Level : 3rd Stream: Literary \ Ph Teacher : Senouci Younes

Unit : Exploring the past Sequence : Read and consider Date : November 2022
Course name : time conjunctions competency : interact - interpret Time Allowance : 1 hr

Objective : by the end of this lesson, my learners will be able to:

❑ Employ conjunctions that express time appropriately

Lesson Plan
Time Stage Activities (input and output) Aim

* Teacher greets his learners and welcomes them

- the teacher then writes these examples on the table :
Examples: To set the
a-After the Egyptians had mummified the pharaoh, they buried him in the pyramid learners in
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When the lecture .
b-Before the Egyptians buried the pharaoh, they had mummified him.
c-The Egyptians didn’t bury the pharaoh until they had mummified him.
d- The Pharaohs had reigned in Egypt until the Romans defeated them.
e- The pupils left as soon as the bell rang.
Interaction f- After Algeria had gained its independence , the country opposed any imperial
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mins g- Julius Caesar had built the temple before he left the land.

* the teacher then enquires his learners about the examples :

-What do these sentences express?
-What do you notice?
-Which action comes after each time conjunction? Comprehend
Key answers : / remember
the notion of
Time conjunctions: are connectors that link two clauses (sentences) according to “time conju”
their sequence or chronological order.
Example :

Interpreting
Egyptian mummify the pharaoh they bury him
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In this example the mummification preceeds the burial.

Here is an illustration in the timeline :

 Make
They buried him relation
between
sequence of
event and
present future tenses
Past perfect past present future
perfect perfect

Egyptians had mummified the pharaoh

Reminder
To express time in the past we use time conjunctions : ( before , after , until , till ,
when , as soon as … etc) according to the following sequence :
production 1/ past simple + after/ when/ as soon as + past perfect
2/ past perfect + before/ by the time + past simple
3/ Past simple(in the negative ) + until + past perfect Deduce the
4/ past perfect + until + past simple rule for
expressing
Practice: time in the
20 past
mins Task 1.Complete the following sentences with until- before- as soon as.
a).........................the Phoenicians had settled in the Maghreb, they built trading
posts.
b) The French didn’t leave Algeria....................the Algerians had defeated them.
c) The Arabs had conquered Persia .................they spread the Islamic culture and
civilization.

Key:
As soon as / until / before

Task 2.: Join the following pairs of sentences with: until, when or after. Make the
necessary changes.
A/ Tarik Ibn-Ziad (cross) the Strait of Gibraltar.
He (give) his famous speech.
B/ The Muslims ( settle) in Andalusia .
They( transform) it into a prestigious cultural area.
C/ The 0ttomans remained in Algeria . The French invaded Algiers in1830.

Key:
A/ When Tarik Ibn-Ziad had crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, he gave his
famous speech.
B/After the Muslims had settled in Andalusia ,they transformed it into a
prestigious cultural area.
C/ The Ottomans had remained in Algeria until the French invaded Algiers
in1830.