LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: GRADE: the IVth

NO. OF STUDENTS: 12
DATE:
TYPE OF LESSON: REVISION
LEVEL: elementary
SUBJECT: Present Continuous
TEACHER:
TIME: 40 minutes

AIM OF THE LESSON:

 Reinforce previously achieved grammar structures related to present
continuous
 Listening skills (practicing pronounciation, intonation and rhythm)
Develop communicative skills (encouraging Ss. to speak freely)

COMPETENCES:

- develop the students’ ability to use language in real life situations;

- solve the exercises correctly;
- put the correct form of the verb in brackets;
- employ correctly the grammar topic;
- exchange information using the grammar structure under discussion;

STRATEGY:
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT / TYPES OF INTERACTION: Individual
work, pair work, group work
METHODS: conversation, explanation, exercise
SKILLS: writing, reading, listening, speaking
AIDS: textbook, blackboard, exercises, worksheets

Assumptions: I assume that students have understood the grammatical category of verb
and are eager to find out more details/ things about other tenses in English;
Anticipated problems: Taking into consideration that some of the students’ level of
knowledge and their motivation of learning (English included) are rather limited/ low, the
Teacher expects her skills of teaching might not be as valued as wanted.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
1. Mauchline, F., Morris, D., Smith, C., Iordăchescu A.M., Stoenescu, M. (2017),
Limba Modernă2 Limba Engleză, manual pt. cls. a-V-a, Ed. Litera, București;
2. Scrivener, J. (2011), Learning teaching, 3rd edition, Ed. Macmillan, London;
3. https://busyteacher.org/

NR. LESSON AIM TEACHER/STUDENT METHODS INTE

CR STAGE ACTIVITY RACT
T. ION
1. Warm The students S: Good Morning, teacher! Conversation T-S
up are getting T: Good Morning, students! S-T
2’ ready for the
English class
2. Checking To check the T asks the Ss to read their Conversation T-S
previous homework’s homework, corrects if S- T
knowledge correctness necessary.
5’ To check What was your previous lesson
previous about?
knowledge
3. Presentation To help The T writes on the blackboard Conversation T-S
15’ students to the title of the new lesson and Explanation S- T
learn the she shows the Ss a ppt about Individual
present present continuous (form, use, work
continuous examples, and exercises),
underlining the key words ″now
″ , ″right now″ and ″at the
moment″ and then presents the
differences between this tense
and present simple.
I am reading the lesson now.
I am not playing tennis at the
moment.
Are you watching TV now?
▪S + TO BE(present simple) +
V + ING
▪S + TO BE(present simple) +
NOT+ V +ING
▪ TO BE(present simple)+ S +
V + ING

Present Tense Continuous

denotes:
• an action going on at the
moment of speaking:
Mary is going to school now.
 • an usual action interrupted for
a short period of time:
Ana usually goes to school by
car but today she is walking.
• an annoying action that
irritates the speaker:
I am always losing my key.
Adverbs ; now, right now, at the
moment.
(We translate it in Romanian
with present).
The T presents the Ss some
spelling rules:
• verbs ended with –e:
Make-making
• verbs ended with -ee:
See-seeing
• Verbs ended with a consonant
preceded by a vowel, double the
consonant:
Run-running
The T asks the Ss to give an
example of a sentence using
present simple
I listen to music every day.
We don’t buy a new car every
year.
Do you make a cake every
Saturday?

4. Practice to assimilate T writes on the blackboard Exercise S-T

7’ the some sentences and asks the Ss Pair work T-S
knowledge to come and solve them at the
about present blackboard.
continuous

5. Production to use the The T asks the Ss to write a Exercise S-T

7’ present dialogue on their own using Individual
continuous in present continuous. work
sentences of
their own
6. Evaluation to check T gives them handouts with the Exercise S-S
7’ understandin lyrics of a song and in groups Group work
g of the new they have to solve the task; T
grammar gives grades to the first group
problem who finishes correctly the task.
7. Feed-back to check The T asks the Ss some Conversation S-T
5’ understandin questions about the present Individual
g of the new continuous and the present work
grammar simple and the Ss answer.
problem
8. Homework To encourage The T gives the Ss homework Conversation T-S
2’ students to solve the ex. 3/ 32. Individual T-s
work