Nasim Hamidpour Nasim Hamidpour

Past Simple
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson students learn how to use past simple sentences to talk about completed actions in the past through PPP in the context of holiday. The lesson starts with a talk about last weekend and is finished with a discussion about students' best holiday ever with a focus on accuracy.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide clarification of past simple in the context of holiday

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of holiday

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (4-6 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

The class will be started by a short talk about how I spent my last weekend and the things that happened to me. Then I will ask my students to tell me about their weekend.

Highlighting (2-3 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

I will write 3 of my students sentences in the correct past simple form on the board.

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

I will draw a timeline on the board and ask my students some CCQs: Are the sentences about the past, present, or future? Past. Are they completed/finished? Yes. Can I mention the time they happened? Yes. I will elicit the structure from the students by asking them about the role of the words and the way the verbs have changed. sub + verb (regular + ed) (irregular - they change in the past simple form). I will tell them about the pronunciation of the verbs when they are added ed: played /d/. asked /t/. created /Id/. I will drill the irregular verbs with a different pronunciation in the past like the verb "said".

Controlled Practice (10-12 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Students are asked to go to page 120. They have 4 minutes to answer the questions in part 1a individually. They will have 2 minutes to compare their answers with a partner. Then the answers will be checked with the whole class.

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

Students are divided into groups of 4. They are going to talk about their best holiday ever. They will tell the class who they think had the best holiday in their group. They will be monitored and feedback will be given at the end if needed.

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