Family; simple past
A2 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of simple past affirmative in the context of past hobbies
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review of Family, years, dates in the context of family story
Procedure (60-92 minutes)
Teacher will ask students about their closest family members, to describe them and tell what they do. Teacher will encourage Ss to talk between them about their childhood hobbies. Teacher will show a picture, Ss will tell everything they know about him. (Steve Jobs) Teacher and Ss will talk about what they do when they phone a friend and they don't answer. Ss will have to choose 3 important years of their lives and they will say what happened.
Students will listen to Greg talking about his family, they will have to identify the family members he talks about; they will complete his family tree. Ss will listen to the second part of the audio, Ss will match the years with the event. Ss will read a text about Steve Jobs an put the events in the correct order. Ss will watch some videos about Annie and Dan leaving voice messages. Ss will listen to Eva talking about his life, they will have to match the years with the events of her life.
Ss will notice Greg's family tree and its members, they will answer some questions about it. Teacher will clarify the difference between is/are. Was/were. Ss will see with some examples how to use in/on when talking about years and dates. Ss will notice some verbs in past end in -ed and some others don't.
Simple past affirmative: subject + verb in simple past + complement in + year in + month on + the complete date The first of July ( 1st) Cardinal numbers I am/was You are/were He, she it is/was We, they are/were
Ss will complete a family tree using the words in the box. Ss will underline the correct verb according to sentence depending if it's in the present, past, affirmative or negative. Teacher will encourage students to match some verbs in present with their past form and check the pronunciation of them. Ss will complete the voicemail and the caller messages with the words in the box, then they will practice them using their own names. Ss will put George's life events in the correct order according to the pictures.
Ss will underline the correct option depending if the idea means to be in present or past. Ss will complete a text but they will have to change the verb from present to simple past. Teacher will encourage Ss to complete a conversation using the words in the box. Ss will complete the phrases about their own life using: When I was... In...
Ss will talk among them about their family, using a year or date correctly. Ss and teacher will talk about something they or a family member did in the past. Ss will write their story life using in/when I was.