LESSON PLAN

Grade: 6th grade (L 1)

Lesson: Murder in a country house; Past Simple

Type of lesson: consolidation

Lesson aims:

1. to have students practise speaking, reading and writing skills;2. to have students practise the Past Simple of regular and irregular verbs;3. to have students practise pronunciation of regular and irregular verbs in the Past

Simple;4. to have students extract information from reading texts;

Materials: students’ book, blackboard, class CD, tape recorder, workbook, handout

Techniques and methods: conversation, demonstration, pair work, pattern practice, discovery technique.

Lead-in (books closed)

- T writes the following types of texts on the board: novels, textbooks, song lyrics, the Internet, newspapers, magazines

- T asks SS: Which do you read in your language?, then: Which do you read in English? (song lyrics, information on the Internet)

- T shows SS some Graded Readers and tells them how important it is to read in English to improve grammar and vocabulary.

Pre-reading activities:

1) - T asks Ss about the house in the picture and elicits ideas about its age and location

- T asks SS what kind of information is written on the back of a book (a summary of the story) and asks Ss to read it

- T asks comprehension questions: When does the story take place?; Who is the main character and victim?; Why was June 22nd an important day for him?; What did he do that night?

2) - T tells SS that the people in the photos were in the house when the murder happened

- T asks Ss to practise in pairs saying everybody is in relation to Jeremy: e.g. Who's Amanda? She's Jeremy's wife.

- T elicits ideas and suggestions about who the murderer is, giving possible reasons.

Reading activity

- T asks SS to read the story, after playing the CD once

Post-reading activities:

1. Mark the sentences true or false. Correct the false sentences:

2. Look at the ten highlighted irregular verbs in the story. What are the infinitives?

3. Find and underline nine past simple regular verbs in the story. How do you pronounce them?