Ibrahim Yurttas Ibrahim Yurttas

Ibrahim Yurttas, TP, 4
Beginner, A1 level

Description

In this lesson, the students are going to learn how to use past simple tense in positive sentences in the context of 'talking about their last weekend". The students are going to learn the two different pronunciation of the -ed ending in the past simple tense: /d/ and /t/

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of the past simple tense in the context of "talking about theeir last weekend."

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a coversation in the context of past activities.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

I am going to direct the students' attention to the previously listened audio. They are going to be provided with the sentence halves (as cut-ups) from this audio and they are going to match them to make full sentences.

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

I am going to take marker sentences from the listening; 1) "Last Saturday I stayed at home and watched TV." vs. "Every Saturday I stay at home and waych TV." 2) I worked on my computer.

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

I am going to take marker sentences from the listening; 1) "Last Saturday I stayed at home and watched TV." vs. "Every Saturday I stay at home and waych TV." This comparison is going to help me to indicate that we use the simple past form for the past - not present. 2) I worked on my computer. I am going to use this sentence to indicate that the simple past form is used for finished actions. 3) I am going to present another sentence "I phoned a friend and we went into town, we went shopping." to show that there irregular verbs in the past simple tense. 4) Then, I am going to present the sentence "I listened to the radio." to show that the -ed ending is pronounced as /d/ not /ıd/. 5) I am going to present a few sentences to show that some -ed endings are pronounced as /d/ and some /t/.

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

1) I am going to ask the students find the past forms of certain verbs. 2) I am going to provide a HO to students on which they are going to complete the paragraph with correct verbs in their past simple forms.

Less-Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

1) I am going to ask the students to make notes about their last weekend. 2) They are going to talk to their partner about their weekend. 3) They are going to tell what their partner did (as a whole class feedback).

Freer Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

I am going to make students play a board game within groups during which they will toss a coin to go further on the board while they are making sentence in the past simple tense.

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