LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: Grigore Hagiu Secondary School, Trgu Bujor.

SUBJECT: English Language
LEVEL OF STUDENTS: Pre-Intermediate
CLASS: 6 th
TOPIC OF LESSON: Present Perfect Simple. Tim.
DATE: 2.10.2015
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 17
TIME: 50 min.
TYPE OF LESSON: Communication of new knowledge.
TEACHER: Boboc Irina

TIMETABLE FIT

The students havent previously discussed about Present Perfect Tense.

AIMS :

A1 To introduce and give further practice in Present Perfect Simple;

A2 To develop Ss speaking/ writing skills by involving them in various types of activities
either individual or group-work ones;
A3 To enalarge on Ss vocabulary by activating words and expressions already known and
learning new ones;
A4To develop Ss reading skills by assessing text comprehesion through various exercises;
A5To develop Ss listening skills by solving a listenig task;

ASSUMPTIONS :

The students havent previously discussed about Present Perfect but they have studied
Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense and they know to differentiate between a
finished past action without no consequence into the present moment and an action which
either is reffered to as an action developing into the moment of speaking (Present Continuous)
or an action which is a part of a daily routine. Also, most of the students know the past
participle form of the most important irregular verbs.

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS :

Some of the students might find difficult to differentiate between a completed past
action with no result into the present moment and an action with visible result into the present.
Also, some of them might find difficult to use the past participle form of irregular verbs.

AIDS :

-Textbook ;
-Postcards ;
-Handouts ;
-Audio-video material ;
STRATEGIES : Class survey, discussion, explanation, production of simple sentences based
upon pictures, dual choice exercise, text comprehension questions, information transfer, fill in
the gaps, listening an audio-video material, completing a listening task, rewriting sentences,
guided dialogue, writing a postcard, Venn diagram.

TYPE OF INTERACTION : Whole class, individual, frontal, pair-work, group-work,

teacher-students (T-S), student-student (S-S), student-teacher (S-T).

SKILLS: Listening, writing, speaking, reading.

NR. PROCEDURE TIMING CLASS ACTIVITY CLASS MATERIALS
CRT ORGANIZATION
AIMS TYPE OF SKILL PRACTICE
INTERACTION
1. PERSONALISATION: The teachear asks the students about their homework and then Whole class Speaking
5 makes a short revision upon the contents discussed during the Frontal
previous lesson.

A2 Then, the students are divided into four groups. Each of the
student receives a copy of an interview. As a warm-up, the Whole class Speaking
teacher goes over any unfamiliar vocabulary in the chart and Frontal Appendix 1
explains to students that they will ask each other questions Group-work
about adventures and discoveries in their lives. They will walk Individual
around the group and ask their classmates questions based on T-S
the information in the chart. When they find someone who S-S
gives an affirmative response, they should write that students S-T
name in the chart. (Later, they will write sentences about these
students).
*The teacher may conduct a quick class survey by asking a
few students to read the sentences in their charts. Then
encourages students to ask each other questions to find out
more information about each item. For example: What new
skill have you taught? / Why have you never liked adventure? /
Which country have you visited alone?
2. GUIDE TO The students receive a second handout illustrating different Whole class Speaking
MEANING: pictures with their appropriate explanation sentences. The Frontal Appendix 2
4 teacher tries to elicit from the students both the form of present T-S
A1 perfect and the situations in which we use it. S-T
3. HIGHLIGHT THE The first step in giving the appropriate grammar explanations Whole class Appendix 3
FORM: concerning Present Perfect is that of revising the uses and form Frontal Writing
10 of Past Simple Tense in order to see the differences between Individual
them. Also, the teacher tells the students to remember that are T-S
A1 two different types of English verbs: regular and irregular. The
teacher gives examples in past simple: Yesterday, I had a busy
day. I received lots of emails. Then, leads in the sentence to
present perfect: I have received only a few today. and shows
students how the present perfect is formed: have/has plus the
past participle. Also, tells them that the past participle of
regular verbs ends ined, just as in simple past and for
irregular ones they have to look at the third column from the
verb list.
Then, the teacher provides the students with further Individual Appendix 2
explanations about Present Perfect. Frontal Writing
The teacher asks the students to turn out the previous handout T-S
received in order to solve the exercise taking into S-T
consideration the grammar explanations received.
4. INITIAL PRACTICE: The teacher gives the students the second handout illustrating a Individual Appendix 3
10 text and additional grammar exercises with Present Perfect. Frontal Reading
First, they are asked to read individually the text and answer T-S
A1 the questions from exercise no 1. S-T Writing
A3 Then, they are asked to solve the exercise no 2 from handout.
A4 The students have to read the sentences and write the proper
explanation according to them.
5. SECONDARY The students are asked to solve the exercise no 4 from Individual Appendix 3
PRACTICE: handout. They have to fill in the gaps with the present perfect Frontal Writing
10 form of the given verbs. T-S
A1 S-T
Then, the teacher announces the students they are going to Whole class Listening
hear a short audio-video material. First, they receive a listening Appendix 4
A5 task in order to complete according to the material.
 A2 After finishing it, the teacher proposes a new pair-work Frontal Speaking
communicative activity about experiences. First, the teacher T-S Appendix 5
writes on the board a few ideas and gives the students an S-S
example. S-T
6. GUIDED The teacher announces the students that the following activity Frontal Writing
CREATIVITY: is a group-work one. They have to imagine they are in Group-work Speaking
10 Disneyland and complete the postcard telling their English pen T-S Appendix 6
A2 friend about their experiences. They have to use the phrases S-S
A3 given by the teacher. Every group receives a flipchart paper. S-T

7. HOME ASSIGNMENT The students will have to use the questions from the Individual Writing
1 communicative activity in order to interview a member of their Appendix 3
family and write the dialogue in their notebooks. Also, they
will have to solve the exercise no 3, 6, 7 and 8 from the
handout received during the lesson.
 Appendix 1

Student Interview
Discoveries and Adventures

1 Talk to your classmates about adventures and discoveries in their lives. Write their names in
the chart.
2 Write sentences about your classmates answers.
Example: Student A: Lucy, have you ever been to Australia?
Student B: No, I havent. I have never been to Australia.

Find a student who Name Sentence

1. Has never been to Australia Lucy Lucy has never been to Australia.
2. Has always been interested in
extreme sports

3. Has recently returned from a

trip

4. Has eaten something very

unusual

5. Has visited another country

alone

6. Has never done anything

dangerous

7. Has decided to try something

adventurous this year

8. Has never liked adventure

9. Has seen a famous person

10. Has played a musical

instrument

11. Has ever studied another

language that English and
French
Appendix 2

Look at the pictures and read the sentences below them:

His shoes are dirty. He is cleaning his shoes. He has cleaned his shoes.
(His shoes are clean now.)

They are at home. They are going out. They have gone out.
(They are not home now.)

Appendix 3

Present Perfect: have + past participle (affirmative)

havent + past participle (negative)
have + subject + past participle (interrogative)

Present Perfect is used:

For actions which happened at an unstated time in the past.

He has sold his car.
To express actions which have finished in the past but have visible results into the
present.
I have lost my keys. (so I can't get into my house).
To talk about experiences.
I have been to Tokyo. (we don't say when the experience happened, just sometime in
the past).
For actions which started in the past and continue up to the present.
She has lived in this house for two years. (She still lives in this house)
BUT: She lived in Australia for one year. (She doesnt live in Australia now).

Time adverbs and expressions used with the present perfect:

Just, ever, never, always, already, yet, just, for, since, so far, how long, lately, recently,
once, several times, this week/month/year etc.
The teacher tells the students that the most important time adverbs used with Present Perfect
are for and since.

Venn Diagram.

Past Simple Present Perfect Simple

Appendix 2.

Look at the pictures. What has happened? Choose from:

go to bed clean his shoes stop raining close the door fall down have a bath

BEFORE NOW
 Appendix 4

Listening task

I) Listen to the audio-video material in order to get the main idea of the conversation and pay
attention at present perfect constructions used in it.

II) Listen again. Mark the sentences with TRUE or FALSE:

TRUE FALSE
a) The wife is extremely happy at the beginning of the conversation.
b) The wife has broken her husbands car.
c) The husband tells to his wife that she always has been a terrible driver.
d) The wife says that the car accident was the only problem of the day.

Appendix 5

Ride a camel
Fly in a helicopter
Sleep in a tent
Go scuba diving
Win a competition
See a famous person
Be on TV
Try sushi
Cook pasta.
Example: A: Have you ever ridden a camel?
B: No, I havent. Have you?
A: Yes, I have.
B: Really? When was that?
A: Last summer etc.

Appendix 6

Dear,

Im great! Im having lots of fun with my family here in Disneyland.

Weve been here since Monday and so far weve done a lot of things. We..

Yesterday, I..
It was very exciting!
There are still a couple of things we havent done yet. We.
..and
..
But its only Thursday and there is still plenty of time. ____________
Well, thats all for now.
___________
 _________
Phrases:

Ride on roller coaster

Go on a big wheel
Buy souvenirs
Visit haunted house
Meet Mickey Mouse\ shake his hand