Lesson plan

Teacher: Raducanu Elena Olguta

School: Scoala cu Clasele I – VIII, Racovita

Date: 7th May 2012

Grade: 6th

Number of students: 18

Level: Elementary (L2)

Unit 19: They were sold as slaves

Topic: The passive: past simple

Type of lesson: Grammar in a nutshell

Skills: speaking, writing, reading, listening

Methods: conversation, explanation, dialogue, exercise

Classroom interaction: individual work, pair - work

Teaching aids: blackboard, chalk, handouts

Students’ book: Snapshot Elementary Longman

Time: 50 minutes

Aims:

to get the students involved in the topic;

to give Ss practice in using the passive;

to develop students’ listening skills;

to develop students’ writing skills;

to develop students’ communication skills.

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Evaluation: - continue - through activities, observation, error correction

- final - through feed-back

Stage of lesson/

Timing

Teacher’s activity Students’ activity Interaction Skills and

methods

Materials

used

Aims

1.

Organizational

moment / 2 min.

Teacher enters the class greets the

students, and then T asks if there

are any absentees. Then T asks one

of the Ss to write the date on the

blackboard.

The students greet the teacher

and tell the absentees if there

are any. A student writes the

date on the blackboard and the

others open their notebooks and

write the date.

T –Ss - speaking

- questioning

- blackboard

- chalk

-to assure the

introductive part

of the lesson.

2.

Warm – up /

3 min

The T asks the Ss to choose from a

bowl a piece of paper on which they

can read a verb at past participle.

They are both regular and irregular

forms. On the blackboard, the T

draws a table with two columns:

one for regular forms and the other

for irregular ones. Every student

has to come very quickly to the

blackboard and write the verb that

he/she has on the paper, in the best

column.

The Ss read the verb that they

have on the piece of paper and

then write it on the blackboard

in the suitable column.

T – Ss

Ss alone

- speaking

- writing

- reading

- blackboard

- chalk

- pieces of

paper with

past

participle

forms

- to assure the transition between the Organizational Moment and the Checking of Previous Knowledge.

- to revive the spirit of the class and assure a proper atmosphere for the lesson.

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3.

Checking the

previous

knowledge and

the homework /

10 min

The T asks the Ss what they have

done the previous time they have

met. Then the T asks the Ss to

remember how the passive is

formed and to give examples.

The T asks if the Ss had a

homework to do. Then the T and

the Ss check the homework

together.

The Ss answer that the previous

time they have studied about the

passive at present tense simple.

The Ss answer the teacher’s

question and give examples of

sentences using the passive

voice.

The Ss say that their homework

was exercise 6 on page 106 and

they go to the blackboard to

write the correct form of the

verb in brackets.

T – Ss

Ss alone

- speaking

- writing

- reading

-explanations

- blackboard

- chalk

- students’

notebooks

and books

-to put the Ss in the situation to read their homework

-to capture the Ss` interest and attention.

4.

Introduction of

the new topic/

3 min

Once they have remembered about

the passive at present simple, the T

tells the Ss that they will move on

to speak about the passive, but at

past tense. Thus, the T writes the

title on the blackboard and an

example.

Then the T asks the Ss to tell how

the passive at past simple is formed

and which are the two forms of the

verb “to be” at past simple (“was”,

“were”). Then the T writes on the

The Ss write the title and the

example in their notebooks.

The Ss use the list of irregular

verbs.

T – Ss

Ss alone

- speaking

- writing

- reading

-explanations

- blackboard

- chalk

- students’

notebooks

- students’

list of

irregular

verbs

- to inform Ss

about the topic

they are going to

learn.

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blackboard the rule: THE VERB

“TO BE” (PAST TENSE SIMPLE)

+ MAIN VERB (PAST

PARTICIPLE).

5.

Reading and

acquiring the

new topic/

12 min

The T tells the Ss to open their

books on page 111 and to read the

text “The transatlantic slave

trade”. Then the T asks the Ss to

identify the forms of passive voice

and to say whether the past

participle forms are regular or

irregular.

The Ss read the text and identify

the passive forms.

T – Ss

Ss alone

- speaking

-reading

- students’

notebooks

- to get familiarized to the text, and to put the Ss in the situation of getting implied in the topic.- facilitate the acquisition of the new vocabulary and topic

7.

Feed – back and

discussion/

17 min

T gives the Ss a handout with

exercises where they have to put the

verbs in brackets at preset tense

passive or past tense passive.

Ss receive the handouts and

work, in pairs of the, the given

exercises.

Then, some of the Ss go to the

blackboard and write the correct

verbal form.

T – Ss

Ss alone

- reading

- writing

- handouts

-blackboard,

chalk

- to put the Ss in

the situation of

using the new

acquired topic.

8.

Homework /

1 min

The T tells the Ss that for next time

they will have to write the text on

page 112 about The Statue of

Liberty and to fill in missing gaps

with the correct form of the passive,

past simple.

The Ss write in their notebooks

their homework for the next

English class.

T – Ss

Ss alone

- listening

- writing

- students’

books and

notebooks

-to consolidate

and use the new

acquired topic

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9.

Evaluation/

2 min

T appreciates Ss` activity both verbally -praising the activity of the Ss- and also by giving marks.Then the teacher says “Good-bye”

and leaves the classroom.

The Ss also say “Good-bye” to

the teacher.

T – Ss - listening

- speaking

-to increase Ss` self-confidence and encourage them in their study of English.

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HANDOUT - PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT TENSE AND PAST TENSE)

I. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice. (Past tense simple)

1. She sang a song. –

2. Somebody hit me. –

3. We stopped the bus. –

4. A thief stole my car. –

5. They didn't let him go. –

6. She did not win the prize. –

7. They did not make their beds.

8. I did not tell them.

II. Rewrite the sentences in passive voice. (Present tense simple)

1. He opens the door. –

2. We set the table.

3. She pays a lot of money. –

4. I draw a picture.

5. They wear blue shoes.

6. They do not help you. –

7. He does not open the book.

8. You do not write the letter. –

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