Lesson plan

Teacher: Baciu Mirela

School: Liceul Teoretic ,,Jean Bart,, Sulina
Date: 26th May 2014
Grade: 6th
Number of students: 18
Level: Elementary (L2)
Unit 19: They were sold as slaves
Topic: The passive: past simple
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.

Stage of lesson/

Teachers activity

Students activity

Interaction

Skills and

T Ss

methods
- speaking

Timing

Materials

Aims

used
- blackboard -to

1.

Teacher enters the class greets the The students greet the teacher

Organizational

students, and then T asks if there are and tell the absentees if there

introductive part

moment / 2 min.

any absentees. Then T asks one of are any. A student writes the

of the lesson.

the Ss to write the date on the date on the blackboard and the
blackboard.

others open their notebooks and

2.

The T asks the Ss to choose from a

write the date.

The Ss read the verb that they

Warm up /

bowl a piece of paper on which they have on the piece of paper and

3 min

can read a verb at past participle.

then write it on the blackboard

They are both regular and irregular

in the suitable column.

forms. On the blackboard, the T

- questioning

T Ss

- speaking

- writing
Ss alone

draws a table with two columns:

one for regular forms and the other

- reading

for irregular ones. Every student

- blackboard - to assure the

transition
between
the
Organizational
Moment and the
- chalk
Checking
of
Previous
Knowledge.
- pieces of
past

blackboard and write the verb that

participle

he/she has on the paper, in the best

forms

3.

column.
The T asks the Ss what they have

The Ss answer that the previous

Checking the

done the previous time they have

time they have studied about the

previous

met. Then the T asks the Ss to

passive at present tense simple.

T Ss

- speaking

the

- chalk

paper with

has to come very quickly to the

assure

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

- blackboard -to put the Ss in

the situation to
read
their
homework
2

knowledge and

remember how the passive is

The Ss answer the teachers

the homework /

formed and to give examples.

question and give examples of

10 min

The T asks if the Ss had a

sentences using the passive

- writing
Ss alone

- students

homework to do. Then the T and the voice.

Ss check the homework together.

- chalk

- reading

The Ss say that their homework

notebooks

-to capture the

Ss` interest and
attention.

and books

was exercise 6 on page 106 and

-explanations

they go to the blackboard to

write the correct form of the
4.

Once they have remembered about

verb in brackets.
The Ss write the title and the

Introduction of

the passive at present simple, the T

example in their notebooks.

about the topic

the new topic/

tells the Ss that they will move on

The Ss use the list of irregular

they are going to

3 min

to speak about the passive, but at

verbs.

past tense. Thus, the T writes the

T Ss

- speaking

- writing

learn.

- students
- reading

Then the T asks the Ss to tell how

the passive at past simple is formed

- chalk

Ss alone

title on the blackboard and an

example.

- blackboard - to inform Ss

notebooks
- students

-explanations

list of

and which are the two forms of the

irregular

verb to be at past simple (was,

verbs

were). Then the T writes on the

blackboard the rule: THE VERB
TO BE (PAST TENSE SIMPLE)
+ MAIN VERB (PAST
3

5.

PARTICIPLE).
The T tells the Ss to open their

The Ss read the text and identify

Reading and

books on page 111 and to read the

the passive forms.

acquiring the

text The transatlantic slave

new topic/

trade. Then the T asks the Ss to

12 min

identify the forms of passive voice

T Ss

- speaking

- students
notebooks

-reading
Ss alone

and to say whether the past

participle forms are regular or
7.

irregular.
T gives the Ss a handout with

Ss receive the handouts and

Feed back and

exercises where they have to put the

work, in pairs of the, the given

discussion/

verbs in brackets at preset tense

exercises.

17 min

passive or past tense passive.

Then, some of the Ss go to the

T Ss

- reading

8.
Homework /

they will have to write the text on their homework for the next

1 min

page 112 about The Statue of

- to put the Ss in
the situation of

- writing

using the new

Ss alone

acquired topic.

blackboard and write the correct

verbal form.
The T tells the Ss that for next time The Ss write in their notebooks

- handouts

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

-blackboard,
T Ss

English class.

- listening
- writing

chalk
- students

-to consolidate

books and

and use the new

notebooks

acquired topic

Liberty and to fill in missing gaps

with the correct form of the passive,
9.
Evaluation/
2 min

past simple.
T appreciates Ss` activity both The Ss also say Good-bye to
verbally -praising the activity of the
the teacher.
Ss- and also by giving marks.
Then the teacher says Good-bye
and leaves the classroom.

Ss alone
T Ss

- listening
- speaking

-to increase Ss`

self-confidence
and
encourage
them in their
study of English.
4

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.