Observation Notes 8
Observation Notes 8
when to use simple past and past progressive. Time Activity 15mins Reading task 1
(pair work)
Notes
Students read a passage, underlined the time expression and connectors, and chose verb tense (simple past or past progressive) = meaningful drills Background music was played Teacher gave advice to each group
17mins Explanation
Music was stopped Students read aloud a sentence and verb tenses they chose Teacher explained each choice with a timeline chart on the board
5mins
Assignment
Teacher read a direction on the worksheet Students would write their own story = communicative drills Teacher told them to avoid inappropriate stories
Music was played again Teacher used a passage a student in the same level wrote before in the task Teacher gave answer keys
2mins
Consolidation
Teacher talked about what they learned in this lesson and assignment
Homework: To think about ideas for the next writing task Other notes -Progressive was explained with semicircles on the timeline chart
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decided
-Students looked relaxed because of music -Students were interested in the reading passages which were real stories about teacher -The passage a student actually wrote before in the class served as a model of students writing and showed how to write -Teacher spoke relatively fast