Jamahl Holland Jamahl Holland

TP8 LP_Jamahl Holland
Pre-Intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will learn about the present continuous for describing current events. They will analyse the grammar and practice using the continuous tense to describe images to a partner verbally.

Materials

Abc Student handout
Abc Timer (phone)
Abc Whiteboard
Abc Whiteboard Markers

Main Aims

  • To provide clarification and practice of present continuous in the context of describing pictures

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice of the present continuous tense in the context of describing pictures
  • To provide fluency speaking practice in a conversation in the context of random pictures

Procedure

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

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

Gist Task "What do you see?" (5-7 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text/situation/piece of media

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)

Language Preparation (6-8 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

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.

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

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

Controlled Practice (5-7 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

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

Free Practice + DEC (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language and provide corrections on observed errors

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

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