Sarah Hong Sarah Hong

Grammar
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson students will learn about the Past Simple in the context of life events. The context and tense will be introduced from a reading text about films and film directors. Students have already had some exposure to regular and irregular verbs, so the examples introduced from the narrative about a film director’s life will build on their current knowledge, and help them discover the key rules for the form and pronunciation of regular verbs. I have observed in previous lessons that students are already aware of how to use the verb ‘to be’ (Present Simple and Past Simple). In the lesson directly before mine they will be focusing on the Present Simple (positive/question forms) and encounter some of the same verbs as my lesson, so I expect that this will make it easier for students to grasp the Past Simple tense. During the lesson, students will learn language which will enable them to accurately use the Past Simple in basic conversations, such as talking about key events from their own life.

Materials

Abc Slides

Main Aims

  • By the end of the lesson, learners will have understood and practiced using the past simple (regular and irregular verbs, in the positive form) in the context of the life events of a film director.

Subsidiary Aims

  • Learners will also have practised reading for general understanding (gist) in the context of the life events of a film director.
  • Learners will also have practised their fluency for speaking in the freer practice conversation in the context of life events.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

-T shares Jamboard link, checks students can open. -T displays images of movie posters and elicits ideas. -Instructions: What do you know about James Cameron? -T demos answer. -Learners work in pairs in breakout rooms and discuss what they know, 2 mins. -T conducts OCFB and nominates 1 or 2 students to share their answers. -Scripted transition: Now let’s read about James Cameron's life.

Exposure (4-5 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

-Instructions: Read the text quickly: Is the story about the past or the present? -You only have 1 minute. -ICQ: Do you need to understand every word? (No, just past or now) -Learners read and answer individually, 1 min. -Instructions: Ok, don't tell me your answer yet. Take a screenshot. Tell each other why you think it is the past or the present. -Check answers in pairs, 2 mins. -T conducts OCFB. -Scripted transition: (T shows reading text with Past Simple bolded, highlighting language) Now that you have read all these words about the past, let’s find out how to use them.

Clarification (10-12 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T conducts OCFB and she covers MPF for the regular and irregular verbs taken from the text. MEANING: - T stays on slide 3, reading text with Past Simple forms bolded. Points to bolded words. CCQ: Do we use the past simple for actions that are finished or still happening now? (Finished). -T shows past simple timeline, slide 4. Instructions: Match the events to the time. The point is a short time, the line is a long time. -T highlights first verb in the paragraph, reads sentence, asks: Is 'moved' a short event or a long event? Where does it go on the timeline? Repeats for other 4 words, nominates students to guess. CCQ: Do we know when these actions happened? (Yes). FORM Regular Verbs: -T shows 'Form 1 regular verbs', slide 5. Says, look at the verbs in blue, these are regular verbs. Instructions: How do we make the past simple? Here are three rules, lets look at the first rule together. -T highlights first set of words 'want' and 'wanted', elicits form by asking "What do we add to make the Past Simple? (-ed). Repeats with 2nd set (-d) & 3rd set (y->i +ed) CCQ: The story says 'he' wanted to become a film director. What about if it said 'I' or 'they', does the Past Simple form change? (No, it stays the same for all subjects). T shows sentence structure. PRONUNCIATION Regular Verbs: -T shows 'Pronunciation 1 regular verbs', slide 6. -T reads and drills 4 sentences and individual words containing the 3 different regular sound endings. Elicits pronunciation for each: What is the sound at the end, /ɪd/, /t/, or /d/? How many syllables? -T demos moving verbs to sounds. -Instructions: Everybody, go to page 6 and match the words to the sounds. -ICQ: Will only [name of student] move the words or everybody? (Everybody) What page is it? (6) -Students match words to sounds on jamboard, 1 min. T asks, does everyone agree? -T shows answers, slide 7, highlights rule about /ɪd/ by asking 'Is the -ed always pronounced /ɪd/?' (No) FORM & PRONUNCIATION Irregular Verbs: -T shows 'Irregular verbs', slide 8. Look at these irregular verbs in pink. -T demos moving first form to sentence -Instructions: Everybody, go to page 6 and match the words to the sentences. -Students match forms to sentences on jamboard, 1 min. T asks, does everyone agree? -T shows answers, slide 9. CCQ: Do irregular verbs have rules or do we have to remember every verb? (We have to remember them). -T drills a few past simple sentences, the just individual words. Scripted transition: Now it’s time for some practice.

Controlled Practice (12-14 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

CONTROLLED PRACTICE 1. -T displays 'Practice 1' slide 10. -T demos first guided sentence. - Learners complete the sentences individually, 2 mins. -Check answers in pairs, 3 mins. -T conducts OCFB, nominates students for answers. -T shows full answers, slide 11. Scripted transition: Now, let's practice again. CONTROLLED PRACTICE 2. -T displays 'Practice 2' slide 12. -T demos first guided sentence. - Learners complete the sentences individually, 3 mins. -Check answers in pairs, 2 mins. -T conducts OCFB, nominates students for answers. -T shows full answers, slide 13. Scripted transition: Now, let's do some speaking.

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

FREER PRACTICE: -T displays slide 14 Instructions: Choose 3 past events in YOUR life, 1 is not true. When did these events happen? -T demos, highlights event ideas on list, models activity with students. -Learners share their 3 events in pairs and guess which one is the lie, 3 mins. -T conducts OCFB, nominates students. FEEDBACK: -T displays 'Before we finish' slide 15 -T gives positive feedback about good language use. -T highlights 2 pronunciation errors. -T writes on the screen samples of learners’ production and sets a task in pairs for learners to identify the 1 correct and 2 incorrect sentences and correct the 2 incorrect ones -Instructions: Find the ONE correct sentence and change the other two. ICQ: Do you need to write or just talk? (just talk). -Learners work in groups, 2 mins. -T conducts OCFB on task, elicits corrections.

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