2018 Pre-Intermediate Grammar Lesson Plan

UNIT 9 (Present Continuous and going to)

Lesson By the end of the lesson, ss will be able to:

Objective(s) 1) complete all the exercises (with at least 80% accuracy in every exercise).
2) define,and recognize the correct usage of Present Continuous Tense and Going to.
3) form and know when to use Present Continuous Tense (for future)
Assumed
Ss have learnt basic present continuous tense.
Knowledge
Anticipated
Ss may have problems in differentiate the use of present continuous tense and going to.
Problems
Materials Text book and Grammar exercise book.
Time/
Stages Procedure
Te-ss

a) Te writes 2 sentences on the board.

i. I am going to get a new job. ( I intend to get a job.)
ii. I am getting a new job. ( It is already decided / arranged.
**Here the focus is on the arrangement.) 5 mins
Warmer / Lead-In Te-ss
b) Te asks students the differences between both the sentences.
- The usage of going to and the present continuous tense
sentence.
- The forms / formulae

Books closed.
Te explains thoroughly on
1) Present continuous tense and going to
12 min
Presentation Te gives examples and elicits examples from ss. Te-ss
Te writes notes on the board and the students copy down in their
books.
Te checks students’ notes and ensures that they copy down
accurately.

Te starts with the practice provided in the textbook.

Practice Te does the practice one by one. 13 min
Te models the first question. Te-ss-ss
Te asks ss to complete the rest of the exercises individually. While ss
are working, te monitors them closely to see how they are doing.
FB/EC: Te calls a few ss to read the answers. Te corrects their
pronunciations and answers.
Te does the same for the other practices.

Te asks a few ss to construct sentences using present continuous

tense and going to. 3 min
Evaluation/ i. We are going to get new windows. (going to) Te-ss
Application ii. We are getting new windows. (pr.cnt.tense)

Te corrects their tense and its form if there is any error

Te asks a few ss what they have learnt and elicits a few examples 2 min
Wrap/Closure from them. Te-ss

Te assigns the unfinished exercises as homework.

Unit 9 : notes

Future plan

In addition to the simple future we can talk about future events by using either:

 the present continuous, or

 to be (in the simple present) + going to +verb.

These two forms are used to talk about future plans. There are, however, some
differences between the two forms.

1. The present continuous for future plans:

The present continuous is used when we say what we have planned and arranged to
do at a specific time in the future. These are fixed plans with definite time and/or
place.

Examples:

 I'm doing my homework this evening.

 I'm starting university in September.
 Sally is meeting John at seven o'clock this evening in a restaurant
downtown.

2. To be + going to + verb:

A. We use 'going to' to express the future when we intend to do something or have
decided to do something but did not arrange it. It is just an intention.

Example:

 A: The windows are dirty.

B: Yes I know. I'm going to clean them later.
= I've decided to clean them ,but I haven't arranged to clean them.

B. We also use 'going to' to make predictions.

 Watch out! you are going to break the glass.

 It's so cloudy! I think it's going to rain.