Grammar Lesson Plan - Task 2
Grammar Lesson Plan - Task 2
Grammar Lesson Plan - Task 2
Main aim (s): By the end of the lesson students will be able to use the Past Simple and Past Continuous with when and while.
Subsidiary aim(s): For students to practice intensive reading focusing the forms and meanings of The Past Simple and The Past Continuous.
Personal aim(s): Provide clear instruction and create a motivating environment for learners.
Materials (including sources): English 10, Video, Slides
Assumptions: Students have already learned the forms of the simple past & the past continuous tense.
- Students may mispronounce “ed” ending sounds. - The teacher conducts a pronunciation drill on ED ending after
speaking activities.
Language Analysis
Forms & Examples Meaning Phonology
1
1. when + Past simple
2. while + Past continuous We use the past continuous for a past action
in the progress (longer action).
Ex1: Frank was practicing his role when the director We use the past simple for an action which
called him into her office. interrupted another action.
2
Look at the sentences with when and while.
Concept questions:
Which actions are shorter? (Came, saw the advertisement); which action are
longer?
Which verb tenses do we use ‘when’ or ‘while’?
Which tense do we use for longer actions/shorter actions?
Do we use "when " or "while" with the past simple/Past continuous tense?
Practice (1) Practice in using Ask Ss to do the task 1, page 44 S Book
(5 minutes) Past simple and SS are given 2 minutes to finish the task, then compare their answer with
Past continuous partners.
with “when” and
“while”
3
The teacher nominates Ss to answer.
4
4. They were running at the park when it rained.
Production S
(10 mins) (**) - The teacher asks students to narrate a time when you took part in
community activities.
- Students are given 2 minutes to recall or make up a story based on
guided questions:
1. What happened?
2. When did it happen?
3. Where did it happen?
4. What did you do?
5. How did you feel?
- The teacher asks 4 – 5 students to describe their stories in front of the
class.
- The teacher takes notes students’ mistakes.
Feedback The teacher corrects students’ mistakes after listening to students’ talk T-W/C
(5 mins) if there are mistakes related to The past simple and The past
continuous.
Notes:
Practice 1: Exercises 1, 2, 3 on pages 131-132
(*) Try to create incomplete sentences & ask learners to complete them by using 3 types of adjective phrases they have learned.
(**) Create your own exercise for learners to practice using 3 types of adjective phrases.