Universidad Catlica de la Santsima Concepcin

English Pedagogy
Teaching Practice

LESSON PLAN (PPP)

School: UCSC

Date of lesson:

Class: General English

Tuesday 4th,
November

Time of lesson:
Module 8
4.20-5.20

Length of
lesson:
60 min

Student-Teachers
name:
Claudia Snchez

Number of SS: 7

Main Aim:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to express abilities related to superheroes using can or cant, orally.
Reference tp Planes y Programas (OF, CMO, AE): Course calendar
Exponent(s) : Flash can run
I can play the guitar
Superman can fly
Can you play the piano?
Can she/he sing?

Assumed Knowledge:
Infinitive verbs
Nouns related to free time activities
Pronouns
Daily routines
Likes and Dislikes

Target Language: Positive sentences: Pronoun + modal verb (can) + verb in simple present. I can swim
Negative sentences: Pronoun + negative modal verb (cant) + verb in simple present. I cant swim
Questions: Modal verb + pronoun + verb in simple present. Can you swim?

Anticipated Problems
Students may not know some common verbs
Students may not know some common nouns
Students may not know pronouns.

..and Solutions
T show them some pictures related with verbs
T can give them a short list of common nouns
T can give them a list of pronouns

Aids
Pictures
PPT presentation
Whiteboard
Worksheets

Adapted from University of Sussex

Stages

Procedure
What I am going to do

What I am going to say

Instructions, CCQs, Feedback,etc

Skill

Time
(min)

Interaction
T-Ss;Ss-Ss;etc

LEAD-IN

Speaking

5 min

T shows pictures about her doing Please look at the pictures. This
some activities.
is me doing some activities.
For example, this is me
climbing, so I can say that I can
climb to the top of the hill.
Here there is another picture;
here I am dancing, so I can say
that I can dance!

Speaking

15 min

T shows Ss more pictures related Please, lets look at these

to activities.
pictures and tell us what they
are doing.
He is playing soccer
There is another way to say it,
if he is playing soccer it means
that he can play soccer.

Speaking

T greets students

Good afternoon, how are you?

T-S

T reviews what Ss learned last Well, do you remember that

class in order to activate their last tutorial was made by miss
previous knowledge
Karen, right?
What did you learn? (in pairs)

PRESENTATION

T asks Ss to give some examples

Can you give me some

examples of likes and dislikes?

T presents the aim

Well, last class you learned

how to express likes and
dislikes. Today, you will learn
how to express abilities related
to what you like.
T-S

T-S

T practices pronunciation

Please, repeat after me:

He can fly

T shows Ss the structure for

expressing and asking abilities

Did you notice that we use a

certain structure for expressing
abilities?

T writes the structure on the

whiteboard and explain it to Ss

That structure is the following

T-S

He can fly
Pronoun +can +verb

PRACTICE

T asks CCQs

Does the verb change after

can?

T shows a video about Bolt.

Now, I will show you a movie

segment. Have you seen the
movie Bolt? Well, Bolt is a
movie star who has a lot of
different superpowers.

T gives instructions

You have to do this worksheet

after watching the video.
You will have to write about
the abilities that the characters
can do. You have 15 minutes to
complete the task.
Work alone.

T asks CCQs

What do you have to do?

How much time do you need to
complete the task?

Writing

15 min

S-S

PRODUCTION

T asks Ss to check their answers

and corrects pronunciation and
grammar mistakes on the
whiteboard.

Did you finish? Now, I would

like you to compare your
answers with your classmates.

T asks Ss to work in pairs. Sts

have to create their own
superhero and describe his/her
qualities using can/cant. (What
he/she can do)

Well, after this activity about

Bolt as a superhero, I would
like you to create your own
superhero. You have to
describe his/her abilities, what
he/she can do.
You will have 15 minutes to
complete the task.

T asks CCQs

What do you have to create?

Each pair will describe its

Ok, are you ready? Now, I
superhero orally to the rest of the would like to know about your
class.
superhero Carlos, can you
tell us what his /her abilities
are?
T corrects students
pronunciations and grammar
mistakes from their
performances with the whole
class.

Good job!

T asks students one by one What

did they learn

Anibal What did you learn

today?
Time is up so thank you for

Speaking

15 min

your attention and see you the

next week have a nice weekend
bye.

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