LESSON PLAN

Teacher’s name: Topic: Free time Date:

Level of Ss: A1 Number of Ss: 10 Time: 90min

Language Analysis: Expressions followed by the -ing particle (I Lexis: Vocabulary related to outdoor activities and hobbies.
love…, I like…, I hate…, I dislike)

Class Objective: Students can talk about activities done in their free time by using some expressions followed by the -ing particle.

Previous Knowledge: Basic knowledge for expressing personal information and present simple tense (negative, positive, question form)

Aids, material: Hand outs 1 & 2,, Tablet, internet

STAGE OBJECTIVE PROCEDURE TIME INTERACTION

● Display some images on the board, ask students to guess what will be the topic 30 Group
for the session.
Presentation Activate ● Ask the class about what they do in their free time.
students ● Teacher models practice and then writes the following expressions on the
schemata board, and gives his/her own examples.
related to
the I like…
activities I love…
they do in I dislike…
their free I hate…
time. ● With the help of a small ball the teacher asks the same question to different
students. The teacher throws the ball to a specific student and asks the question
What do you do in your free time?, and then he/she will make questions of specific
 hobbies or activities done in their free time, Do you like swimming?, Do you like
eating pizza?, Do you like reading?.

Use the ● The students will be asked to fill in the handout 1 “Find someone who” where 30 Pair work
new they need to go and look among their classmates who likes, dislikes, loves or hates
Practice vocabulary certain things. In this activity students will practice the use of expressions I like…
and I love… I dislike…I hate… followed by the -ing, while asking their partners and
expressions answering to their questions.
and get
used to ● The teacher asks the students some information about their partners and correct
them small mistakes using the present simple with she or he.
through
controlled
practice.
● Once the handout is completed the teacher asks some students about their 30 Mingle
Practice findings related to the questions asked previously.
Production the new ● Then the teacher asks the students to think about a famous person they like, what
vocabulary she/he likes, dislikes, loves and hates. They have to fill the handout 2 in which
and they write the general information like singing, reading, etc. just to have some
expressions ideas about it. Then in pairs one student will ask the other questions about the
singer/artist chosen using the expressions like… love… dislike...hate… (+ing
particle) and will try to guess who she/he is. Then the students will change turns,
the student who asked questions will now answer the questions that his/her
partner makes. Ex. Does he/she like singing?, Does she like swimming? . In this
activity the teacher will monitor production of the pairs and will provide some
feedback and/or error correction depending on the production of the students.

● The teacher makes some questions to some pairs about the famous persons
chosen, gives some general feedback and closes the class.
NOTE/HOMEWORK: Possible Problems & solution: Students may forget using the -ing particle or
If there is some time left students could go to: may need help with unknown words in the target language, monitor their
production and help them when necessary providing more examples or
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-practice/ing
modelling production.
and play the online game or do it as homework.
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 Find Someone Who
(handout 1)

Ask your partners the following questions about their hobbies. Write his/her name
in the column.

Question Name

1. … loves taking photographs

2. … likes running

3. … doesn’t like cooking

4. … hates reading

5. … loves watching TV

6. … doesn’t like playing video games

7. … likes listening to music

8. … hates riding a bike

9. … loves dancing

10. … doesn’t like playing soccer