Grade: 11th
Level: Advanced
Course book: Upstream
Lesson: Present Continuous, Present Simple

Lesson aims:
- to hightlight six uses of Present Continuous
- to contrast Present Continuous and Present Simple
- to give students practice in using Present Continuous and Present Tense Simple
- to develop Ss' speaking competences

Skills involved: speaking, reading, writing

Aids: blackboard, textbook, work-sheets, images
One copy of ‘We are continuing presently'

Stages :

Activity 1 – Warm-up
General competence: to interact in spoken or written communication
Specific competence: to correct mistakes
Method: dialogue
Procedure: Teacher (T) checks homework first. Ss read their homework and correct it if necessary.
Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-T
Class management: whole class activity
Timing: 5'-10'

Activity 2 – Lead-in
General competence: comprehension of what the written form means in context
Specific competence: to identify the uses of Present Continuous
Method: completing a chart
Procedure: Ss receive a copy of ‘We are continuing presently' and they are asked to work individually to enter the uses of Present Continuous in a chart and then to compare in pairs. Together with the teacher they go over the answers.
Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss-T
Class management: individual/pair work, whole class activity
Timing: 5'-10'

Activity 3
General competence: to understand written or oral messages
Specific competence: - to classify timelines
Method: dialogue
Procedure: The teacher draws the timelines in random order on the blackboard and Ss are asked to draw timelines for each sentence and then to compare with his/her deskmate. Then they go over the answers together with the teacher.
Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss-T
Class management: individual work, pair work
Timing: 5'-7'

Activity 4
General competence: to understand written or oral messages
Specific competence: - use of structures to convey meanings in writing
Method: dialogue
Procedure: Ss are asked to work in pairs and to complete a set of sentences, then they go over the answers.
Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss-T
Class management: pair work
Timing: 5'-10'

Activity 5
General competence: to understand written or oral messages
Specific competence: - use of structures to convey meanings in speech
Method: discussion
Procedure: Ss are asked to give examples of things, which are changing, in the world at the moment. Then Ss receive one copy of ‘the changing present' and they are asked to read the fourteen statements and to think whether they agree or disagree with them.
The class is arranged into groups and they have to discuss their views on each statement together.
Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss-T
Class management: group work
Timing:10'

Activity 6
General competence: production of well-formed examples in writing
Specific competence: use of the structures to convey meanings in writing
Method: dialogue
Procedure: Ss are asked to write their opinions about the statements they have discussed in class.
Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-Ss-T
Timing:5'
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Category: Lesson Plans  - ( Lesson Plans Archive)

Date Added: 19 May '08

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