Lesson plan

Teachers name: Botar Ioana;

Book: Spanshot;
Grade: 7th grade; (L1)
Level: Pre-intermediate;
Number of students: 6
Topic: Diaries;
Time allowed: 50 minutes;
Type of lesson: grammar practice (recycling);
Grammar focus: Past Tense Simple
Approach: communicative;
Aims:
To practice to the use of Past Tense simple (regular/irregular verbs);
To practice on Past Tense Simple (affirmative, negative, interrogative);
To provide opportunities for the practice of the past tense simple;

Objectives: By the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:

 Use past tense simple in order to express past events;

Identify past tense simple in different contexts;
Materials used: handouts, colored pieces of chalk;
Skills: integrated skills;
Assumptions :
The students are familiar with most of the grammar issues involved;
They have prior practice in using Past tense simple ;
Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated based on the participation in classrooms
discussions;
Types of interaction:

Teacher-whole class
Teacher- Student
Student- Student
Student-Teacher

Class management:
whole class
individually

PROCEDURE

Nr Stages
.cr
t.
1

Warm up

Teacher`s activity Students` activity Skills

and language
and language

T. greets students
and begins the new
lesson. T. starts with
some introductory
conversation. T. asks
students to write
their names on
pieces of paper so
that communication
will take place more
effectively.
Checking Teacher uses the
homework homework as a
(Recycling starting point for the
past tense recycling of past
simple)
tense simple. The
exercises contain
verbs at past tense
simple. T will ask
students to
transform the
sentences from
affirmative to
negative or
interrogative.

Students will
answer the
teachers questions.

Students read the

homework and will
have to answer to
teachers questions
related to past
tense.

Inte Tim
ract e
ion

T-S
S-T

2`

Speaking
Reading
T-S

12

Rationale

Warm up activity is an
effective practice
since it builds an
affective relationship
between teacher and
students. It is also
better to be used in
order to create a
bridge to the new
lesson.
Both activities have
the role of
internalizing the
importance of using
the English language
in context.

4.

5.

Grammar
focus

Grammar
practice

Grammar
practice(p
ersonaliza
tion)

Teacher introduces
to the classroom
Past tense simple
inductively. Teacher
introduces the
notions with the
help of the students.
Teacher also
explains to the
students the
difference between
regular verbs and
irregular verbs.

Students will be
very attentive to
teachers
explanations.
Students will fulfill
the task.

Teacher gives
practice on past
tense. Teacher gives
students some
exercises to solve.

Students will solve

the exercises
presented by the
teacher.

T. asks students to
think about some
sentences of their
own and to write
them on the

Students will fulfill

the task and will
work individually in
order to complete
the task.

Reading T-S
Speaking S-T
Writing

10

Writing
T-S
Speaking S-T

10

Speaking T-S
Writing
S-T

Inductive teaching is a
student-centered
activity and helps
students to develop
the notion of noticing.
Students will become
aware of the
importance of being
involved in the act of
teaching. Noticing is a
process of presenting
the examples and
students will identify
the rules.
It is both individual
and also frontal
activity.

6. Project
work

notebook. They
should also write
them either at
negative or
interrogative.
Teacher asks
students to present
their project
work(The holiday)

7.
Homewor
k

T. gives students
some worksheets on
past tense simple

Students are asked

to present their
project work, using
past tense simple

Speaking

Presentation of
personal activities,
experiences.