Universidad Catlica de la Santsima Concepcin

English Pedagogy
Teaching Practice

School:
Class: 2
Date: November
Time: 60
Length:
Pre service Teacher:
Universidad
N of SS: 4
10th, 2014
mnts
1 pedagogical
Daniela Melipilln
catlica de la
hour
Michael Ruiz
Santisima
Concepcin
Aim: Learning Outcome: SWBAT describe, ask and answer
about past events, orally.
Assumed knowledge:
- Vocabulary used to talk about daily life such as: personal
REF to Planes y Programas
information, hows the weather like, interests, hobbies.
Simple present
Exponent:
- Verb to be
Where did you go yesterday?
Infinitive form of verbs
I went to the cinema
Did you do your homework?
Yes, I did/ No, I didnt
Target Language:
regular and irregular verbs
S.Past: Affirmative sentences: Subject + Verb (past) +
Complement
S. Past: Negative sentences: Subject + didnt + Complement
Wh questions: Wh word+ Did+ Subject+ Verb (infinite)+
Complement?
Yes/No questions: Did+ Subject+ Verb(infinitive) +C?
Anticipated problems
- Students may have problems with the
use of the verb to be in the simple past
tense
-

SS may have problems with the use of

the auxiliary verb Did.

..and Solutions
T. will show SS the changes verb to be
suffers in the past tense, using a ppt with
the structure of a sentence in the simple
past.
T. will clarify the use of the auxiliary verb
Did by showing examples of its use in
past simple sentences.

Aids:
Data: PPT with target
language examples and
most common verbs used for
description of past events.
Pictures of different
situations/ events.

Stages

PROCEDURE (What T and SS are going Time

to do)
(min)

LEAD IN

T. greets ss.

3 min

T. elicits knowledge asking ss about their

weekend and telling them about hers

What Im going to say

T. presents the Aim of the class

Interaction

Good afternoon! How are you

T- SS
today?
Did you have a good weekend?
What did you do? Did you go to
the cinema (ss name)? Well, I had
a great time! I went to the beach
and to a restaurant there. There I
ate empanadas and I drunk a little
bit of wine. It was wonderful!

10 min
PRESENTATIO
N

T. presents the use meaning and form in a

ppt and past form of verbs

T-SS
-

PRACTICE
(Controlled)

PRACTICE

T. provides the instructions for the next

activity

10 min

T. provides the students a worksheet with

activities.

T. Projects the worksheet on the ppt in order

to explain & exemplify the activities and
also for revision.

So, as you can imagine. We are

going to talk about past events.
In order to talk about past events
we use the simple past tense. For
this we need to know the structure
and formation sentences in this
tense
T. show structure of simple past
aff. Sentences, neg. sentences,
and questions using a ppt and the
whiteboard and for the verbs.
Now we are going to work in a
worksheet (shows the worksheet
on the ppt).
Here you are (take one and pass
the rest).
T. provides the instructions for
each activity 1 and gives 3 min.
(then revision)
T. makes the same with the other
activities.

(Freer)

15 min

T-SS

T. asks the students to make a circle.

T. provides the instructions of the activity
T. provides the students some cards with
verbs or whole actions on (e.g. Jump or
Jump next to the teachers desk twice). A
student stand up and do their actions, and
the people sitting down have to say or write
down what he did, plus where he did the
action.

PRODUCTION

T. asks the students to work in pairs again.

T. provides the instructions of the activity

20 min

So now its time to wkr in pairs!

We are going to make a fun game!
Im going to give some of you a
card with an action that you have
to act in front of the class and the
rest needs to describe the action
(in past of course) that the
classmate was making. Who and
where.
For example I received a card
which says dance. So I start
dancing and you describe was I
was doing and where. E.g teacher
was dancing next to the
whiteboard

T. asks CCqs to check understanding.

T. Provides the students with a picture

T. ask the students to use that material to

have a short dialogue, discussing about the
picture and describing it.
T. Monitors the classroom
T. gives general feedback

T. close the class

(T. turns on the ppt) For this

activity you will have to work in
pairs and discussing and describig
the picture you see on the ppt. You
need to ask questions such as:
What do you think she was doing?
Or describe the picture in past
such as: they were having a party.
What do you have to do?
You nee to use present simple
tense or past tense? (yeees)
Ok. Ill be monitoring the class. Ill
be hearing your conversations.
You can ask me anything if you
have any doubt
T. monitors the classroom
I think you work really good today.
(T. provides feedback)
What do you think about todays
class? Was it good? Give me your
opinions please. What did you

T- SS

SS-SS

learn today? What was the most

difficult part?
Ok guys see you neext week. Bye!