English Lesson Planner

Mohamed

Used to - intermediate level

Used to
intermediate level

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Main Aims

By the end of this lesson, students will be able to express their past habits using 'used to' and this can be achieved by listening to a song about the days of the old schoolyard.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide the students with the opportunity to practise speaking for fluency by asking their partners about what things they used to do in the past.

Procedure (36-51 minutes)

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

1- Project a photo on the board. 2- Elicit the topic of the lesson. 3- Ask Ss to write about things they did in the past but don't do now. 4- Ask Ss to write down 3 things that they themselves did in the past but don’t do now. 5- Collect the pieces of paper and keep them.

Exposure (7-9 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

1- Give Ss HO 1. 2- Ask Ss to listen to the song and fill in the gaps. 3- Check in pairs. 4- O/C feedback. 5- Give Ss HO2. 6- Ss get in pairs to answer HO 2. 7- O/C feedback.

Clarification (7-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

1- Drill Ss on pronouncing 'used to' 2- Write 'He used to play football'. 3- Ask CCQs: Does he play football now? ~ No. / Did he play football in the past? ~ Yes. / Did he play once or many times? 4- Highlight the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of used to.

Controlled Practice (7-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

1- Give Ss HO3. 2- Ask Ss to answer HO3 individually. 3- Check in pairs. 4- Give them the answer key.

Semi-Controlled Practice (7-10 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

1- Go back to the pieces of paper on which the students wrote about their past habits. 2- Write some of these habits on the board. 3- Ask students to get in a circle. 4- Ss ask each other questions using the target language to find out who used to do what. 5- Monitor and write down some mistakes Ss may make.

Language / content feedback (5-7 minutes) • To provide students on students' production and use of language.

1- Write some of the students common mistakes. 2- Ask students to come to the board and correct these mistakes.