Lesson Plan

Name : prof. Liliana Gheorghe

School : Gheorghe Banea school
Class: 5th B
Date: 2nd April 2009
No of ss : 31
Textbook : Snapshot Starter
Unit 13 : Whats Daniel doing? PRESENT CONTINUOUS vs
PRESENT SIMPLE
Type of lesson : mixed (fixation knowledge)
Lesson aims:

To raise SS attention upon the both tenses

To practice Present Tense Continuous

To practice vocabulary related to the topic

to practice Present Tense Simple & Continuous

to practice their speaking/writing skills

to practice vocabulary related to parts of the house

to use diagrams

Time: 50 min
Materials : textbook, posters, worksheets, CD, cassetteplayer, video-screen
Bibliography: Abbs, Brian, Freebairn,Ingrid : Snapshot StarterTeachers book, Longman,2001 / Vizental, Adriana Metodica predarii limbii
engleze, Polirom, Iasi, 2007

ACTIVITY 1 : WARM-UP/CHECK -UP

Teacher create the specific atmosphere, asking about absents and how the weather is like.
Chatting in English at the beginning of the lesson, T creates an English language atmosphere,
establishing contact between her and SS, and helps SS to feel relax. (2min)
AIMS:

To get SS involved into the previous topic

to practice vocabulary related to rooms and parts of the house

To practice vocabulary related to the topic

PROCEDURE
T asks several questions about weather and SS mood .SS are asked
to close their books .T asks What do they think Daniel is writing
about in his letter? SS now read Daniels letter. Chatting in English
at the beginning of the lesson, T creates an English language
atmosphere, establishing contact between her and SS, and helps SS
to feel relax.
SS elicit the answers reading their homework. T checks the answer
with the whole class.
T elicit the word HOUSE from the letter and explains to the SS that

INTERACTION

TIMING
5

T-Ss

minutes

Pair work
Reading
Writing
5 min

they are going to solve a worksheet about the previous vocabulary:

rooms and parts of the house (different sheets on rooms and parts of
the house vocabulary) Ss work in pairs and they have to solve
different task (from easy to difficult) T gives SS time to check this in
small groups and then T elicits the answers. T checks the answers
and drill necessary for pronunciation. Ss have to write down also
the vocabulary related to furniture.( if it needs)
ACTIVITY 2 : Presentation/Working with tasks
AIMS :

to practice Present Tense Simple & Continuous

to practice their speaking and writing skills

to develop their creativity

to use the diagram

PROCEDURE
Lead in : T elicits some ideas from the text in
order to emphasize the two tenses: Present
Simple and Present Continuous. T explains the
grammar structure once again to Ss focusing on
ing form restrictions for Present Continuous and
the verb TO BE as a part of this structure:
Daniel studies History, Maths, English
and French at school back home in

INTERACTION
T-Ss
Ss-Ss
Speaking

TIMING
10 min

Canada.
He is studying History at the moment in

Present
Continuous

England, too.
Which is the difference? habitual action /
speaking time action

The action is
not finished.

T asks the students to say another sentences using

Actions at the
time of
speaking

18 min
Adverbs:
now , at the
moment, right
now, today

the two tenses, telling what they usually do and

what they are doing at the moment.

Speaking

T asks Ss to write on the blackboard some of the

Practice

most correct sentences. T often guides their

Writing /PW

speaking.

Speaking

Task 1. T asks Ss to work in pairs and solve the

T-Ss

task on certain worksheets finding the difference

between Present Simple Tense and Present
Continuous Tense.
Task 2. T asks Ss to write a letter as Daniel is
doing, telling about they are doing at the moment.
(ex. I usually go to school by car but Im
walking today because my mum is very busy. /
We are playing basketball this term and I really
like. / I often meet my friends after school but
today I am going straight home because I am
getting sick).
T evaluates Sswork and appreciate them. Ss
read their tasks solved and T checks the answers
and drill necessary for pronunciation.
ACTIVITY 3 : FEED-BACK
AIMS:

to practice with Present Simple and Continuous in order to be fixed them properly

to practice their listening skill and fill in the gaps

PROCEDURE
Ss are asked to listen to one of Avril Lavigne songs and complete a

INTERACTION
Ss-Ss

task with Present Simple and Continuous. (there are gaps in the lines

Listening / cassette

of the Things Ill never say song which k\have to be

Small groups

completed/conjugate into the two tenses). If they want, T can replay

Speaking

TIMING
5 min

the song for many times not very loud. T checks some of the

Writing

worksheets with Ss together and gives some help, if they need.

HOMEWORK / Assigning homework: 5 min

The students are to finish their worksheets at home if they did not during the class and to solve an
exercise that contains the same item: Present Simple Tense vs Present Continuous Tense. Of course they
have to explain why there is a difference between the two tenses comparing them every time. T explains
the topic of the homework and gives examples.