LESSON PLAN

Form: 5th, beginners

Date:
Unit: “What did you do last week?”
Lesson topic: Past simple of regular/irregular verbs
Type of lesson: grammar lesson
Teacher:
School:

Vocabulary: all and none (general)

Grammar: - Past Simple – regular/irregular verbs
- question words (who?, what?, when?, where?, why?, how long?, how much?,
how many?)
- TO BE - Past Tense (was/were)
Main focus: to talk about past events.

Objectives:
A) Cognitive objectives: by the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
1) underline some Past Simple verbal forms
2) speak about a past activity
3) recognize and properly use the verbs in past tense in their own statements

B) Affective objectives:
1) to create a warm atmosphere in order to offer the background for smooth, easy
conversations between teacher and students
2) to make students confident in themselves when speaking a foreign language
Skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing
Interaction: T- Ss, S-S, Ss-Ss, PW, GW, IW
Assumed knowledge: - I assume that students have already understood the meaning of past tense
of regular and irregular verbs and are eager to practise. They are expected to use various question
words and a large amount of verbs in their statements.

Anticipated problems: - Students might need further practice with the structure as it is new for them.
- if she thinks it is necessary, the teacher will offer the students guidance in solving certain exercises;
- some Ss might have problems when working in pairs;
- a few among the Ss may be given supplementary explanations in Romanian.

Assessment activity: the students will be assessed on class participation.

Teaching techniques: conversation, dialogue, exercise.
Methods of teaching: Communicative Approach
Teaching aids: worksheets, blackboard, coloured chalk, textbook.
Time: 50 minutes
 ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Warmer
Aims:
o to create a pleasant atmosphere for learning
o to involve sudents by means of personalisation

Procedure Interaction Timing

T greets Ss T-Ss 2’
T asks questions: Who is absent today?
How are you today?
Are you ready for the lesson? T-Ss
What is your lesson for today?
Ss answer.

Activity 2: Checking homework

Aim:
o to check understanding of previous lesson
o
Procedure Interaction Timing
T asks ss to read the texts in the textbook and ask questions about it. T-Ss 10’
Ss Ss write their questions and answers on the blackboard . Ss-T
Ss read and check their mistakes.

Activity 3: Presentation of new lesson

Aim:
o to talk about past events

Procedure Interaction Timing

T announces the students the title of the new lesson and tells them T-Ss 3’
what some information about her week-end. Then she asks them about
their week-end.

T asks the students to read ex 1b/101 and after that to practise using S–s
the words in the box. 5’
Ex. What did you do last week-end?
I went to the circus.

Activity 4: Reading
Aim:
o to identify past forms in a reading text
o to read for pleasure
 Procedure Interaction Timing

Ss read Mike’s story(ex 3a/101) Individual 3’

work
T asks the Ss to translate the text. T-Ss 3’

T asks Ss some questions about the text and they answer. T-Ss 5’

T asks Ss to read the story again and find the Simple Past of some verbs (ex 3 Ss - Ss 2’
b/102).

Activity 5: Practise the Past Tense Simple

Aim:
o to identify past forms of regular and irregular verbs
o
Procedure Interaction Timing

T makes two lists on the blackboard and asks Ss to write regular and T-Ss 15’
irregular verbs.
T asks the SS to solve ex 3d/102, 3e/102.(they remember the Simple
Past- negative)

Activity 6:Assigning homework

Procedure Interaction Timing

T gives Ss some worksheets and explains them the task. T-Ss 2’
Appendix
A. Questions:
1. Where did Mike’s football team play last Saturday?
2. How many goals did he score?
3. How many goals did Colin score?
4. Was there an unlucky incident? What happened?
5. What was the final score?

Homework:
Put the following irregular verbs in the past simple (interrogative, negative, affirmative)

1. I (eat) a lot of fresh fruit last week.

2. Mary (go) for a walk with her friend yesterday evening.
3. The children (make) a robot from empty boxes yesterday.
4. Jane (take) her dog for a walk last night.
5. They (see) a good film on TV last Sunday.
6. I (be) on duty yesterday at school.
7. Tom (be) a good student.
8 Tony (have) a good time at my birthday party.