LESSON PLAN

Class: 6th B Grade – 1st Language, 2 classes per week

Teacher: Stefan Dinel Marinescu
Textbook: WORLD CLASS – Addison Wesley Longman
Topic: Module 6 - ROBOTS
Lesson: Tim – Present Perfect Simple
Skills: Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing
Materials: textbook, handouts, blackboard, chalk, flip chart, post-it notes,
markers, computer, projector
Methods and techniques: dialogue, explanation, exercise, discovery techniques,
brainstorming, pair-work
Evaluation: - initial, through warm-up
- continuous, through activities, observation
- error correction
- final, through oral feedback
Timing: 50 minutes
Number of students: 31
Date of lesson: 12 May 2011
Time of lesson: 9:00 – 9:50

Class profile: These Ss are 6th graders and are not familiar with the present perfect simple. They
have only occasionally used the past participle forms of irregular verbs.

Lesson aims:
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
● use and understand Present Perfect Simple Tense;
● practice Present Perfect forms (positive, negative, question)
● make up sentences using present perfect;
● talk about past actions without time adverbials.
Activity 1 – Warm – up
- greetings, absentees, discussion; checking homework
Aim: to motivate and involve Ss by means of personalization; activate vocabulary related to the
topic
Interaction: T – Ss
Timing: 5’

Activity 2 – Lead-in – Speaking

Aim: - to get feedback for the tenses already learned

- to introduce the present perfect by means simple sentences
- to draw Ss’ attention to the auxiliary “have” in present perfect statements as opposed to
statements in the past simple with a time adverbial.
- Examples: Mother bought me a robot last week. / Mother has bought me a robot. – The
robot talked to me yesterday. / The robot has talked to me. – I received a present
yesterday. / I have received a present.

Interaction: T – Ss
Timing: 5’

Activity 3 – Listening; Gap-filling

- Ex. B, p. 79. Ss listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the following words: made /
haven’t / have / I’ve / have / cleaned
Mrs. Rickerby: Hello, Tim. How are you?
Tim: Very well, thanks.
Mrs. Rickerby: Well, what have you done today?
Tim: I’ve fed the cat.
Mrs. Rickerby: Good. 1 ……….. you 2 ……… the dinner?
Tim: Yes, I 3 ……….. . And 4 ……….. done the washing.
Mrs. Rickerby: Very good. Have you 5 ……….. the bathroom ?
Tim: No, I 6 ………. . I’m sorry.
Mrs. Rickerby: Never mind.
Aim: to familiarize Ss with present perfect structures expressing past actions close to the
moment of speaking or whose result is visible at the moment of speaking.

Interaction: T – Ss
Timing: 3’

Activity 4: - Teaching present perfect simple, affirmative / interrogative / negative forms

- T writes the affirmative, interrogative and negative forms of the present perfect tense on
the blackboard, together with relevant examples.
- Ss copy the information in their notebooks.
- T explains the uses of present perfect simple and gives examples.
Aim: to make Ss understand the form and use of present perfect simple.
Interaction: T – Ss
Timing: 12’

Activity 5: - Identifying the third form of irregular verbs

- T writes the first and the second forms of some irregular verbs on the blackboard. Ss
copy them in their notebooks. The third form of these verbs is written on post-it paper
and stuck on the blackboard. T asks some Ss to come to the blackboard, identify the third
form of a certain verb and stick it next to its second form.
- Verbs to presented on the flip chart:
make – made - .......... drink – drank - ...........
have – had - ............ sit – sat - ..............
feed – fed - .............. run – ran - ..............
put – put - .............. get – got - .............
lay – laid - .............. swim – swam - .............
buy – bought - ........... come – came - .............
lose – lost - .............. fall – fell - ..............
win – won - .............. forget – forgot - ...........
read – read - ............. break – broke - .................
leave – left - .................. choose – chose - .............
spend – spent - .............. find – found - .............
 give – gave - .............. go – went - ................
eat – ate - ............... take – took - ..............
do – did - ................ write – wrote - ............
ring – rang - ............. wake – woke - .............
see – saw - ................ fly – flew - ................
be – was/were - ............. begin – began - ................
Aim: to help Ss identify and remember the forms of irregular verbs.
Interaction: T – Ss; Ss – T.
Timing: 10’

Activity 6: - Listening and gap filling

- T plays a short video and Ss work in pairs to fill in the blanks on the handout (worksheet
1). Ss work in pairs to get the right answer.
Script: 1. The jury .................. you guilty. (has found)
2. Sorry, he........... his mind again. (‘s changed)
3. We ................ you off the island. (‘ve voted)
4. Now, look what you ............. . (‘ve done)
5. Thank you, but I ............................ for my children’s college education. (‘ve
already provided)
6. Heey, I love what you ................. with the office! (‘ve done)
- T checks the Ss answers orally and writes them on the flip chart paper.
Aim: to develop listening skills and to provide contexts for the use of present perfect statements.
Interaction: T – Ss; Ss – Ss; pair work;
Timing: 4’

Activity 7: Drilling in present perfect structures

- T asks Ss to work in pairs and do the exercises on the handouts (worksheets 2 and 3) on
their desks.
- T writes the correct answers on the sheet of paper on the flip chart.
Aim: to get feedback as to the correct acquisition of present perfect structures
Timing: 10’
Homework – Ex. B and D, p. 49 in the Activity Book.
Timing: 1’

CONTINGENCY PLAN – Should Ss not be able to do the exercises on worksheets 2 and 3 at

the pace expected, the exercises that are not done in the classroom are assigned as homework.
Should Ss work faster than anticipated, T asks Ss to produce present perfect statements of their
own.

HANDOUTS:
Handout 1: Irregular verbs
Handout2: Exercises with present perfect - affirmative
Handout 3: Exercises present perfect – negative and questions
HANDOUT 1
make – made - ..........
have – had - ............
feed – fed - ..............
put – put - ..............
lay – laid - ..............
buy – bought - ...........
lose – lost - ..............
win – won - ..............
read – read - .............
leave – left - ..................
spend – spent - ..............
give – gave - ..............
eat – ate - ...............
do – did - ................
ring – rang - .............
see – saw - ................
be – was/were - .............
- ..............
drink – drank - ...........
sit – sat - ..............
run – ran - ..............
get – got - .............
swim – swam - .............
come – came - .............
fall – fell - ..............
forget – forgot - ...........
break – broke - ..............
choose – chose - ............
find – found - .............
go – went - ................
take – took - ..............
write – wrote - ............
wake – woke - .............
fly – flew - ................
begin – began
HANDOUT 2
HANDOUT 3