Project 7: DOCTOR, DOCTORLesson: Past Simple (to be and regular verbs)Teacher: Neamu Elena-AndreeaDate: May, 7th, 2014Number of students: 19Class type: secondary level pupils

Grade: 5th grade

Frequency: 2 classes/week; 50/class

Textbook: Project English I, Oxford University PressType of lesson: grammar practice

Skills: Speaking, Writing

Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to practice the grammar structure of Past Simple. Didactic Strategies:

methods and procedures: conversation, explanation, dialogue.

organization: teacher students, student teacher, student student (pair work). materials and equipment: Pupils Book (Project English I); Pupils Notebook; worksheets (grammar practice).Lesson Aims:

1. to talk about weather (present&past);2. to recycle the past tense form (to be and regular verbs);

3. to use the correct form of to be in the past tense;

4. to use correctly the past tense of regular verbs;5. to consolidate past tense forms.

PROCEDURERecent work: In the previous unit (Animals), the pupils learnt:

to use correctly the adverbs of manner, objects pronouns, some and any;Warm-up

Interaction: T-Ss; S-T

Timing: 5Skill: Speaking

Aim: to talk about weather (present&past);

T. introduces the topic (past simple) by asking about weather:e.g. What's the weather like today?

What was the weather like yesterday/last week/on Sunday?

Presentation

Activity 1

Interaction: T-Ss; S-T

Timing: 5Skills: Speaking and writingAim: to recycle the past tense form (to be and regular verbs); T. draws a chart on the board:PRESENTPAST

I am happy today. I was happy yesterday.

I watch TV every day.I watched TV yesterday.

I play tennis every week. I played tennis last week.

Do you walk to school. Did you walk to school?

I don't visit my friends every day.I didn't visit my friends yesterday.

Practice

Activity 2

Interaction: T-Ss; S-T Timing: 5

Skill: WritingAim: to use the correct form of to be in the past tense; T. hands out worksheets with past simple (grammar practice); Pupils have to put the correct form of the verb to be (was/were) in the past tense in sentences.e.g. Judy was sick yesterday.Practice

Activity 3 Interaction: T-Ss; S-T

Timing: 5

Skill: WritingAim: to use the correct form of to be in the past tense; Pupils have to put the correct negative form of the verb to be (wasn't/weren't) in sentences.e.g. They weren't at school yesterday because it was Saturday.PracticeActivity 4

Interaction: T-Ss; S-T; S-S Timing: 10

Skill: WritingAim: to use the correct form of to be in the past tense;

Pupils have to complete sentences with wasn't or weren't.e.g. It is cold outside today, but it wasn't cold yesterday.PracticeActivity 5

Interaction: T-Ss; S-T; S-S Timing: 10

Skill: Writing

Aim: to use correctly the past tense of regular verbs;

Pupils have to choose the correct verb from a list to complete sentences and put the verb in the past tense.e.g. I visited my friend in the hospital last night.

ConsolidationActivity 5

Interaction: T-Ss; S-T Timing: 5Skill: SpeakingAim: to consolidate past tense forms.

T. asks pupils to answer the questions.e.g. Were the exercises difficult?

Did you enjoy them?Homework: Worksheet: Exercise 2, page 4. Timing: 5' Assessment: T. appreciates the pupils that have been active during the entire lesson and gives advice to the less active ones. T. takes notes in her observation file.