New lesson plan: Travel, Past simple and continuous

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Travel, Past simple and continuous - Upper Secondary 3 level

Travel, Past simple and continuous
Upper Secondary 3 level

Description

In this lesson, Ss practice past simple and continuous related to the topic -Travel. For lead-in, Ss are to find types of transport in the word snake. This is followed by a speaking activity. Ss are given word prompts and work in pairs. Ss then engage in a writing activity. In this activity, Ss are to correct the underlined tenses if they are wrong. Ss then practice using the two tenses in a listening activity. They are to listen to a recording and do a true or false task. This is followed by fill ups. Ss are given the text that they listened to and fill in the blanks using past simple and continuous. If time permits Ss engage in reordering pictures and making a story using the pictures, followed by fill up using simple past or continuous.

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Main Aims

For Ss, to practice and review use of Simple past and continuous in the topic related to travel. For Ss, to practice listening for specific information in the topic related to travel.

Subsidiary Aims

For Ss, to practice speaking fluently and accurately using the past simple and continuous in the topic -Travel.

Procedure (68-79 minutes)

Lead - in (6-8 minutes) • To activate Ss schemata

Ss are to make fourteen types of transport from the word snake. This is followed by a word web, where in they place the of different types of transport into groups in a word web. Lastly a game : 'Who am I?' is played. Ss are given clues and are asked to guess the type of transport.

Speaking Activity (6-8 minutes) • To speak accurately and fluently using the vocabulary related to travel.

Ss works in pairs. Each pair is given a different set of word prompts - A and B. Student A is to say a sentence with the word prompts and student B is to answer student A with the given word prompts. They are encouraged to use as many word prompts as they can in five minutes.

Controlled Written Practice (18-20 minutes) • For Ss to practice and review past simple and continuous tense in writing sentences.

Pre - writing task: Ss are asked to discuss one of their worst journeys or travel experiences. Ss are given a text. They are to read the text and correct the verbs if they are incorrect. Once the task is completed, Ss check their work with each other and whole class feed back is done.

Listening Practice (18-20 minutes) • To practice listening for specific information

Task 1: Ss listen to a recording based on travel experiences. They are given a HO and are to answer true or false. Task 2: Ss are given the text that they listened to. Ss are instructed to fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given in the word cloud above the text. PC and WCFB are done.

Speaking Practice (20-23 minutes) • To speak accurately and fluently using past simple and continuous tenses.

Task 1: Ss are given pictures. They are instructed to arrange them in order and weave a story based on the pictures in groups. They are encouraged to use past simple and continuous tenses. Ss share their stories with the class. Task 2: Ss work in pairs. Ss are given a text based on the story. They are to fill in the gaps with verbs in the past or continuous tenses. Ss discuss answers among themselves. The answers are display on the IWB during WCFB.