UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE GUATEMALA

FACULTAD DE EDUCACIÓN
English Language Teaching (ELT) Program
EI3125-224 Practicum in ELT
Phase II

LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Student Teacher: Margarita Gómar de López Course: Inglés Instrumental 3 Room: I-105
Grade: _________ Section: ________ Lesson #: 5 Date: 16-11-14 Time: 17:20 – 19:30

Topic: Past tense narratives. Language Focus: Simple Past, Past Continuous
Context: Billionaire rips a hole in his Picasso. and Past Perfect.
Strategies: Inferring, asking and answering Skill Focus: Speaking/writing.
questions.
Materials/Resources: Work Book and notebook.
Lesson Objective (s): SWBAT
 Use the simple past, past continuous and past perfect to describe actions in the past.

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WARM-UP ACTIVITY: Find Someone who… Interactions:

Time: 15 min.
1. T hands out photocopies and explains the activity. T-S
2. T explains the formation of sentences using the white board. T-S
3. T asks Ss to form one sentence for each part of the exercise. T-S,S-T
4. T asks Ss to form two circles and rotate every times he says so. Also, while
rotating they need to ask the questions from the photocopy. S-S,
5. T monitors and helps Ss as they perform the activity. T-S,S-T
PRESENTATION: Reading: Billionaire rips a hole in his Picasso. Interactions:
Time: 20 min.
1. T asks Ss to go to page 16 of their workbooks. T-S
2. T asks different Ss to read out loud the story of the millionaire. T-S,S-T
3. T reviews the past tenses. T-S
4. T divides the board in three parts and asks Ss to explain how each tense is
formed. T-S,S-T
5. T uses time lines and the sentences given by Ss to explain each tense. T-S

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING: Interactions:

Time: 2 min.
1. T numbers each section of the board as 1,2,and 3. T-S
2. T reads several sentences and asks Ss to identify the tense by using their fingers. T-S,S-T

PRACTICE ACTIVITIES: Recognizing Tenses. Interactions:

Time: 15 min.
Activity 1
1. T divides the students in pairs. T-S
2. T asks Ss to complete exercise 1 of page 16. (Recognizing tenses) T-S,S-S
3. T asks each pair to give one of the answers for each exercise. T-S,S-T
4.
Time: 20 min. Interactions:
Activity 2
1. T makes new groups. T-S
2. T asks Ss to go to page 15 and complete exercises 2, 3, and 4. T-S,S-S
 3. T Checks answers with Ss. T-S,S-T

PRODUCTION ACTIVITY: Historical Events. Interactions:

Time: 20 min.
1. T asks Ss to write on the board some important events of the recent past. 9/11 T-S
2. Ss complete on the board a total of 7 important events. S-S
3. T asks Ss to copy those events in their notebooks and write questions to ask what
the other person was doing on that date. T-S
4. T asks Ss to stand up and move around asking different Ss their questions. S-S
5. T monitor Ss and helps them when necessary. T-S,S-T

PRODUCTION ACTIVITY: Solving a Crime. Interactions:

Time: 25 min.
1. T tells Ss that he needs their help to invent a crime with as many characteristics
as possible. T-S, S-T
2. Ss describe possible scenarios and characteristics. S-T
3. Once the crime has been stablished, T divides Ss in two groups. T-S
4. One group will be police officers and the other will be suspects. T-S
5. T indicates to the police officers that they need to prepare several questions to
interrogate the suspects and also tells the suspect that they need to prepare
answers to possible questions made by the police. T-S
6. T gives Ss the time to prepare their questions and defense. S-S
7. T assigns one suspect to each police officer to be interrogated. S-S
8. T monitors questions and answers of police officers and suspects. T-S,S-S
9. T finishes the activity by asking who they think is the criminal. T-S

WRAP-UP ACTIVITY: Interactions:

Time: 3 min.
1. T asks students to tell one thing they learned that day. T-S,S-T

ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY:

HOMEWORK:

FOLLOW-UP NOTES FOR NEXT LESSON: