Lesson plan

GRADE: 6th TIME OF LESSON: 50 min TYPE OF LESSON: Teaching grammar - Passive Voice METHODS: conversation, explanation, dialogue, exercise SKILLS: listening, reading, speaking, writing CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS: individual work, pair work TEACHING AIDS: blackboard, worksheets, posters, video projector. AIMS: - to be capable to identify a Passive Voice form - to be capable to put verbs into the Passive Voice - to be able to transform sentences from the Active Voice into the Passive Voice - to be capable to notice the changes that occur during the transformation from the Passive Voice into the Active Voice for the Present Tense Simple and Past Tense Simple.

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Checking attendance
Warm-up

T. greets the pupils and then he checks attendance Who is missing today?

T. greets the pupils and then he checks attendance Who is missing today?

To check attendance

1. T tell the students the plot of the film Gladiator then initiates a conversation about slavery.

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Checking homework Announcing the new lesson and the objectives

T. checks if the Ss had any homework.

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T introduces the lesson They were sold as slaves . T. writes on the blackboard the name of the new lesson. Passive Voice . T. tells the Ss that they will learn the rules of the Passive Voice for the Present Tense Simple, Past Tense Simple and the changes that occur.

Blackboar To check the Ss speak about slaves and d, chalk accomplishment slavery. of given instructions, and to understand the name of the new lesson Ss tell the t. they didnt Notebooks To check the have any homework. accomplishment of given instructions Ss read the lesson they were Blackboar To make Ss. sold as slaves. d, chalk aware about the Ss listen to the teacher items they will learn

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Introducing

T. gives the Ss a new text and reads it.

Ss receive the text and

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the new lesson

After that the T. tells the pupils to observe the verbs and to underline them. Then he explains them that the respective verbs are in the Passive Voice. T. begins to tell the Ss the changes that occur: - the Subject becomes the person who does the action , but it doesnt suffer it (receives the prep. by ) - the Direct Object becomes the Subject. - the verb from the Active Voice is written in the Past Participle or gets the ED ending. - the auxiliary TO BE receives the time and the aspect of the verb from the Active Voice. T. gives the pupils an example for the Past and Present: After that the T. explains to the pupils that there are verbs which can have two Direct Objects, so we can make two sentences in the Passive Voice. Then, the T. shows the pupils that the pronoun I becomes by me, you- by you, he- by him, she-by her, we- by us, you-

underline the verbs that are in the Passive Voice . Ss pay attention to the T. and take notes.

d, chalk

understand the changes that take place.

Ss write in their notebooks the examples.

To understand better the Passive Voice.

Students do the exercise in the pre practice worksheet.

by you, they- by them.

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Acquiring performanCe

Activity 1. T. tells the students to do the exercise in worksheet no 2. T. gives the Ss a worksheet with exercises that help the pupils understand how to transform the Active Voice into the Passive Voice.

Ss do as required and correct their colleagues if they make a mistake.

Blackboar d Blackboar d Posters Book, blackboar d, chalk. Worksheet

To check if the Ss comprehended the Passive Voice.

Ss solve the exercises from the worksheet.

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Feed-back

T. asks the pupils about the theme that Ss answer that the theme they have debated. was the Passive Voice. Do the exercises in the

Getting a proper feed-back

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Assigning the homework

T. asks the pupils do the remaining exercises (worksheets)

Check your knowledge worksheet. Ss write the instructions on their notebook.