Noor Al Imam Noor Al Imam

Last weekend
starters level

Description

In this lesson, students will learn about the simple past and how to use it in sentences.

Materials

Abc Gap fill handout
Abc Game

Main Aims

  • To use the past simple

Subsidiary Aims

  • To listen to get the target language

Procedure

Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To engage the students to the topic.

T will ask students 'What did you do on your weekend?'. T will elicit answers from students and write them on the board.

Past Simple (6-8 minutes) • To draw students' attention to regular and irregular verbs.

T will explain the past simple by adding -ed to the regular verbs. T will explain also the irregular verbs that they are verbs which have different form from the regular verbs. T will give handouts to students to fill the table with regular and irregular verbs. Students work in pairs. Students will listen to the recording 2.17 to check their answers. T will divide the class into two groups, giving each group 5 cards and asking group A to say a verb and group B will give the answer. Then T will ask students to find his partner in verb and sit together. Students will change their seats.

exposure of the functional langauge (5-7 minutes) • To provide the target language in writing.

T will give handouts to students asking them to fill in the gaps. Students will fill in the gap using the pronouns 'I' and 'We' and the verbs. T will module one sentence on the white board. Students will work in pairs. T will ask the students to check their answers. T will give key answers to students for check.

Listening (5-7 minutes) • To focus on what they are listening and improve their receptive skills

T will give handouts to students to decide if the speaker is Olga, Andre or Connie. T will ask students to listen to the recording 2.16 Students will listen and answer by writing the name. T will ask students to check their answers in pairs. T will the key answers to the students.

Extra practice (7-9 minutes) • To provide to practice the use of the target language

T will write three sentences in the past simple on the white board. T will ask students to write three sentences about what they did on their last weekend using the same verbs. T will monitor the students if they need help. T will ask students to talk in pairs about telling their partner what they did.

Extra practice (5-9 minutes) • To use the expressions like last night, yesterday..etc

T will draw the timeline on the board explaining that they can use expression which represent the past time. e.g: I went to the cinema last night. T will ask students to write sentences about the past using last weekend, on Monday, yesterday, in 2005. Students will check their answers in pairs. Students will read their sentences in the whole class.

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