Grammar Lesson Plan

Context: Intermediate Students

Learner Needs: To learn and practice the present perfect tense.
Objectives/Aims: Students will be able to use the present perfect tense in their speaking
and writing.
Assumptions: Im presuming that these students have enough language knowledge
understand this grammatical structure.
Language Analysis: This lesson will focus on the grammatical structure of the present
perfect tense.
Materials: Writing materials
Timing/Sequencing: 60 minutes.
Assessment: Collect students biographies at the end of the lesson.
Reflection:
Lesson Plan:
Stage

Aim

Procedure

Mats.

Focus

Time

Introduce the
concept of the
present perfect
tense to
students.

Call on students to list a few of their life

experiences, a hobby theyve had for
years, and something theyve done
recently. List them on the board.

None.

Begin to
introduce
the
different
uses of
present
perfect.

Getting
students
familiar
with the
different
uses of
present
perfect.

15

Warm up

Lesson activities/assessments
Explain the
Using the list now written on the board
present perfect (travelled abroad, collected stamps for
tense.
ten years, had lunch, etc.), begin to
rewrite the sentences with the present
perfect tense. (E.g. I have travelled
abroad a few times; I have collected
stamps for stamps, I have just eaten
lunch.)
After writing a few of these, ask if
students can pick up the pattern and
rewrite the sentences on the board by
themselves.
Answer any questions students have
regarding the structure, and give them a
handout with irregular verbs and
timelines showing the differences

between the different usages (such as was

on my grammar handout for the blog last
week.) I will also explain the
expressions just, already, yet, for, and
since.
Practice using Give students a biography you have
present perfect written of either a famous or fictitious
tense.
person with blanks where the present
perfect tense would be. Divide students
into pairs and have them work on the
handout together.
(Ex: Have you met my friend Ellen? She
_has lived_____ across the street from
me for many years. (live) She is a very
interesting person she __has
travelled__ to many countries and __has
learned__ to speak several languages.
(travel, learn)
Produce
Using the worksheet as a model, ask
writing using
students to begin writing their own
present perfect biographies using all three of the usages
writing.
things in the past, things in the past that
have continued until now, and events that
have happened to them recently.

Writing
materia
ls.

Continue to 15
practice
present
perfect, and
expose any
remaining
confusion
that
remains.

Writing
materia
ls

Improve
ability to
produce
writing
using
present
perfect
tense and
practice
general
writing
skills.

20

Gain
confidence
in speaking
and
writing.

Conclusion
Share results
of work with
other students.

As they complete the assignment, ask

students to share their work with other
students. Once all students have
completed their biographies, ask for
volunteers to share their biographies
aloud with the class.