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Materials

Abc Complete A2 Key for Schools

Main Aims

  • To provide practice of present continuous tense in the context of describing a picture

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide review and clarification of action verbs and way of adding to the base form

Procedure

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

Tr asks the Sts if they have been to a party and elicits what people usually do at a party.

Exposure (5-6 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

The teacher shows the picture of Jakes' surprise party and elicits to see if Sts know how to pronounce each name. Sts match the sentences to the names and decide if they are True or False. Sts check their answers in pairs.

Highlighting (4-5 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

Tr asks the Ss to underline all the verbs in the sentences. Sts choose the correct option to complete the rules and check their answers in pairs.

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

Tr asks CCQs like "Who is eating a sandwich?/ Is she eating now?/ Has she finished eating?" If needed, Tr uses timelines to clarify the meaning and the use. Next, Tr boards a marker sentence "Jenny is writing an email" and elicit the negative and question form of present continuous. Tr elicits the pronunciation of "he's" " she's" "isn't" "aren't" and does choral drills, followed by drilling in groups and individuals.

Controlled Practice (6-8 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Sts write the sentences with the help of prompts in exercise 3 and then check their answers in pairs.

Semi-Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

Sts complete the gapped questions. Sts write their true answers using present continuous. Tr monitors and provides help where necessary. When Sts have completed the task, they ask and answer the questions in pairs. Tr monitors and makes notes on their performance.

Free Practice (15-20 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

Sts work in pairs. Tr provide each student with a similar picture with some differences. Sts ask their partner questions using present continuous to find out the differences. Tr monitors and makes notes of the language errors. Tr boards both the good use of language and errors. Sts discuss in groups and make decisions about each sentence. Tr elicits their opinions and confirms the answers.

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