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History Makers_Past simple tense
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson ss practice the Past simple regular and irregular verbs through a topic of the people who changed the world. Use of positive and Wh- questions and review was/were;dates;years.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide review of was/were
  • To provide practice of Past Simple regular and irregular verbs and Wh- Questions.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide specific information
  • To provide review of the words presented before the lesson (start, get, be, finish, have write, become, study)

Procedure

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

Ss are shown pictures of the famous history makers. Words like, study and their past simple forms “studied”, came, flew, lived, became, and won are elicited and written on the WB.

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

Then students will do a group activity to match pictures of the famous people with the cut outs of sentences describing each famous person’s life. There will be five pictures to go with five sentences. Each group gets a set of five pictures to match in 3 minutes.

Highlighting (2-4 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

Ss listen and practice the regular past simple forms that end with /id/ Then ss on their own have to convert some verbs from their simple present form to Past simple forms and fill in the gaps.

Clarification (4-6 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

Ss listen and practice the regular past simple forms that end with /id/ Then ss on their own have to convert some verbs from their simple present form to Past simple forms and fill in the gaps.

Controlled Practice (3-5 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Ss do a quiz in pairwork and check their answers. Key will be on the WB.

Semi-Controlled Practice (2-4 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

Next ss will analyze sentences from the quiz and notice the word order to separate the ‘question words, Where, and When’. Then check answers in pairs.

Semi- Controlled Practice (4-7 minutes) • To provide students with practice of the target language

Ss practice using What, Where, and When by organising words in order to create questions in pairs. After that they speak to each other to ask and answer those questions. Example; you/did/your best friend/Where/meet? Where did you meet your best friend?

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