UNITATEA DE ÎNVĂŢĂMÂNT: ŞCOALA GIMNAZIALĂ MOIECIU DE JOS

DISCIPLINA LA CARE SE SUSŢINE LECŢIA: LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

NUME PROFESOR: VOINESCU - STOIE SÎNZIANA - MARIA

DATA: 25 MARTIE 2019

LESSON PLAN

DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS

 CLASS/ PROFILE: 6th grade - It is a mixed and diverse class; while some students have a very good English level, other students can still
be considered beginners. On the other hand, the students in this class are very energetic and have the tendency to become noisy and restless
during the classes. Therefore, a dynamic teaching approach represents the best choice when it comes to them.

 NUMBER OF ENGLISH CLASSES PER WEEK: 2h.

 NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 28.

 LEVEL: Elementary (A1 - A2).

DESCRIPTION OF THE LESSON

 TITLE OF THE LESSON: Past Simple of regular verbs, affirmative form.

 UNIT: Unit 4 (He felt relaxed).

 PREVIOUS LESSON: Dialogue.

 LESSON TYPE: Acquiring new knowledge: Teaching grammar.

 LENGTH: 50 minutes.

 TYPES OF INTERACTION: T>Ss, Ss>Ss, Ss>T.

 TYPES OF ACTIVITIES: Individual work, pair work, whole class.

 TEACHING TECHNIQUES: Video, short story, game, gap - filling exercises.

 TEACHING METHODS: Conversation, explanation, boarding, eliciting.

 EVALUATION: Oral, individual, self-evaluation.

OBJECTIVES OF THE LESSON

By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

1. Recognise the regular verbs used in the Past Simple tense and to understand the affirmative form of the Past Simple regular verbs.

2. Spell correctly the affirmative forms of the regular verbs used in the Past Simple tense.

3. Pronounce correctly the Past Simple forms of the regular verbs.

LESSON AIMS

MAIN AIM

To practise the usage of Past Simple regular verbs and their spelling.

SUBSIDIARY AIMS

To practise listening while paying attention to specific information.

To practise reading a text with various Past Simple regular verbs and to underline the verbs.

To practise speaking using some of the most common Past Simple regular verbs.
LANGUAGE/ SKILLS TAUGHT (during the lesson)

 Listening;

 Reading;

 Writing;

 Speaking;

 Spelling;

 Pronunciation.

MATERIALS

 Handouts;

 Textbooks;

 Colourful balloons;

 Whiteboard;

 Laptop;

 Video projector;

 Link: http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar/beginner-grammar/past-simple-regular-verbs.

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
 - With students:

Some students might find it difficult to apply the spelling rules of the past simple regular verbs and to associate them with the
right pronunciation.

SOLUTIONS

Teacher will give as many examples of Past Simple regular verbs as necessary.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON

ACTIVITY 1: WARM - UP/ LEAD - IN (WARM - UP CONVERSATION, HOMEWORK CHECK)

AIMS To get Ss ready for the new lesson and to create a dynamic and
balanced atmosphere in the class.
To revise and consolidate previously learned knowledge.
To state the objective of the lesson.
CLASS ORGANISATION Individual, Whole class

TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Conversation, explanation

SKILLS INVOLVED Speaking (fluency, pronunciation)

ESTIMATED TIME 10 minutes

MATERIALS Textbooks, notebooks

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY T greets Ss and asks them how are they.
T asks if anyone is absent.

T asks Ss “How are you felling today?” in order to review the feelings
and emotions that they have learned. Suggested answers: “I’m felling/
I’m happy/ relaxed/ sad.” T asks more questions: “Does anyone feel
curious today? What about surprised? But angry? Maybe bored?”.

T asks Ss to check the homework together (Exercise 3, page 51) by

picking a red pen and correcting themselves the mistakes in their
notebooks/ textbooks.
 ACTIVITY 2: PRE - TEACH TASK (GRAMMAR INSIGHT)

AIM To provide context for the target grammar through conversation,

explanation and examples.

CLASS ORGANISATION Individual, Whole class

TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Conversation, explanation, eliciting, boarding

SKILLS INVOLVED Speaking

ESTIMATED TIME 10 minutes

MATERIALS Whiteboard, markers, textbooks

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY T announces the title of the new lesson: Past Simple of regular verbs
and translates it into Romanian.
T asks Ss what verbs are used in Romanian to express past events.
T explains that Past Simple can express a very recent event, such as in

He started classes at 8 a.m. yesterday.

or a very far in time situation, such as
You lived in this house ten years ago.

T writes the sentences on the whiteboard and underlines the verbs and
the time expressions.

T asks Ss to review the Past Simple of the verb TO BE, affirmative

form. T explains that the verb TO BE is the only verb which has
different forms for different subjects, while all the other verbs have
 only a Past Simple form.
T asks Ss to study the sentences in Table A, page 52.

ACTIVITY 3: LANGUAGE FOCUS THROUGH VIDEO

AIMS To draw students’ attention to the target language of the new unit.

To get the students familiar with different spellings of Past Simple

regular verbs.

CLASS ORGANISATION Whole class

TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Explanation, conversation.

SKILLS INVOLVED Listening

ESTIMATED TIME 3 minutes

MATERIALS Video projector, laptop, link

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY T invites Ss to watch a short video about a boy who took his driving
test for the second time this morning. T asks Ss to pay attention to the
way in which Past Simple verbs are being used.

ACTIVITY 4: SEMI - CONTROLLED PRACTICE - READING

AIM To practise reading for specific information.

CLASS ORGANISATION Pairs

TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Conversation, explanation

SKILLS INVOLVED Reading, speaking, spelling, pronunciation

ESTIMATED TIME 3 minutes

MATERIALS Transcript

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY T gives Ss the transcript of the video and asks them to underline in
pairs all the Past Simple regular verbs.

ACTIVITY 5: CONTROLLED PRACTICE - TEACHING SPELLING AND PRONUNCIATION

AIM To practise spelling and pronunciation of the Past Simple regular

verbs.

CLASS ORGANISATION Individual, whole class

TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Conversation, explanation, boarding

SKILLS INVOLVED Reading, writing, speaking, spelling, pronunciation

ESTIMATED TIME 15 minutes

MATERIALS Whiteboard, transcript, worksheets

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY T asks Ss to open their notebooks and writes on the blackboard all the
verbs from the transcript in two columns: Past Simple form/ Infinitive
form.

T explains to Ss that there are five important rules that the Past Simple
regular verbs follow:

1) Regular past simple forms are formed by adding -ed to the

infinitive of the verb. (general rule)
2) If a verb ends in -e, you add -d.

3) If a verb ends in a vowel and a consonant, the consonant is

usually doubled before -ed.

4) If a verb ends in consonant and -y, you take off the y and add
-ied.

5) But if the word ends in a vowel and -y, you add -ed. (play -
played)
T draws Ss’ attention upon the fact that there are three kinds of
pronunciation: /d/, /t/ and /ɪd/ and asks them to study the table she gave
them.

ACTIVITY 6: CONTROLLED PRACTICE - BALLOONS GAME

AIM To practise in an attractive, amusing and interactive way the spelling
and pronunciation of Past Simple regular verbs.

CLASS ORGANISATION Individual

DIDACTIC METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Explanation, eliciting, game

SKILLS INVOLVED Grammar, spelling

ESTIMATED TIME 5 minutes

MATERIALS Colourful balloons

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY T gives Ss some colourful balloon on which she has written the base
form of some regular verbs and the Ss who catch them run to the
whiteboard and write the Past Simple form of the verb.

ACTIVITY 7: ASSESSMENT

AIM To revise the new knowledge, to offer feedback and to assign

homework.

CLASS ORGANISATION Whole class

DIDACTIC METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Conversation, explanation

SKILLS INVOLVED Speaking, grammar, spelling

ESTIMATED TIME 4 minutes

MATERIALS Textbooks, notebooks

DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY
T revises the main aspects of the new lesson together with Ss: how do
we recognise regular verbs and which are the spelling rules.
T asks Ss if they liked the lesson.
T gives Ss positive feedback for their involvement during the class.
T assigns homework: Exercises 1 and 2, page 52.
T greets Ss and wishes them a nice day.

//d/d/ /t//t/ /ɪ d//

 //d/d/ /t//t/ /ɪ d//

arrived asked wanted

failed crossed decided

agreed stopped started

How to pronounce Past Simple regular verbs