Nouran Mahmoud Nouran Mahmoud

Present continuous for future arrangements.
pre-intermediate. level

Description

By the end of the lesson, students will have practiced the meaning, pronunciation and form of the present continuous for future in the context of special days.

Materials

Abc Handouts.
Abc Magnetics.

Main Aims

  • To practice the meaning, pronunciation and form of present continuous for future.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide practice speaking using present continuous for future tense.

Procedure

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

-Show ss some pictures of some special days here in Egypt. -Ask them what can they see in the pictures. -show the ss some questions and ask them to mingle and ask each other those questions.

Exposure (3-5 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation.

Chest activity 1. -Demonstrate the activity to the ss by showing them that they're going to fill the gaps with the verbs in the box. -ss are going to work alone first then in pairs. -Show the ss the answer key.

Clarification (10-12 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, pronunciation and form of the target language.

-Elicit the marker sentence from the activity. Say the sentence: ''I am having a party on New year's Eve. I've invited loads of people.'' Ask CCQS: -Is it in the in the past, present or the future? future. -Did I arrange everything for the party? yes. -Did I invite people? yes. -Drill the sentence: -Say ''On New Year's Eve''. Have them repeat. -Say'' I am having a party''. Have them repeat. Use finger highlighting and backchaining. -Elicit the form from the ss. -Is it a subject or a verb? subject. -Point at verb to be and elicit verb to be. -Is it a verb in infinitive or with ing? ing. -Ask ss Is it a positive or negative sentence? Positive. -How can I make it negative? add ''Not''.

Controlled Practice. (3 minutes) • To concept check and prepare ss for more meaningful practice.

Chest activity 2. -Show ss that they're going to complete the questions with the verbs in the box. ICCQS. -will you work alone or in pairs? alone. - can I use just one verb with more than a question? yes. -Ask them to check their answers together.

Freer practice. (7-10 minutes) • To provide ss with free practice of the target language.

-Ask ss to think in two mins of a plan for any day they choose from those special days. -Ask them to stand up and mingle and share their plan with at least two people and know theirs and tell me who has the most interesting plan. ICQS: - Do I have to use present continuous while speaking? yes. -How many people will I speak with?2. -can I add more questions from my mind? yes. -Language feedback.

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