TP8 LP_Jamahl Holland
Pre-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of present continuous in the context of describing pictures
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice of the present continuous tense in the context of describing pictures
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To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of random pictures
Procedure (35-47 minutes)
Show 2 funny/weird pictures to students. Ask: "What can you see? What is happening?" Students discuss in pairs. OCFB to drive engagement and get students speaking and engaged for the upcoming content. Purpose: expose Ss to upcoming content, preparing them to talk and write about it
Show the students a picture and have them match labelled objects with the correct words. Students to complete individually, then compare in pairs. Purpose: encourage top-down processing and prepare students for upcoming words (pre-vocab)
Give students incorrect description sentences (e.g., The man read a book). Students circle YES/NO based on whether the sentences are written correctly or not. The teacher then goes through corrections on the board with OCFB.
Meaning - Have students look at a certain picture/action, and have them answer CCQs: e.g. "is the reading a book?" Yes/No "When is he reading it?" Yesterday/Now/Everyday "Is the action finished?" Yes/No Do an initial example with students, then have them do another individually, then check with a partner. purpose: ensure students clearly link the structure to what is happening now Form - Keep marker sentences on the board and underline structure (colour-code) and elicit form onto the board: Subject + is/are + verb + ing ask guided questions: "which word tells us the action is happening now?" "what do we add to the verb?" "do we need is/are before the verb-ing?" clarify understanding by having students turn a verb into verb-ing (1 each) purpose: gives students a clear structural pattern Pronunciation - model sentence naturally: "He's reading a book" mark connected speech and stress He's REA-ding a BOOK Highlight: “He’s” (/hiz/) “They’re” (/ðeə/) Drilling with substitutions - eating, running, eating purpose: gives learners confidence and fluency
Hand out a worksheet with 6–8 sentences about the mystery scene they will see in free practice. Have students fill in the blanks e.g.: The woman_________ __________ (take) a photo Students complete individually first, then pair check. OCFB purpose: check grammar accuracy before freer practice
Hand out a picture set to each student. Students take turns describing it in detail while the other student listens. Listening student identifies the matching picture from their set. Students switch roles. Purpose: maximise speaking fluency and provide opportunity for DEC DEC - Provide feedback on errors from FP with elicitation from students Purpose: Reinforce correct forms
