CHIENYU YI

6/13/16

LESSON PLAN, INTR 613

Proficiency level:
- Beginning Adult ESL Class
Objectives: Students are able to
- review the present tense verb to be, am-is-are
- review the past tense verb to be, was-were
- review locations vocabulary that they have learned in the previous class
- ask and answer yes/no and information questions in the past tense
Previous lessons: Students have
- learned vocabulary time, day, and date
Materials:
- Pictures of the locations
- Pre-marked calendar
- The verb to be conjugations chart
- Worksheet for guided practice
- Worksheet for communicative practice

CHIENYU YI
6/13/16

LESSON PLAN, INTR 613

Time
3 mins

Stage
Warm-Up

5 mins

Introduction

7 mins

Presentation

10 mins Guided Practice

10 mins Assessment

5 mins

Communicative

5 mins
5 mins

Evaluation
Closure

Procedures
Roll Call
T writes objectives on the board before the class.
T greets the class
T calls out each students name and asks
How are you today?
How about yesterday, how were you yesterday?
T explains the challenge of using the past tense
T informs Ss the objectives of the day
T shows the verb to be conjugations chart slide.
Review locations vocabulary T gives 7 location pictures with dates on them to 7 students.
T asks the following random questions in the present tense.
T- Ss
T: Where is/was [students name] on [date]?
Ss: [name] is/was at the [location].
T gives 7 location pictures to 7 different students.
T- S
T: Where are/were you on [date]?
S: I am/was at the [location].
Demonstrate how to complete the Information Gap activity T shows Joes ten-day schedule slide.
T and Ss have a conversation about Joes calendar.
Activity 1 Information Gap.
T gives Ss the worksheets
T guides Ss to complete the activity
The class is divided into two groups, A and B.
T shows the answers
Ss A and Ss B start the conversation as a class together
Ss are paired up and practice their conversation
Each pair present their conversation
T pairs Ss and ask them to complete the worksheet
Activity 2 True or False Activity (If there is more time)
Ss are divided into two teams
T demonstrates how to play the game
Each teams representative picks up a card and makes a statement
The other team needs to guess if it is true or false
The team gets a right answer, gets a point
Ss are paired up to interview each other their past weeks schedules.
Ss complete the communicative worksheet
Each pair reports their conversation from the worksheet.
Review present and past tenses
Preview learning more past tense verbs for the next class