Lesson Plan

Teacher: ______________________
School: ______________ ___
Class: 7th
Number of students: ____
Textbook: High Flyer - intermediate
Lesson Topic: Past Tense Simple
Lesson length: 50 minutes
Type of lesson: Acquiring new information and revising old one.
Skills: grammar, speaking, reading, listening
Didactic strategies: ● methods and procedures: explanations, brainstorming, observation, discovery and discussion, role-playing
● materials used: notebooks, video, whiteboard, text, internet*.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CGh8f_utWM (6:39min/ 3:24min.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZzKe1BC2XU (3:40 min)*
● organization: individual work, pair work, group work.

Lesson Aims (centred on student):

 To teach and consolidate the Past Simple
 To give students more practice on grammar
Personal Aims
 Reducing TTT.
 Using time management as appropriately as possible.

Objectives
Affective objectives: - to create a pleasant atmosphere for the collaboration between teacher and students;
- to stimulate students participate to the lesson;
Anticipated problems: - if teacher thinks it is necessary, she will offer the students guidance in solving certain activities;
- some students might feel nervous and reluctant to participate in the activity, thus they may need assistance.
- there might be a necessity to change the order of some stages or readjust them in order to get the students talking.

Time Lesson Teacher’s activity Students’ activity Interaction Aims

stage

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3 Warm-up T greets the Ss and asks about their mood. T checks Ss answer to the T-Ss To create a relaxed and
who is present. teacher. pleasant atmosphere

7 Lead-in T writes on the board some sample sentences with Ss put the T-Ss To teach and revise the
regular verbs: sentences in the Whole form and use of this
I talk to my sister everyday past and say their class tense.
→ I talked to my sister yesterday/a few days own remarks
ago. (about the form,
I walk to school (because it is close). how is the action).
→ Yesterday I walked to school.
Firstly, T asks Ss to put the sentences in the
past, after T asks them what they remark (form,
how is the action, where do they expect to see
this tense* - if students cannot answer T will
help them).

8 Activity 1 T gives Ss a short worksheet where Ss must Ss try to do the T-Ss To teach and revise the
practice regular verbs and their pronunciation. worksheet and Ss-T pronunciation of regular
Most students have a tendency to pronounce – come to the board. Whole verbs.
ed inaccurately class
1. If a verb ends in the sounds /b/, /g/, /
ð/, /v/, /z/, /dʒ/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /r/, /l/ then -ed
sounds like /d/.
2. If a verb ends in the sounds /p/, /k/, /θ/,
/f/, /s/, /⟆/, /t⟆/ then -ed sounds like /t/.
3. If a verb ends in the sounds /t/ or /d/ then
-ed sounds like /id/.
Annex 1

8 Activity 2 T then moves to irregular verbs. T writes a few Ss try to complete T-Ss To try and remember the
sentences in the present containing irregular verbs the task. Ss-T irregular verbs.
and asks Ss to put them in the past. Whole
I go to school every day. class
→ I went to school yesterday.

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 T proceeds to give the Ss an worksheet where they
have to complete with the irregular forms.
Annex 2
8 Activity 3 T puts a video related to both regular and irregular T-Ss To expose Ss to native
verbs. Ss watch it and they try to write down as Ss-T speakers of English.
many verbs as they can from what they listened. G To further practice the
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CGh8f_utWM irregular verbs.
If the verbs are irregular T puts the Ss to tell their
forms.
15 Activity 4 (a) T asks Ss to work individually firstly and write Ss work in groups T-Ss To make students use
Production what they did yesterday and then to compare it with of 2 and try to Ss-T what they have learnt.
the partner to see what they both did or didn’t. finish the task P
Afterwards T asks the Ss to imagine how this would To use their imagination.
be in an unlucky day.

(b – in case students have a problem with a task)* T T-Ss

gives Ss a small and easy gap filling text. The Ss Ss-T
have to work in pairs fill in the gaps with the correct P
form and after to transform the text in an unlucky
weekend. They may add as many verbs or situations
as possible. Annex 3*

(c – role-playing) T gives Ss 2 slips of paper with T-Ss

questions. Ss form groups of 4 – 2 policemen and 2 Ss-T
suspects. Firstly Ss answer the helping questions G
then they have to act out. Annex 4*
2 Homework T gives students their homework assignment Ss jot down their T-Ss To repeat the irregular
assignment Ss receive an irregular verb list they must study homework verbs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZzKe1BC2XU assignment
(3:40 min)*

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 Annex 1

Regular Past Tense Worksheet

Write the past tense of these regular verbs. Classify them according to their ending sound

Like Live T D ID
Wash
Walk Watch
Play
Look Enjoy
Try
Listen Jump
Paint
Talk Faint
Study
Chat Borrow
Dance
Arrive Want
Pick
Travel Touch

Complete the sentences using the past tense of the verb in brackets.

I ______________ (need) a pencil to write a letter.

2. You ___________ (play) hockey last week.
3. He _____________ (enjoy) his holidays in Brazil.
4. We _____________ (chat) last night
5. She ______________ (study) all night.

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 Annex 2

Irregular Verbs Worksheet

break broke broken

speak    
  chose  
    stolen

build built built

spend    
  sent  
    lent

meet met met

leave    
  felt  

buy bought bought

bring    
  thought  
    caught

write wrote written

ride    
  drove  

fall fell fallen

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   took  
  saw  
  ate  

know knew known

fly    
  grew  

drink drank drunk

swim    
  rang  
    sung

Annex 3*

My Weekend

“I ______ (have) a great weekend! On Saturday I ___________ (sleep) late and then __________ (go) out for dinner with some friends. We __________
(have) a really good time. On Sunday I ________ (go) shopping in the morning for groceries. In the evening I _____________ (go) to see the ‘Vivid’ light
show. It _______ (be) really magic. Here is a picture of what we _________ (see):

This weekend __________ (be) longer than usual, because we __________ (celebrate) the Queen’s birthday. I  even __________ (drive)  to see a
waterfall. It __________ (start) to rain, but we _________ (walk) from the car to see the waterfall anyway. We _________ (be) lucky to even see a
rainbow. Gladly it __________ (not rain) much. We __________ (enjoy) the scenery greatly. At 7 pm _________ (leave). We __________ (get) back pretty
fast as the road _________ (not be) crowded. We ___________ (separate) in a very good mood. When I _________ (arrive) home I ________ (notice) a
kitten at my door. I even _______ (get) a new family member, of course I ________ (keep) it.”

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 Annex 4*

Policemen Card
Ask about the following:
where and when they met
_______________________________________
what the weather was like
_______________________________________
what their friend was wearing _______________________________________
where they were at 10 pm last night _______________________________________
what they were doing at 10 pm last night _______________________________________
what they ate or drank at the party _______________________________________
who they talked to at the party _______________________________________
any noises they heard _______________________________________
what/who they saw when they heard the noise ___________________________________
what was he/she/they doing _______________________________________

Suspects Card
Get together with your partner and think about:
where and when you met __________________________________
what the weather was like __________________________________
what was your friend wearing _______________________________________
where you were at 10 pm last night _______________________________________
what you were doing at 10 pm last night _______________________________________
what you ate or drank at the party _______________________________________
who you talked to at the party _______________________________________
any noises you heard _______________________________________
what/who you saw when you heard the noise ___________________________________
what was he/she/they doing _______________________________________
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