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Topic: What I did last weekend Class Year / Level: F/Kinin (N-H Beginner) No. of Ss: 20 Time: 6:00-7:00pm
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the lesson students will be able to…
✔ Speak to several friends asking and answering questions about what they did last weekend.
✔
Target Language: Language focus and examples of the sentences will be able to produce
Past simple - positive, negative and yes no questions

New Lexis: any new words needed to understand text or grammar presentation

Form Function / Use

Write an example sentence from the lesson then breakdown the form of each type of sentence (sub + have/has + past participle) What is this tense used for (life experiences)
Example sentence I played tennis yesterday Past simple form
Used to discuss finished actions and
Positive structure I played tennis yesterday. - sub + V2 + activity + time period finished time periods.
Negative structure I didn’t play tennis yesterday. - sub + V2 + activity + time period Finished time periods
Last year / weekend/ month / night
Question Form Did you play tennis yesterday? - Did + sub + V1 + activity + time period This morning / afternoon (if talking in the
evening)
Short answer structure Yes, I did – Yes, + sub + did / No, I didn’t - No, + sub + didn’t Yesterday

Skills focus
Listening Reading Speaking Writing
Teacher’s Aims: (This section should be based of feedback and should have no more than two areas you would like to improve in this lesson)
Include more detailed instruction in the lesson plan for myself as well as how each activity will be done
Reduce teacher talk time

Aids and Materials

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Time STAGE DELIVERY STRATEGY Aim Interaction

(consider (What are the steps you need to do to deliver this stage successfully? What ICQs / CCQs are needed? How will you feedback to (How does this stage help you achieve your (How will the
set up, the students?) objective(s) or prepare for the production students work
ICQs, activity?) together or
activity & interact with the
feedback) teacher?)
5mins Hook Notes to Teacher:
 Ask the students what they did yesterday.
 Have individual students stand up and tell you.

Feedback technique:

15mins Presentatio Notes to Teacher:

n Grammar
structure Demo/Modeling:
 Elicit an activity from the class from the class, like Tennis.
 Draw a table on the board.
Positive form past simple:
 Place the words elicited from the students in the noun column.
 Elicit the sub/mv/noun from the students.
 Praise the students.

Negative form past simple:

 Elicit from the students “is this positive or negative?” Use thumbs up (TU) and thumbs down
(TD) gesture. Elicit positive.
 “What would be the negative form of this sentence?” Elicit I din’t play tennis yesterday from
the students.
 Praise the students.
 Change the structure of the horizontal part of the table to: subject / helping verb / main verb
/ gerund / noun
 Elicit the sub/hv/mv/noun/adjective from the students.

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 Praise the students.

Question form past simple:

 Elicit from the students “what would be the…” draw a bigish question mark in red on the
board, “question form of the sentence?” Use shrug gesture.
 Elicit from the students did you play tennis yesterday?
 Change the structure of the horizontal part of the table to: helping verb / subject / main verb
/ noun / adjective
 Praise the students.
 Elicit the /hv/sub/mv/noun/adjective from the students.
 Praise the students.

Feedback technique:
Elicit elicit elicit is the name of the game! Once the presentation is done, get ready for the practice
listening

5mins Practice Notes to Teacher:

(Controlled)  Use the worksheet from N.H Beginner SB p74 ex1

 Only the worksheet out after Demo, instructions and ICQ’s/CCQ’s

Demo/Modeling:
 Write the example sentence on the board leaving played as a blank.
 “Who can complete this sentence?”
 Elicit from a student, have the student write on the board.
 Praise the student

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Instructions to students:
 “Fill in the blanks”
 “Write the correct form of the word in brackets.”
 “You have 2mins.”
ICQ’s/CCQ’s:
 “Are you filling in the blanks?” (yes)
 ”Are you writing the correct form of the word in brackets?” (yes)
 “How long do you have?” (2mins)
Feedback technique:
 Elicit the answers from the students.

5mins Practice Notes to Teacher:

(freer)  Make a conversation based on what you did last weekend
 Divide the class into pairs.
Instructions to students:
 “Ask each other what you did last weekend.”
ICQ’s/CCQ’s:
 “What are you asking each other?” (What we did last weekend)
Feedback technique:
 Keep an eye on the clock. Let them continue for no longer than 5mins.

5mins Pacemaker Notes to Teacher:

!!Only if there is enough time will we do this activity!!!

 This activity will be done outside. No extra materials will be needed.

 Do some walnut crushes, prayer pulses and serving the tray, squats etc. palates movements
with them for blood circulation, brain break and to aid in posture.
Demo/Modeling:
Teacher will stand in front of the class and instruct students to follow my movements.
Instructions to students:
 “Put all your pens and things down and follow me outside.”
 Once outside, get the students to stand in a circle with their arms stretched out to give
enough space between each student.
 “Can you follow my movement? Let’s see if you can follow the teacher.”
ICQ’s/CCQ’s:
“See if you can follow me.”
Feedback technique:
“Do you feel relaxed? Do your arms feel a little sore?” (laugh with the students if they laugh).
“Let’s go back in the class”

20mins Production Notes to Teacher:

 Students will roll play

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 Divide the class into 4 groups of 5.

 Get them to form a line in the middle of the class.
 Assign the students “A, B, C, D, E” and get all the A’s in one group, all the B’s in one group, all
the C’s in one group etc.
 Have a bag for each group with the 5 rolls folded up in it.
 Each student in each group has to pick form the bag at random.
 Whatever roll they get, they have to act out.
 The rolls are doctor, delivery driver, hair dresser, teacher and police officer
 No need to print, write it neatly on small rectangular scrap paper.
 Have 3 bigger versions (hair dresser, police officer and delivery driver) for me to model.
Demo/Modeling:
 Call up one student.
 Licit from the student to ask me what I did last weekend.
 Get the student to hold the bag with the 3 bigger modeling rectangles in it and draw a
random one.
 Show the class what you drew. Elicit the card drew (for example hair dresser) from the class.
 Act campy like a hair dresser (pretend to have chewing gum)
 “Well, I had a coffee on Saturday.”
 Elicit from the student to ask what else did you do?
 “I had an early appointment with Lara, you know how much she speaks.”
 Elicit again from the student to ask what else did you do?
 “Then I had a went out with my friends Saturday night.”
 Praise the student
Instructions to students:
 “Draw a character. You will pretend to be this character for today. Each of you have to ask
each other, as your character, what you did last weekend.”
 “Have two follow-up questions What else did you do?”
ICQ’s/CCQ’s:
 “Are you pretending to be yourself?” (no)
 How many follow-up questions do you have? (2)
Feedback technique:
 Monitor while the students roll play.
 Once the time is up, return them to their seats for the exit ticket.

5mins Exit ticket Notes to Teacher:

 Line the students up.
 Ask each one what they did last weekend.
Demo/Modeling:

Instructions to students:

ICQ’s/CCQ’s:

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Feedback technique:
Give every student a high five.

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