TP6 TBP
Pre-intermediate level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of present simple vs present continuous in the context of red nose day
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist and detailed reading practice using a text about red nose day in the context of donating
Procedure (33-44 minutes)
-T starts the session with something positive that happened to the ss. -T shows the SS a picture of a beggar in the street and tries to elicit the topic. -T sets the context. -T shows the SS 2 Qs on the screen. -T gives instructions: 1-Discuss these 2 Qs with your partner and you have 3mins. 2-Try to find something in common between you and him. -T checks their ideas.
-T shows a picture of a woman on the screen and a passage about her. -T says ( Now, we have a passage about a celebrity and what she does on Red Nose Day, I want you to read this passage and answer these two questions.) -T gives instructions: 1-You have 2 mins. 2-Do it alone. 3-Read quickly. -Check-in pairs. -T checks with them.
-T says (Now, I want you to read again and answer these two Qs. -T gives instructions: 1-You have 3 mins. 2-Do it alone. 3-This time read slowly. -Check-in pairs. -T checks with them. -T nominates someone to say the first answer which is (1-She often presents cookery programmes on Breakfast.)
-T says (Do you guys think it's in the past, present, or future?) -(Did she present yesterday? (yes) What about tomorrow? -Does that action happen only once or many times? -So I call it ... (a repeated action.) -So this is guys present simple I use it to speak about repeated actions. -T drills the positive sentence. -T writes the marker sentence on the board. -T elicits the positive and the negative and clarifies that we don't stress on the (t) when we say (don't and doesn't) and the form of the questions. -T nominates someone to say the second marker sentence which is (2-She is raising money for Red Nose Day.) -Is this action happening today? (Yes) -Does she collect money every day? (No) -So this is guys the present continuous I use it to speak about something that is happening now. -T drills the sentence and clarifies that we don't stress on the (g). -T elicits the positive and the negative and the questions forms. -T says (So guys I use the present simple for the repeated actions and the present continuous for the action which is happening now.) -Do you have any Qs? So far so good?
-T says (Let's practice what we took alright?) -here we have some gaps, so your job is to fill the gaps with the right verb form. -Let's do the first one together. -T gives instructions: -You have 2 mins and do it alone. -Check-in pairs. -T checks with them.
-T says (Now you have 10 Qs so your job is to choose the correct answer.) -Let's do the first one together. -T gives instructions: -You have 2 mins and do it alone. -Check-in pairs. -T checks with them.
-T says (Now it's speaking time! Stand up and you have 10 Qs ask them to your friend but the person who is next to you.) -T gives instructions: -Try to speak as much as you can and give details. -Remember one thing about your partner. -T monitors. -T gives content feedback. -T gives language feedback.