Grade Level
# of Students
Elementary School _6__ Grade
30 - 35
Use of the Past Simple tense and holiday vocabulary.
Lesson Topic Time phrases that we use in the past such as: in, at, on, ago.
Vocabulary: words used to describe holiday events and activities.
Students learned how to construct present simple sentences
explaining about their hobbies.
Use of adverbs using a timeline diagram and a heading of how
Previous Class often? : ‘Never’ was placed at the left hand side signifying zero
percent of the time and ‘always’ was placed at the end point on right
side denoting hundred percent of use.
Vocabulary describing various hobbies.
Additional
Handouts /
Teaching
Materials
Please see worksheets attached to the end of this Lesson Plan
Greetings & Review: Teacher greets the class in a friendly, positive manner.
Asks everyone to take his or her seats so we can prepare to begin. Once all
students have stopped talking and are paying attention, the teacher then
conducts a brief review of the previous ESL lesson.
Teacher randomly selects two students and asks them specific questions
about the previous lesson. Teacher asks students about their hobbies to
elicit use of the Present Simple such as:
T- “do you like football?”
S- “Yes I like football.”
T (to female student)- “do you play football?”
S- “no I don’t play football.”
Class Arrangement: For most of the lesson students will be sitting in pairs.
Introduction
Teacher explains that we will arrange the class into groups of four later in
(Time: 5 mins.)
todays lesson. Students will be directed to turn their chairs to the desks
behind to form these groups.
Presentation of Objectives: Teacher explains that by the end of this lesson:
Students should be able to use the Past Simple tense when talking about
what they did during the holidays. This is a grammar point of the lesson.
Students should be able to use time phrases such as in, at, on, ago in an
appropriate manner by the end of the lesson.
Students should be able to use new vocabulary about holiday events and
activities by the end of the lesson.
Teacher then writes on the board - Grammar: past simple, Vocabulary:
Holidays, Time phrases: in, at, on, ago.
Activity 1: (10 mins.) Teacher will first explain that the Past Simple is used to
talk about a finished action or state in the past – that it can be something
that happened once or many times. Teacher will use the board to illustrate
the formation of the Past Simple tense in the positive form, negative form
and question form. Show how regular verbs in Past Simple usually end in –
Development ed and show some exceptions such as like, carry, stop. Mention that many
(Time: 30
irregular forms have a different form in Past Simple but we will look at them
mins.)
more closely in the next lesson.
Teacher then prompts students to use the same regular verbs from the last
lesson and also introduces two new verbs. Teacher marks these verbs on
the board:
- Play, watch, talk, want, like and two new verbs wait and listen.
Teacher will use a different section of the board to present the time phrases
that are part of the learning in todays lesson. These will be: in, at, on, ago.
Examples will be marked on the board for these time phrases:
In December…
On Monday…
At eight o’clock…
Two years ago…
Teacher will again use another section of the board for any new vocabulary
arising from todays lesson. This new vocabulary will be based on the theme
of holiday events and activities. Teacher asks the students questions about
the kind of activities they did on holiday using the new verbs:
“I waited for the train.”
“I listened to my favorite K-pop band.”
Activity 2: (10 mins.) Teacher will set a comprehension test through handing
out a piece of reading and accompanying questions based around the key
points of the lesson. At this stage students are asked to work by themselves
and answer the questions. At the end of the activity students will be asked to
swap copybooks and correct their partners work. Teacher walks around the
classroom and monitors the student’s work. Then the Teacher will ask the
questions from the reading piece and get all students to say the answers
aloud through choral drilling of the correct answer. An example of this is:
T- “what did Taylor and Kim do at 8pm?”
S- “Taylor and Kim watched a movie at 8pm.”
(Please find comprehension piece of writing attached below.)
Activity 3: (10 mins.) Teacher will now set a production task using an
interactive game for the students. Teacher demonstrates with one group
how to play the game. Students are asked to pick up a verb card. Student
then asks the student on his/her left a question using this verb in its correct
past simple formation. Student on the left then answers the question again
in the correct form. If question and answer are correct then both students
are awarded one point each. Teacher monitors respective groups as they
play the game and makes corrections and helps with vocabulary where
appropriate.
Summary & Closing: While referencing the board the Teacher reviews the
key points of the lesson. Teacher gives feedback regarding common errors
that were made during the lesson and highlights the correct form of these
errors.
Teacher will then hand out an activity sheet for homework
Conclusion
(Time: 5 mins.)
Evaluation of Objectives: Teacher references the board to where the
lesson objectives were originally put up and once more reinforces the
three forms of the past simple tense - positive, negative and question.
Next Class
Irregular verbs used in the Past Simple tense will be taught in the next
lesson.
COMPREHENSION READING PIECE AND QUESTIONS (ACTIVITY 2):
Taylor and Kim wanted a holiday break and they went to Busan in August. That was
two months ago. Kim talked a lot about holiday activities before they travelled to
Busan. Taylor listened to her and he was excited about the holiday. Taylor and Kim
watched a movie at eight o’clock every night. They played volleyball at the beach on
Monday afternoon and they listened to their favorite K-Pop band on their stereo.
Then they waited for a local rock band to start playing. They started at 5pm. Kim
wanted spicy pork for her dinner but Taylor wanted beef bulgogi and they laughed
about this.
On the Tuesday of their holiday they wanted a new activity. They waited by the water
at the beach as they watched other people on the jet skis. Taylor pointed at another
teenager on a jet ski who was close to the shore and asked him a question. The man
listened to Taylor and shouted his answer. Kim talked to another teenage girl. Taylor
and Kim played a card game at seven o’clock and then they watched another movie.
Questions (1-6):
Where did Taylor and Kim go in August?
How long ago was that?
What did Taylor and Kim do at the beach on Monday afternoon?
What did they listen to on their stereo?
Why did they wait?
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HOMEWORK ACTIVITY (Please select the correct option in each sentence):
Taylor and Kim (waited/wait/were waiting) for a local rock band to start.
They (listens/was listening/listened) to their favorite K-Pop band.
Where did they go (at/in/on/ago) August?
What time did they start their movie (ago/in/at/on)?
How long (on/at/in/ago) was their holiday?
What game did they play (at/ago/on/in) Monday afternoon?