Intera- Stage and Aim Procedure Anticipated Problems and Solutions Tutor’s Comments

ctions(s)
and time
3 mins
T-S Lead-in Ask students Problem:
To activate students Q: Do you still see your friends from school? Late students
S-S interest in the topic of When was the last time you saw them?
long lost friends Students discuss in Pairs Solutions:
S-T OCFB (BRIEF, just one pair) They can join one of the pairs and
learn about the task from them

6 mins
approx Orientation to text Show students pictures of two people, explain that they are Susan Problem:
Stimulate interest in and Dave. They were friends from school, but they haven’t seen Students don’t understand the text
T-S the text each other for a long time.
S They suddenly see each other after a long time, and they have a Solution:
S-S conversation. Dave tells some lies to Susan... The language has been graded and
S-T some of the content is even given
Content focus Gist task away as the text is introduced. If the
Ensure that students Q: What Dave right to lie? students still don’t understand it
understand the Students have 2 mins to read the text. Discuss in pairs. then we will clarify content together.
content of the text OCFB on content

ICQs: before task... ‘So, will Dave tell the truth in the story?’ No
15 mins Language focus Students will undertake a guided discovery task to focus on the Problem:
meaning, form and pronunciation of the Present perfect continuous Students don’t understand the
T-S Focus on language use of ‘for’ and ‘since’. questions or find the task too
S from the text The students will first work on the meaning section of the guided difficult
S-S discovery independently (3mins). The will discuss answers in pairs Solution:
(1min), then teacher will clarify the meaning through OCFB (2mins). If this happens I will take control of
During this feedback, teacher boards the sentence and draws time the lesson again and work through
lines. the Meaning and Form of the
language together with the students
Students will then complete the form focus, and tasks relating to using the whiteboard
‘for’ and ‘since’ (8 mins) with OCFB (3mins).

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 Problem:
Teacher monitors and micro-teaches where appropriate. Forgetting to introduce the Question
form! This is needed for the freer
practice

Solution:
Its not a problem yet! I just must
remember to do it, and ensure
students are confident in using it!

Problem:
Students may need request a
comparison between this tense and
the present perfect.

Solution
This form is not contrasted with
another one in this lesson, but I will
read up on the present perfect so I
can clarify if needed.
8 mins Controlled Practice of Students are given a sentence forming activity. They have 8
S the TL prompts, e.g. collect / DVD / two years Problem:
S-S Students need to a) put the verb in PPC form Misuse of the TL
S-T Opportunity check that b) use ‘for’ or ‘since’ correctly with the time phrase in each sentence Solution
learning has taken Students check answers in pairs Here, micro-teaching and monitoring
place OCFB is important just before pairwork, to
check how much the students have
ICQs: ‘Which tense do you use for the verb?’ learnt individually
‘what do you write before the time... you choose between... what?’

12 mins Freer Practice Students are told that they will be at a reunion Problem:
S They should prepare answers (using prompts) to some of the Students don’t use the target
questions they may be asked. They can be creative with their language
answers, and lie like Dave did in the text (3 mins)
Students will mingle, asking each other about their actions: Solution:
Refer to the start of the text as a model of how to greet each other, Monitor and prompt

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and use this question:
Q: What have you been doing?
If they find out something interesting they can ask general follow up
questions
Communicative goal: Students talk in pairs after the mingle and
discuss who had the most interesting stories, and who was the
worst liar!
Students don’t have to make notes during the task.

HOPEFULLY there will be enough time at the end of class for an

ERROR CORRECTION slot. I have scheduled the last 3 mins for this.