Present Perfect
Elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide practice of Present Perfect with for/since in the context of Personal life and real experiences
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a Conversation in the context of Facts about personal lives and favorite activities
Procedure (21-28 minutes)
I'm going to start the class with a discussion about fears based on the pictures in the reading which I think that it would be a great way to engage students and activate prior knowledge.
Introducing the new vocabulary words (scared, fear, panicked, frightened, terrified, dizzy, phobia, anxiety, nauseous) helps students become familiar with key terms before encountering them in the reading.
I'm going to ask the students to match the questions in Part C with related parts of the reading ensures they focus on understanding the structure and key ideas in the text. For that, I'm going to ask them to read each paragraphs in Part C one by one. Then read each paragraphs of the reading lesson one by one and I would give them 2 minutes in the end to do the matching.
Giving students time to match the highlighted words with their correct definitions in Part D encourages careful reading and reinforces vocabulary retention.
Ending with an open discussion about phobias and how it affected their lives based on Part E helps personalization of the lesson and allows students to use newly learned vocabulary in a real-world context. If none of your students have a phobia to share, you could broaden the discussion by asking them if they know someone with a phobia or if they've seen any portrayals of phobias in movies or books. Alternatively, you could ask them to imagine having a phobia—what would it be, and how might it affect their daily life?
