Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Hanli Coelho 14/11/2021 A2 - Pre-intermediate 60 Minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Camping Activities
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Identify and use the Past Continuous tense with camping Talked with a partner about their camping activities and
activities. (The sun was shining when Jason read a book) recognised where the on-going action was interrupted during the
camping activity/experience. Furthermore to form sentences in
the specific tense.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Students might become confused and may forget the past 1. Before the lesson, I will make a list of the most commonly
principles of verbs since some of them follow a ‘regular’ used verbs, divided into four basic parts on the board.
pattern and others follow an ‘irregular’ pattern. (Present, present participle, past and past participle).
2. In the Italian language the letters /j/, /k/, /w/, & /y/ are Students will also be allowed to consult their dictionaries
considered foreign and are only used in import words. when looking up past participles of a verb.
Italian learners may misspell words containing the English 2. While making the /r/ sound, demonstrate the movement of
letter /r/ or /e/, which sound like the Italian letter /a/ and the tongue with an exaggerated movement, as well as
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, /i/. The tendency to ‘swallow’ weak vowels in English makes stretching of the mouth when making the /e/ sound. Spend
it difficult to understand spoken English and to produce time by recreating the sound as if you were a growling
natural-sounding speech. animal. For example a dog growling (Grrr) and asking
3. The Russian language has fewer tenses than English. In students to copy – this helps students to achieve an /r/
Russian, the /v/ & /w/ sounds troublesome for example sound. The vowels will be emphasised with visual aids on
west being pronounced vest. The /ng/ sound at the end of the board to show the differences between the
words like burning or raining is difficult for Russian learners pronunciations of the words.
to produce accurately. Such words often end up being 3. The board will be set up with the alphabets of the L1 and
pronounced as burnin or rainin. the target language so learners can see how they differ. The
/ng/ sound is critical for past continuous since all words
ends with was, were & /ng/ for example camp becomes was
camping. I will demonstrate the movement of the mouth to
create the /ng/ sound and show the word on the board to
stress the placement of the sound.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this The Past Continuous tense is used to express that an action was on-going in the past and if
language? (include a timeline if it was interrupted by another action. It also expresses that two on-going situations were
appropriate) happening at the same time in the past.
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