Kowsar Kowsar

past simple
elementary level

Description

in this lesson our students will learn how to use past simple tense in their daily conversation. and also they will learn how to pronounce ed-ending verbs beside leaning new lexis.

Materials

Abc book
Abc white board

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of past simple tense in the context of vacation

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice of conversation in the context of vacation

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (4-6 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

the teacher will start the class by talking about the weekend and then i'll start to tell a simple story about my vacation and then i'll ask them about their vacation.

Exposure (4-6 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

I'll ask my students some questions associated with past simple tense to make a small conversation.

Highlighting (6-10 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

then I'll write some of my students' sentences in the correct form on the white-board to draw their attention to the correct format of my TL.

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

After showing the grammar structure of a past tense sentence, then i will show the students a list with mostly irregular and some regular verbs and WC with the leading of the T, they will practice the pronunciation of the verbs. i will tell them every detail about past simple and teach the structure and by asking CCQ questions about the roll of the words and the way we can change the places to make question sentences , negative sentences and short answers.

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

the student will go to lesson 2A on page 15 and also page 152 to do the practices individually in 10 minutes. I will check the students answers by asking them what they did. If the free practice time is insufficient, this section will not be made and the students will be given a homework sheet about irregular verbs that they will need to bring to the class next time.

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

i will divide my students into groups of 2 persons to make a conversation about their yesterday.

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

This practice will be done by students creating their own sentences and asking other students what they did today. my TL is to use their past simple tenses.

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