New lesson plan: Past Continuous

Seyyed Hossein Jafari

Past Continuous - Pre-intermediate level

Past Continuous
Pre-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, the students will learn how to use past continuous through remembering the actions they've done the day before.

Materials

Board

American English File 2

Board

American English File 2

Main Aims

To provide clarification of Past Continuous in the context of Yesterday

Subsidiary Aims

To provide accuracy speaking practice in a Conversation in the context of Yesterday

Procedure (35-49 minutes)

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

I will start the class by talking about what I was doing yesterday.

Exposure (6-8 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

I will ask my students to talk about what they they were doing the day before the class.

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

I will write some of the sentences made by students in their correct forms to draw their attention to the correct form of the TL.

Clarification (5-7 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

I will clarify the meaning by using a timeline on the board and comparing it with present continuous so that they would understand the similarities between the two and know when to use it. I will also use some of their sentences to teach the correct form. They will be asked to help me write the structure on the board by answering some CCQs about the roles of the words.

Controlled Practice (9-11 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

The students are going to do exercise 2B on page 128 of the students' book individually in 5 minutes. They will check their answers in pairs in 2 minutes and then we will check the answers with the whole class.

Semi-Controlled Practice (5-6 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

I will ask my students to tell the class what they were doing before the class.

Free Practice (6-9 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

I will ask my students to talk about what they were doing on this Tuesday in groups of three. They will try to give as much details as they can. I will monitor them and then feedback will be given at the end.