Nasim Hamidpour Nasim Hamidpour

Past Simple
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson students are going to learn about past simple in the context of holiday through PPP. After this lesson students might better be able to use past simple sentences to talk about completed actions in the past. The lesson will be finished with a discussion task about their best holiday ever.

Materials

Abc American English File Student's Book
Abc Board

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of Past Simple in the context of Holiday

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide accuracy speaking practice in a Conversation in the context of Holiday

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (2-4 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

In this stage I will talk about the things that I did last weekend. I will use some of the past simple verbs that my students have got familiar with before.

Exposure (5-7 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

In this stage I will ask my students to tell the class how they spent their last weekend.

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

In this stage I will write some of the sentences that my students have made in the correct form on the board to draw their attention to the TL.

Clarification (12-15 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

I will clarify the meaning by drawing a timeline on the board and asking some CCQs; (Are the sentences about the past, present, or future? past - Are the actions finished? Yes. Can I use the word last weekend at the end of these sentences? Yes). After that I will elicit the structure from the students to clarify how to form the sentences. The regular and irregular verbs are mentioned in this stage. The past simple verbs that might be difficult for the students to pronounce will be drilled in the class.(said-thought-taught-bought)

Controlled Practice (10-12 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

The students are going to do exercise A on page 132 in the grammar bank in 4 minutes. They will have 2 minutes to check their answers in pairs and then we will check the answers with the whole class.

Free Practice (10-13 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

I will ask my students to talk about their best holiday ever in groups of four and then tell the class about who they think has had the best holiday.

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