Lesson plan

School: Colegiul Național ’’Ferdinand I’’

Class: 5th
Level: intermediate
Number of learners:
Trainee: Soric Stefania Silvia
Time: 50’
Lesson: Were you out last night?/ Verb to be – Simple Past
Type of lesson: consolidation of knowledge
Lesson Aims:
 the students will use the English language to communicate orally and in writing about past states
and actions.
 Students use the past forms of the verb to be – was/ were in sentences of their own
 Students use the Past Tense Simple of to be to describe and inquire about past states and actions.
Assumption:
 The students know how to use the verb to be in the Simple Present Tense

Skills: speaking, reading, writing, listening

 Anticipated language problems: pupils may not understand the task given by the
teacher; the impossibility of doing all the activities

 Possible solutions: The teacher may ask the students to see if there is any
misunderstanding regarding the task; repeat the task in order to be clear for everybody;
Teaching aids: blackboard, textbook, CD player, hands out.
Modes of interaction: teacher-student, student-student,

1. WARM UP ( 5 min)

Aim: - to develop a friendly atmosphere in the classroom

- to induce interest in participating in the lesson

I will greet the class, present myself and I will try to meet all of the students.

2. HOMEWORK CHECK UP (5 min)

Aim: -to give students the opportunity to correct themselves

-to make students become aware of their own mistakes

3. LEAD-IN (5min)
I will give open practice across the class. I wil ask the students ‘warmer’ questions regarding their
roles - Who was Isaac Newton? / Who was Harry Potter? – and elicit answers He was a scientist /
He was a wizard.
 I am a teacher. Yesterday I was a teacher, too. What about you? You are a student. Yesterday you
were a student, too.
I will write on the blackboard the forms was and were. Me and the students decide the rules of
forming the past of TO BE

4. LISTENING, READING, SPEAKING (15 min)

Activity
Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4iaz020oeY I was, You were
The students sing and then they are asked to place the correct personal pronouns before the forms
written on the blackboard.
I will asks the students to use to be in the Simple Past after certain subjects - orally
Example:
T: Lucy
Ss: was
T: the children
Ss: were and so on.
Then, the students use was and were in sentences of their own.
5. LISTENING, WRITING, SPEAKING (20 min)
 Activity 1
The students are asked to listen to the CD and read the text silently.. Then they read the text on
roles. Text comprehension
Students must identify in the text the sentences that contain was and were.
 Activity 2
The Students are given worksheets they must fill in individually.
 Activity 3
Checking the students’ answers and assess everyone’s activity during the English class.