New lesson plan: What are you doing, UNIT V

Eddy Salgado

What are you doing, UNIT V - A2 level

What are you doing, UNIT V
A2 level

Description

In this lesson, students explore content and language on present continuous to talk about actions in progress.

Materials

No materials added to this plan yet.

Main Aims

To provide clarification and practice of present progressive tense in the context of actions in progress

Subsidiary Aims

To provide fluency speaking practice in a comversation in the context of actions in progress

Procedure (45-55 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

-T performs an action and the students try to guess -T writes language on the whiteboard -One student performs and action and students try to guess

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of production expected in coming tasks through reading/listening

-T writes language on the whiteboard using complete sentences -T highlights present continuous language structure -Students practice choral and individual pronunciation -Students write their own sentences following the examples from the whiteboard

Useful Language (8-10 minutes) • To highlight and clarify useful language for coming productive tasks

-T highlights useful language -Students repeat and practice -T monitors students' performance

Productive Task(s) (18-20 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

-Ss think of a movie they already watched and assumed they are watching it now -Ss write the plot of the movie using present continuous structure -Ss take time to read and practice -Ss describe the movie orally using present continuous structure

Feedback and Error Correction (8-10 minutes) • To provide feedback on students' production and use of language

-T jots down any language mistake -T devises an exercise to correct, reformulate and praise. -Ss work on the language to correct and reformulate -Ss share language mastered