LESSON PLAN

Date: 20th October 2008

School: Şcoala de Arte şi Meserii George Bariţiu, Oradea
Class: XI th SAM
Teacher: Ioana Burlău
Time: 50 minutes
Lesson: TESTING PAST TENSE SIMPLE
Type of lesson: Assessment
Skills covered: speaking, writing, reading, listening

Objectives:
1. to engage and activate all students in speaking spontaneously and fluently about
something, using Past Tense
2. ppractice and reinforce Past Tense Simple of regular and irregular verbs
3. practice listening comprehension

Didactic strategies:

• Methods and procedure:conversation,explanation, dialogue

• Materials and equipment:handouts, tape recorder, flashcards, blackboard, CD
• Class organization: Ss will work individually and in groups.

Teaching methods: explanation, conversation, gap filling exercises

Recent work: students have been studying all tenses of the Indicative Mood, but they need
to be reinforced and tested before going further on

Stages of the lesson:

1. ORGANIZING THE CLASS

2. WARM UP
3. LEAD-IN
4. LANGUAGE PRESENTATION
5. CONTROLLED PRACTICE
6. FREE PRACTICE
7. FEEDBACK
PROCEDURE

STAGE INTERRACTION TIMING FOCUS

1. ORGANIZING THE T-SS, SS-T 1’ listening, speaking
CLASS
• The T calls the roll
• SS prepare for the lesson
STAGE INTERRACTION TIMING FOCUS
2. WARM UP T-SS, SS-T 1’ listening, speaking
 Objective 1: to engage and activate all students in speaking spontaneously and fluently
about something, using Past Tense

ACTIVITY 1
• T asks the SS about their week end programme, What did you do yesterday?
• SS answer using past tense verbs
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3. LEAD-IN T-SS, SS-T 8’ writing, speaking

Objective 2: practice and reinforce Past Tense Simple of regular and irregular verbs

ACTIVITY 1
• T introduces the topic and tells the SS that they are going to review and be tested on
Past Tense Simple
• SS are given the following task: Find the past tense of the following verbs: BLOW,
BRING, BUY, BEGIN, HAVE, CATCH, FORGET, THROW, WIN, WRITE, READ, HIDE,
GET, COST, RIDE, DRINK, EAT, THINK, DRIVE, KNOW, SINK, SING, RING, MAKE, DO,
GO, TELL, SELL, SAY, DRAW, LIE, SIT, FLY, GROW, PUT, BEAR, SEND
• SS take turns in completing the task
• T checks orally the SS’s answers

STAGE INTERRACTION TIMING FOCUS

4. LANGUAGE T-SS, SS-T 15’ listening,
PRESENTATION speaking,writing

Objective 2: ppractice and reinforce Past Tense Simple of regular and irregular verbs

ACTIVITY 1
• T writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard
• SS write the title of the lesson on their notebooks
• T gives a copy of the worksheet to each student.
• SS work individually and write their answers in the circles.
• T makes sure they write their answers in random order, and encourages them to
answer all the questions if possible. They should write names, single words or short
phrases, not complete sentences.
 • SS will orally answer in turns and give their examples
STAGE INTERRACTION TIMING FOCUS
5. CONTROLLED T-SS, SS-T, 10’ listening,
PRACTICE PAIR WORK speaking,writing

Objective 3: practice listening comprehension

ACTIVITY 1

• T plays the Beatles song “Yesterday” SS,in pairs, have to fill in the missing verbs from
the lyrics

Yesterday the Beatles

Yesterday, all my troubles 1._______________ so far away

Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I 2._______________ to be

There's a shadow hanging over me
oh, yesterday 3._______________ suddenly

Why she 4._______________ to go I don't know, she wouldn't say

I 5. _______________ something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love 6._______________ such an easy game to play

Now I need a place to hide away
oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say

I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play

Now I need a place to hide away
oh, I believe in yesterday, Mm
 • T checks their answers and asks SS to write the verbs on the blackboard: seemed,
used, came,had, said, was

STAGE INTERRACTION TIMING FOCUS

6. FREE PRACTICE T-SS, SS-T 10’ listening, speaking
SS-SS
GROUP WORK

Objective 1: to engage and activate all students in speaking spontaneously and fluently
about something, using Past Tense

ACTIVITY 1

• T divides the class in two groups and gives each group the same set of 10 flashcards
with Present Tense verbs.
• SS have to turn the verbs to Past Tense when T asks: eg. “What did Bob do
yesterday?, group 1or 2 turns the Present Tense verb to Past and answers:Bob
played tennis yesterday.” etc

STAGE INTERRACTION TIMING FOCUS

7. FEEDBACK T-SS, SS-T 5’ listening, speaking

• T starts the review of the subject of the day, highlighting again the main points
• T praises the SS’s effort and appreciates their work by grading them