LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL – Cojasca
GRADE – 7th
LEVEL – pre-intermediate
TEACHER – Ion Alina-Florentina
UNIT: They’ve been bullying me.
LESSON – Present Perfect Continuous
TYPE OF LESSON – acquiring new knowledge
DATE – 30.01.2017
TIME – 45 minutes

COMPETENCES
2. Producerea mesajelor orale
2.4 Descrierea, în propoziţii simple, a unor locuri, imagini, evenimente
4. Producerea mesajelor scrise
4.1 Redactarea unor texte scurte folosind cuvinte de legatură simple (şi, dar, pentru că, deci)

AIMS
At the end of the lesson students will be able to :
1. elicit information about Present Perfect Continuous;
2. identify Present Perfect Continuous structures in different statements;
3. use correctly Present Perfect Continuous structures;
4. talk about an action that started in the past and is still continuing;

SKILLS
speaking
writing

TECHNIQUES
dialogues
group work
pair work
observation
explanation
guessing games

RESOURCES
cards
flipchart
blackboard
notebooks
handouts

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
     Students might
not remember all the spelling rules for the –ing ending as well as their pronunciation
encounter difficulties in using have / haven’t in negative and interrogative & negative
forms.
ACTIVITIES

WARM UP
AIM *creating a pleasant atmosphere for the English class;
*helping students feel relaxed.
INTERACTION *T – Ss
*Ss – T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss How are you today? / Is anybody absent? / Are you ready to
start the English class?;
*Ss answer T’s questions;
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute

TRANSITION TO
THE NEW TOPIC
AIDS SS’ homework
AIM *checking if there were any problems with their homework.
INTERACTION *Ss – Ss
*Ss – T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss what their homework was;
*Ss read their homework sentences.
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minutes

PRESENTATION: A. 

1. LEAD IN ( pre-reading/pre-
speaking/pre-writing/pre-listening)
AIDS *blackboard
AIM *eliciting information about Present Perfect
Continuous;
COMPETENCES 1.3 Selectarea unor informaţii particulare
dintr-un mesaj oral articulat clar si rar
INTERACTION *Ss – T
*T – Ss
PROCEDURE *T announces that today’s lesson is about Present
Perfect Continuous;
*T writes the title of the lesson on the blackboard;
*T writes several sentences at affirmative, negative
and interrogative form. The sentences are about their
favourite stars and they have to guess those stars
according to the description.
*for example: She has been singing Vorbe pe dos for
three months.
ESTIMATED TIME *3 minutes
2. B. 
AIDS *handouts
AIM *eliciting information about Present Perfect
Continuous;
COMPETENCES
INTERACTION *Ss – Ss
 *Ss – T
PROCEDURE *Ss answer T’s questions;
*T asks Ss to make the negative and interrogative
forms of the affirmative sentence written by the T on
the blackboard;
* T asks Ss to read the explanations about Present
Perfect Continuous. (Appendix 1)
ESTIMATED TIME *6 minutes

Practice 1
DEVELOPMENT/
PRACTICE (while-
reading/while-
speaking/while-
writing/while-
listening)
AIDS *handouts; charts; flipchart
AIM *eliciting information about Present Perfect Continuous;
COMPETENCES 4.1 Redactarea unor texte scurte folosind cuvinte de legatură simple (şi,
dar, pentru că, deci)
INTERACTION *Ss - Ss
*Ss – T
PROCEDURE *T gives Ss a fill-in exercise. (appendix 2);
*Ss work in pairs;
*Ss come and circle the words on the flipchart.
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes
Practice 2
AIDS *handouts
AIM * use Present Perfect Continuous structures
COMPETENCES 4.1 Redactarea unor texte scurte folosind cuvinte de legatură simple (şi,
dar, pentru că, deci)
INTERACTION *S –S (Pair work)
*S – T
PROCEDURE *T gives Ss a multiple choice exercise (appendix 2);
*T checks Ss answers.
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes
Practice 3
AIDS *handout

AIMS *identify Present Perfect Continuous structures in different statements;

COMPETENCES 4.1 Redactarea unor texte scurte folosind cuvinte de legatură simple (şi,
dar, pentru că, deci)
INTERACTION *Ss – T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
(Annex4)
ESTIMATED TIME *10 minutes

PRODUCTION/
FEED-BACK (post-
reading/post-
speaking/post-
writing/post-
listening)
AIDS *handouts
AIM *talk about an action that started in the past and is still continuing;
COMPETENCES 2.4 Descrierea, în propoziţii simple, a unor locuri, imagini, evenimente
etc
4.1 Redactarea unor texte scurte folosind cuvinte de legatură simple (şi,
dar, pentru că, deci)
INTERACTION *Ss- Ss
*Ss – Ss
*T - Ss
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to work in groups. Each Ss have to pick one card from the
ones which are on the table. The first student picks the accusation card,
presents the situation and the rest of the children have to continue the
story with the information of their explanation cards. But not all the
cards must be used. Just the ones which matches with the accusation.
At the end, they write the story they have just discovered.(Appendix 5)
ESTIMATED TIME *15 minutes

Emotional Feedback/
Aims’ checklist
AIMS *getting feed-back from the Ss
INTERACTION *Ss - T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to say a colour which best describes their emotional state at the
end of the English class.
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute

Assigning Homework
AIM *using Past Simple structures
INTERACTION *T - Ss
PROCEDURE *T writes the homework on the blackboard – Write 5 sentences to
describe actions that you stared in the past and continue in the
present.
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute
APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 2

APPENDIX 3
APPENDIX 4
APPENDIX 5
Bibliography:
·        Hadfield, Jill – Intermmediate Grammar Games, Longman, 2003
·        *** - the English Curriculum for 7th grade, București, 2009
·     http://busyteacher.org/13637-present-perfect-progressive-7-activities.html
. http://busyteacher.org/5687-present-perfect-continuous-worksheet.html