Lesson Plan for Elementary and Intermediate Students
1. Write a one-hour lesson plan for two of the following topics;
a) A lesson to contrast the use of the present simple with the present continuous for elementary students.
Course title: What do you like to do?
Teacher: Jeff Cheong
Students / Level: 10 students (Age 7-9) Elementary students from China
Aims: I want my students to understand the difference between the usage of present simple and present continuous tense. Using a teach and practice approach, the lesson focuses on understanding the contrast between the tenses.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes: After the lesson, students will be able to know when to use the simple present tense and when to use the present continuous tense. They should be comfortable and proficient in making sentences with both types of tenses.
Assumption: Students have gone through the lessons for simple present and present continuous tenses and they know about the tenses. They have knowledge of nouns, how to change tenses for different verbs and can use each of the tenses to make sentences to answer questions.
Materials: Whiteboard, flashcards (pictures showing people doing different things), worksheets
Legend: Under the interaction column, T=teacher, S=student, C=class Under activity and objective column, SPT=simple present tense, PCT = present continuous tense Time/
Stage Activity Objective Interaction Total Duration
8am
Stage 1 1. Lesson preparation: 5mins before the lesson, write the topic on the board: “What do you like to do?” and write questions to ask about the student’s habits, hobbies and likes/dislikes: “Do you watch television every day?” “Do you like apples?” “Can you sing?” “Do you go to school every morning?”
2. At the start of the lesson, greet students and initiate the speaking activity with the questions on the board, elicit an answer from the students in SPT. Explain the given answer is an action that happens habitually (I watch TV every day.) or is generally true (I can
a) A lesson to contrast the use of the present simple with the present continuous for elementary students.
Course title: What do you like to do?
Teacher: Jeff Cheong
Students / Level: 10 students (Age 7-9) Elementary students from China
Aims: I want my students to understand the difference between the usage of present simple and present continuous tense. Using a teach and practice approach, the lesson focuses on understanding the contrast between the tenses.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes: After the lesson, students will be able to know when to use the simple present tense and when to use the present continuous tense. They should be comfortable and proficient in making sentences with both types of tenses.
Assumption: Students have gone through the lessons for simple present and present continuous tenses and they know about the tenses. They have knowledge of nouns, how to change tenses for different verbs and can use each of the tenses to make sentences to answer questions.
Materials: Whiteboard, flashcards (pictures showing people doing different things), worksheets
Legend: Under the interaction column, T=teacher, S=student, C=class Under activity and objective column, SPT=simple present tense, PCT = present continuous tense Time/
Stage Activity Objective Interaction Total Duration
8am
Stage 1 1. Lesson preparation: 5mins before the lesson, write the topic on the board: “What do you like to do?” and write questions to ask about the student’s habits, hobbies and likes/dislikes: “Do you watch television every day?” “Do you like apples?” “Can you sing?” “Do you go to school every morning?”
2. At the start of the lesson, greet students and initiate the speaking activity with the questions on the board, elicit an answer from the students in SPT. Explain the given answer is an action that happens habitually (I watch TV every day.) or is generally true (I can