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Lesson objectives:
Activity 1 Warm-up
Interaction Timing
Aim: To create a pleasant atmosphere and to relax the Ss T-Ss
To get Ss involved in the topic Ss-T
Procedure: 2 min
1. Informal conversation, greetings
2. Check if there are students missing
Activity 2- Checking the Previous Knowledge
Activity 3 Lead in
T-Ss 10 min
Aim: to introduce the theme of the lesson –Past Simple and Continuous- Ss-T
Consolidation
Procedure: To set up a framework of the lesson and activate schemata, T
begins by asking some of the students the following question: “What did
you do last weekend?”Before proceeding,T writes the question down on the
board. While eliciting responses from the students, T will make sure that
the simple past form is properly used.For example:
T: What did you do last weekend, Radu?
S1: I saw a movie.
This conversation will continue to include other Ss.T lists up the answers
on the left side of the board, underlining the verbs in the simple past form.
Then, T proceeds to ask another question, using the past continuous: “What
were you doing at eight o’clock yesterday evening?”A few of the students
may be able to answer this question, using the past progressive properly
(e.g., “I was watching TV.”). But it is likely that many of them fail to do so;
some use the simple past (e.g., “I watched TV.”), while others attempt to
use the past continuous but omit the auxiliary BE (e.g., “I watching TV.”).
T would provide negative feedback, using recasts (e.g., “You were
watching TV, right?”), to make the students aware of the past continuous
form.T lists up the answers on the right side of the board, underlining the
verbs in the past continuous form.
Thus, example sentences of the simple past and the past progressive are
elicited from the students and presented for comparison on the board .
» Then she asks the Ss to remember the use of the Simple Past
Use: we use the Simple Past to talk about completed actions in the past.
T uses the written sentences as an example for the Ss
T asks the Ss: Can you identify the tense in the examples?
The Ss recognize the Past Continuous tense.
What do we use it for?
Use: we use the Past Continuous tense to talk about actions which were
in progress at a particular moment in the past.
The actions can be:
interrupted – when …
Happening at the same time – while…or as I……..
Activity 3 Written Practice 5min
T-Ss
Aim: Consolidation Ss-Ss
Procedure: T asks the Ss to have a look at the following sentences and to
complete them on their handouts. (Appendix 1). Ss solve the task and
after that, they are asked to read the sentences and correct if necessary.
The T asks the Ss to identify and underline the verbs in the past
simple and past continuous in the text.
Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Use past Simple or Continuous:
Appendix 2
Read the text carefully and underline the verbs in the Past simple and
continuous.
A Strange Experience
Last month I was on holiday in Ireland with my mum and dad. One day, were
driving through a small village. It was time for lunch, so we stopped at a
restaurant.
It was a large, old building. We looked through the window. There were lots of
people in the restaurant. They were eating, drinking and chatting. A musician was
playing the violin. But there was something strange about the people. They weren’t
wearing normal, modern clothes. They were wearing hats, jackets and dresses from
another century. We couldn’t understand it. But we were hungry, so we opened the
door.
When we went into the restaurant, everything was different. The people were
wearing normal clothes. The musician wasn’t there… the music was on CD. It was
a very strange experience.
Appendix 3
Team A
Make short stories using the clues below:
Team B
Make short stories using the clues below:
Team C
Make short stories using the clues below:
Team D