Present Continuous
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of Present Continuous in the context of having students practice the verb tense by looking at the picture, filling in the blanks, speaking out loud and sharing with the class.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a Coversation in the context of instructing students to come up with sentences using present continuous and sharing them with the class.
Procedure (29-39 minutes)
I start the class by providing a picture handout with fill in the blanks sentences where present continuous tense is supposed to go. I, then, instruct them to read the sentences and fill in the blanks. After they are done doing so, they will read it out loud to the class.
In this stage, I ask the students to read to me what they have written down.
I will then write some of the sentences in the present continuous on the white board to draw their attention to the TL.
I will elicit structure by asking students where to put each word and form a sentence. The meaning will be clarified by asking CCQs such as is the sentence about the present continuous, or the future arrangement? It is about the present continuous. Is the action completed or continuous? It is continuous.Show students a picture of an action taking place in the present continuous for the visual learners.
Students are going to divide into pairs. They will be given a handout with a list of present continuous and future arrangement verbs and instructed to form sentences. Then they are told to share their sentences with the class. They are going to to be monitored and feedback will be given at the end if needed.
