Lesson Plan

School: Scoala Gimnaziala nr.1 Gurbediu

Teacher: Laza Laura
Grade: VII th
Level: Intermediate
Title of the structure: Present Perfect Simple vs Past Simple
Text book: High flyer
Skills: writing, reading, speaking
General competences: At the end of the lesson the Ss will be able to:
*to recognize the Present Perfect Structures in the text
*to use the two structures and the make the difference between them
Lesson competences:
*to use Present Perfect Simple to express what they have used
*to use for and since in the sentences
Interaction: T-Ss
Ss-T
Ss-Ss
S-whole class
Bibliography: 1. Learning Teaching, Jim Scrivener, ed. Macmillan, 2005.
2. The Practice of English Language Teaching, Jeremy Harmer, ed.
Longman 1991.
3. Longman English Grammar, L. G Alexander, ed. Longman, 2001.

I Warm-up:

Aim: to introduce the Ss in the English atmosphere

Procedure:
T asks the Ss how they are, what’s the weather like today.
T: How are you today?
Ss: Fine, thank you.
T: What’s the weather like today?
Ss: Today it’s………
Interaction: T-Ss
Ss-T
Timing: 3 minutes
II Checking homework:

Aim: to emphasize the importance of working individually

Procedure: T asks the Ss what their homework was. T corrects the Ss gently asking them to
tell it and she also gives them the chance to correct each other.
Interaction: T-Ss
Ss-T
Ss-Ss
Timing: 7 minutes

III. Linking previous knowledge to the new material

Aim: to help the Ss make the connection between what they know and what they will know
at the end of the lesson
Procedure: T asks the Ss if they remember when to use Past Simple and what happens with
the two categories of the vbs. regular and irregular.
Then, she writes two or three sentences on the blackboard:
I wrote a letter yesterday.
He played football last weekend.
She didn’t watch TV last evening.
T emphasizes the regular, irregular verbs structures and the sentences, i.e. didn’t+ infinitive
verb.
Then, T writes another sentence on the blackboard, this time Present Perfect Simple is used.
Eg. I have taught English since 2005.Then, she asks the students to try to say how Present
Perfect is formed and she tells them when it is used.
Interaction: T-Ss
Ss-T
Timing:10 minutes

IV. Introducing new language

Aim: to easily introduce them the new grammatical structure

Procedure: T asks the Ss to open their books at page 14 and after that to read the text about
comics. Then, T asks them to recognize a few sentences with Present P. Simple in their
notebooks.
Then, T tells the Ss the difference between for and since, and asks them to do ex 5 at p. 15
Interaction: T-Ss
Ss-T
Ss-Ss
Timing: 10 minutes.
V Reinforcement of the new material

Aim: to be able to operate alone with what they have learnt

Procedure: T asks Ss to split into two teams. She is going to read a list of nouns, and the Ss
have to think how they can use them into sentences using Present Perfect Simple, and Past
Simple, the best team gets red points in the T’S notebook.
Eg. The first noun is -football.
I have played football since.
I played football yesterday.
The next ones are: book
pizza
TV
Video games
Then T asks them to answer a few questions whether they have ever done these things.
Eg. Have you ever eaten Indian food? If the answer is yes T asks for more information and
she encourages the Ss to do the same between them. T writes the questions on the blackboard
and asks the Ss to work, in pairs. One S stands up and decides whom in the classroom to ask.
1. Have you ever slept in a tent?
2. Have you ever driven a tractor?
3. Have you ever gone to a dentist?
4. Have you ever been to a foreign country?
Interaction: T-Ss
Ss-T
Ss-Ss
Timing: 18 minutes

VI Giving homework:

Aim: to check what they have understood

Procedure: T tells the Ss their homework will be ex:6 page:15 and helps them giving two
examples-the first two sentences from the exercise.
Interaction: T-Ss
Ss-T
Timing: 2 minutes