Grammar Lesson Plan
Grammar Lesson Plan
Aspect: Grammar
Topic: Past Progressive Tense
Class: Basic Six No. of Students: 36
Time: 9:30 am – 10:15 am Duration: 45 minutes
Previous Knowledge: Learners can use the present progressive tense to talk about
actions that are on-going.
Objective: By the end of the lesson pupils will be able to use the past progressive
tense to talk about actions that were on-going previously.
Phase 1 - Revision Stage Communication The use of questions Let pupils use the Pupils use the
skills to revise pupils’ present progressive present
previous knowledge. tense to talk about progressive tense
actions that are on- to talk about
going. E.g. 1. He is actions that are
walking. 2. They are on-going.
running. 3. She is
playing football etc.
Phase 2 - Introduction Communication Use appropriate Drill learners on the Pupils learn to
skills situations to use of the question use the question
introduce the new “What is he/she “what is he/she
topic. doing?”, What are doing?
they doing?
Phase 3 - Practice I Communication Substitution table Let pupils form Pupils form
skills sentences in the past sentence in the
progressive tense past progressive
from the substitution tense from the
table. substitution table.
Phase 4 - Practice II Communication Pair/group work Let pupils work in Pupils work in
skills, collaboration pairs and in groups pairs and form
to form sentences in sentences in the
the past progressive past progressive
tense. E.g. Child } tense. E.g. 1.The
“A” shows pictures boy was running.
in which someone is 2. The girls was
cooking, sweeping, dancing. 3. The
playing football etc. boy and the man
For their partners to were fighting etc.
complete sentences.