in your life. After you have chosen your events, we are going to play 2 truths/1 lie in the BORs with our partners. Since we are speaking about the past we will be using what tense? (A: the past simple tense of verbs we know and learned) What will we do first?