Class: A2 pre-intermediate 10-12 years old ONLINE Date: Topic: Used to
Class: A2 pre-intermediate 10-12 years old ONLINE Date: Topic: Used to
Number of students: 12 Duration:
Lesson type: Grammar
Lesson aim: To introduce students to 'used to' for past states and habits that are no longer true.
Lesson objectives:
To introduce students to 'used to' for past states and habits that are no longer true.
Materials and equipment:
PPT. showing Tiffany and Sebastian before and after.
Handouts for controlled practice activity.
Role cards for freer practice
Anticipated problems:
Students will use their L1
Students wont hear the difference between use to and used to
Students may not have a good Internet connection. Solutions:
Remind them to speak English.
Give lots of examples and do drilling tasks.
Remind them not to worry and to turn off their cameras to see if that helps.
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Stage Stage Aim Timing Interaction Teacher Activity Student Activity
Warmer To introduce students to the grammar in the lesson 15 minutes Whole class Teacher tells students to write on the board something that they used to do. Teacher gives an example, I used to be a football player. Students to come up to the board and write an activity that they used to do.
Improvements:
Stage Stage Aim Timing Interaction Teacher Activity Student Activity
Presentation Introduce topic and grammar 15 minutes Teacher-class Show the class some images of a boy, around 9-10 years old. His name is Tim. Show him doing well at school, popular, happy parents, happy teachers. Tell the class that the boy is clever and is a good student at school, a good friend and son.
Now show some images of the boy a little older, around 13. He is not doing well at school, no friends, unhappy parents, angry teacher, Tell the class that the boy used to be good at school, but now he is bad.
Drill some sentences about Tim. Students listen and make notes.
Students produce the target language.
Improvements:
Stage Stage Aim Timing Interaction Teacher Activity Student Activity
Controlled practice Practice using the language 15 minutes S-S Students role play. One of them is Tim, the other is the parent. They must discuss what Tim used to be like and how is now and how he should change. Students do role play together.
Improvements:
Stage Stage Aim Timing Interaction Teacher Activity Student Activity
Freer
practice Practice using the language 15 minutes S Show the students the worksheet on the screen and they complete the gap fill in their books.
Tell students the correct answer. Students complete the task.
Listen and correct mistakes.
Improvements:
Assignment B Checklist
Check that you have done all the following:
Step 1: Review an online lesson plan
1. Review
Have you used the improvements section at the end of each stage to describe what changes and improvements need to be made to that stage?
Have you considered whether the tasks are sufficiently student-focused?
Have you thought about eliciting and concept checking?
Have you considered whether the activities are appropriate for an online lesson, and are they suitable for the stage of the lesson?
Step 2: Create two new online activities
2. Activities
Have you created an authentic online activity that includes media resources, such as newspapers and magazines?
Have you created an authentic online activity that includes media resources, such as film or music?
Have you included copies of your resources as well as URLs?
Step 3: Adapting a physical resource for use in the classroom
3. Reflective account
Have you considered how to adapt the running dictation task?
Have you carefully considered the wheelchair user in the group?
Have you considered how to make the task safe and appropriate for this group of students?
Have you written in the first person, in continuous text?
Have you written 300 words +/- 10%?
Bibliography
Have you provided links for any pictures used and references?
Check Your Work
Have you checked your work carefully and corrected any language, layout or typing errors?
Have you converted all the templates to PDFs and checked their appearance?
Have you included four files, named using the correct naming convention?
Level 3: Assignment B Materials
Provide copies of all the materials (worksheets, visuals, etc.) you would give or show the students.
Step 3: Adapting a physical resource for use in the classroom
What changes would you make to the activity to make sure it is safe and appropriate to use in the classroom with this group of students?
What changes would you make to the materials used in the activity to make sure they are safe and appropriate to use in the classroom with this group of students?
How are the changes going to benefit your students?
The following activities should be prepared for the same group that have been taught using the lesson plan that you have just reviewed.
You must include links to the resources that you have used as well as including screenshots of the resource in the materials file.
In the next lesson you are going to cover the topic of 'environment'. Prepare an online activity that includes media sources such as newspapers and magazinesusing freely available resourcesto be used as a controlled or freer practice task.
Stage Stage Aim Timing Interaction Teacher Activity Student Activity
In another lesson you are covering the topic of 'travel'. Include an authentic online activity that includes media sources such as film and musicusing freely available resourcesto be used as a controlled or freer practice task.
Stage Stage Aim Timing Interaction Teacher Activity Student Activity
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