ALIANZA CULTURAL URUGUAY – ESTADOS UNIDOS

SAMPLE LESSON PLAN LAYOUT

Teacher: Elisa Costa Course Level:

Assistant: Lorena Reyes Pre Teens

Date: November 1°, 2024

Lesson Goals: To present the tense Present Continuous. Students will be able to form simple sentences Materials/Input: Visual Aids, whiteboard, worksheet.

using this grammar structure describing actions happening at the moment, now.

Group Profile: 16 students (aged 11-13) Homework: Find, cut and paste 4 photos of people doing some of the actions students worked with during the lesson.

Write a sentence for each photo describing what the person is doing.

Background (or Assumptions): Students might already know some of the verbs that will be presented such Anticipated problem: Some students may not understand the explanation of the use of the present continuous

as play, cook, skate, clean Possible Solution: Explain again and check if they need additional assistance.

Stage *Objectives Timing Skill and/or Interaction Procedure

Strategies
To elicit previous 10 Listening, T presents photos With the use of visual aids on the board, students will try to

knowledge of the verbs that Speaking and writing and scrambled words. unscramble the verbs matching the picture. The verbs presented

will be presented Ss take turns coming are: cook, skate, practice (the violin), play (the guitar),
WARM UP
to the board and study, work,run. Have students read and repeat the words (choral

write the word repetition)

unscrambled

To prepare students to 12 Listening and reading T explains Ss listen Teacher explains and writes sentences on the board. Using the

make use of the Present and read. same photos T explains the use of the tense for actions happening
Act. 1 PRE- LISTENING/READING/WRITING
Continuous tense at the moment.

To explain the grammar 20 Listening, reading, T Explains, then in Students will make use of a worksheet provided by the teacher in

structure and complete a writing and speaking pairs students which they will write the sentences using present continuous.
worksheet with sentences interact with each Explain the activity and make sure everyone understood asking for
Act. 2 WHILE- LISTENING/READING/SPEAKING
using the present other and T monitors clarification having one student explain the activity in his/her own

continuous. To practice around the room words . After that have students make questions and answer among

asking and answering themselves by looking at the worksheet

To have students work in 12 Reading, listening, T guides, Teacher has a poster with some celebrities and characters

pairs and practice memory, writing, speaking Ss work together performing actions, (the poster will only be seen by one of the

questions and sentences members of the pair at a time.)

using the previously Students will have questions copied in their notebooks such as:
Act. 3 POST- presented tense Is Messi playing the guitar?

LISTENING/READING/WRITING ACTIVITY) Is Shakira skating? What are Bart and Lisa doing) One of the

members of the pair will come to the poster and try to remember

what actions were the characters doing. Next, they return to their

partner and answer the questions together. After that, the other

classmate goes to the poster and does the same.

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To have some fun while 8’ listening, speaking Teacher monitors the Students act out and mimic the actions and ask:

recapping the lesson game. Students A:what am I doing?

CLOSURE
participate taking B: you are running!..... you are cooking, etc.

turns

* S.M.A.R.T: Objectives must be: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timed. (Use infinitives to describe objectives. Bloom’s Taxonomy can help you with “action verbs”)