Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Elaine de Villiers 15 September 2021 A2 (Pre-intermediate) 1 Hour
Lesson Type: Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic: Daily routines
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 in order to discuss and share past Discussed and share their past daily routines with a partner.
events.
Example sentence:
I was baking cookies with my mother at 6pm.
I wasn’t baking cookies with my mother at 6pm.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Stronger students might dominate and want to answer/speak out most 1. During class activities, I will carefully select specific names in the class
stages of the lesson. to encourage participation from all the students. I will assign passive
2. Students may use the wrong tense thus changing the sentence roles to those who seem to be dominating. This will be done by closely
completely. observing all students participating throughout the lesson.
3. Due to the students age and the fact that this is a grammar lesson, it's 2. On the board, I will present a well-structured timeline with accurate
likely that there will be some motivational issues and will become labels to visually demonstrate the concept of the past continuous
distracted. tense.
3. I will utilise lots of games to keep the students entertained, providing
them with psychological rewards appealing to their extrinsic
motivations e.g. point system.
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, Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this The past continuous tense is used to say what you were doing at a specific past time.
language? (include a timeline if Now
appropriate)
Past Future
8am 9am 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm
I was reading my book with my mother at 6 o’clock.
OR
At 7pm we were watching a movie.
FIGURE 1
2. In which context are you introducing Sharing daily routines with a partner in the context of what you were doing at specific time during the day.
the language? E.g. playing games, going to the beach, baking cookies, playing with dolls, went to the movies, etc.
3. Which concept checking questions will “We were watching a movie at the cinema at 5pm.”
you ask to ensure students understand 1. Do you like to watch movies? (Yes/no)
the meaning? 2. What is your favourite movie? (Learners indicate their favourite movie)
3. What is your favourite movie snack? (Learners discuss their favourite movie snack)
4. What is the form of the target Positive structure: Was/were + present particle (ing).
language? (include positive, negative Negative structure: Was/were + not + verb (ing).
and question forms if appropriate) Question form: ‘was/were‘ before the subject + ‘-ing’ form of the verb
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