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Laura Perez

My Day - Elementary level

My Day
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson, students will practice simple present to talk about their daily activities and ask WH questions. The lesson will start with some predictions related to an actress daily activities, Then, it will continue with a reading where students will underline verbs in simple present to analyze their meaning, form and pronunciation. Finally, students will ask WH questions to each other to fin something in common.

Materials

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Main Aims

To present and practice the simple present to talk about daily activities and ask WH questions to get more information and find something in common with a classmate.

Subsidiary Aims

To present the meaning, the form, and the pronunciation of the verbs in simple present.
To mention daily activities.
To use correctly WH structure for questions in order to get more information.

Procedure (34-40 minutes)

Lead-in (3-4 minutes) • To set lesson context, activate some background knowledge, and engage students.

The students will be asked to mention some predictions about Kari Matchett's life and her daily activities. Some eliciting questions will be asked: do you think her life is glamorous? do you think is an easy job?

Exposure (7-8 minutes) • To provide reading practice for gist. To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

First, students will guess the times that TV actors do the following things: Get up, Have breakfast, Start work, and Have lunch. After, they will read the text and underline the verbs in simple present. They will do the activity individually and then they will share their answers. ICQ´s will be asked to check the instructions understanding.

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

In order to cover the Meaning of the verbs, some sentences will be shown and the following CCQ´s will be asked: - Are those verbs in present or past? - Do the mention daily activities or likes and dislikes? - When do you do the activity? - What activity do you do? Then, to cover Form two slides will be shown. The first one will have some sentences using the third person. Also, they will find the rules to add -S, -ES, and -IES at the end of the verbs as a reminder. The following CCQ´s will be asked: - When should you add -S? - When should you add -ES? - When should you add -IES? The second slide will have a chart to write the parts of a WH question. For example: - What time do you get up? - Where do you have dinner? - When do you finish work? - What time do you get home? Finally, to cover Pronunciation the teacher will provide some affirmative and questions sentences with the stress marked for students to listen and repeat.

Controlled Practice (4-4 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

The students will have some sentences to complete with words from the box and some questions to unscramble. The students will do the activity individually and then they will share their answers.

Free Practice (8-9 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

The teacher will model the conversation the students will be expected to have. For example, the teacher can ask a student: "When do you start classes?" the student will answer and the teacher may say "me too". Then, the students will practice in pairs the questions covered in past exercises. They will be encouraged to find something in common with their classmates. After, the teacher will provide some Delayed Error Correction to finish the class.