Lesson Plan

18.05.2010

1. Class description: II b group 1

2. Topic: GOING PLACES – PRESENT PERFECT.

3. Objective: The objective of the lesson is to provide theory about the structure and usage of present perfect. By the end of the lesson students will be able to associate activities with correct usage of this tense. And they will know the sentence structure in present perfect with ‘ever’/’never’.

4. Aids: “Connections 3” student’s book & activity book J. Spencer-Kępczyńska A. Maciąg Oxford University Press

5. Plan:

Lesson stage	Activity	Procedure	Interaction	Timing	Anticipated problems	Observations
Warm up	brainstorming	- “Welcome back after the pause! Is the number of you the same? Or maybe someone has left?” -“ I want you to go back to the dialogue. I’ll play the recording for you in a minute. What I want you to do, is to find and underline all expressions containing has or have plus 3^rd form of the verb. Do you understand?” – the T plays the recording and then says – “ I hope you have found some expressions I want you to find. Please, each of you will read one expression and I will write some of them on the board.” – the T wants to elicit answers: Have you ever been to Holland? I’ve never been there. I couldn’t find my ticket, but I’ve got it now. Someone’s stolen my passport! I’ve forgotten my purse. I’ve written twenty postcards. I’ve been outside for too long. I’ve never known anyone like you. You’ve eaten too many sweets. -“As you have probably seen, we are going to talk about a new tense. Does any of you know the name of today’s tense?” – the T waits for volunteers, but if there aren’t any, she will say – “ Today’s tense is called present perfect. All the sentences you have found are written in this tense. So who can tell me how do we form this tense? Look at the board and tell me.” – the T wants to elicit answer We use have or has and add 3^rd form of the verb. If no one knows the answer, the T will say the rule.	T – S S –T	10 min	- Ss may not understand the instruction. - Ss may have problems finding appropriate expressions. -Ss may have not get the rule yet.	-Ss find correct expressions. - Ss understand the rule.
Presentation	grammar introduction – present perfect	-“Now I’d like you to write down the note: We use the present perfect for: 1) action in the past which has recently finished – you can see the results of the action when you speak, 2) unfinished actions which started in the past and are still true now, 3) past experiences. We form it by using have /has plus 3^rd form of the verb. Common expressions: ever, never, recently, lately, just, already, yet, always, still, so far, for, since.”	T –S	5 min	- Ss may be unwilling to write notes.
Controlled practice	matching sentences with the usage rules of present perfect	- “Now I’d like you to match the usages 1-3 with the sentences you have found in the dialogue.” – the T checks the understanding of the rule; she wants to elicit answers : Have you ever been to Holland? *3 I’ve never been there. *3 I couldn’t find my ticket, but I’ve got it now. *1 Someone’s stolen my passport! *2 I’ve forgotten my purse. *2 I’ve written twenty postcards. *1/*2 I’ve been outside for too long.*2 I’ve never known anyone like you. *3 You’ve eaten too many sweets.*1	T –S S –T	7 min	- Ss may have problems matching expressions and rules.	- Ss deal well with the activity.
Controlled practice	been vs. gone	“Now I want you to look at the exercise 4. You have to find the difference between ‘been’ and ‘gone’. Now look at the first picture. Where are those people?” – the T wants to elicit answer The woman is at home. The man/ boy is on the desert. – “ What is the woman doing?” – the T wants to elicit answer The woman is talking on the phone . And she says that the boy has gone to America. – “So which description fits this picture?” – the T wants to elicit answer Description a. – The T repeats the instruction with the second picture. - “To sum up, we use ‘gone’ to refer to the action which is still in progress – somebody has left the home and hasn’t come back yet. And we use ‘been’ to refer to the completed action – somebody was away but now is back home.”	T – S S - T	10 min	- Ss may have problems with the description of the pictures. -Ss may not see the difference between gone and been.	- Ss have problems understanding that the man in the picture one is away from home in America. - Ss firstly cannot catch the idea .
Controlled practice	gap-filling	“ Now it’s time to practice. I’d like you to look at exercise 5. Your task is to complete gaps in the sentences using verbs in brackets. Remember to use have or has and 3^rd form of the verb. And one more tip. The place of ‘ever/ never’ in a sentence is after the auxiliary verb and before the verb. So please read the whole sentence first and after that try to complete the gap. I’ll help you.” – the T chooses S to do sentences individually. She helps if necessary.	T –S S –T	5 min	-Ss may not know the correct 3^rd form of the verbs . - Ss may have problems placing ever/ never in a sentence.	-Ss do not know the correct 3^rd form of the verbs (see, lose). -Ss have problems placing ever/ never in a sentence.
Controlled practice	making sentences	- “Now, please look at exercise 6. You can see here a table with verbs and six pictures below. First, your task is to match the verbs with the pictures and then make sentences in present perfect. Now, please look at the example. ” – the T chooses Ss and helps if necessary.	T –S S –T	6 min	-Ss may not know the correct 3^rd form of the verbs . - Ss may have problems with vocabulary.	-Ss do not know the correct 3^rd form of the verbs (buy, take). - Ss have problems with words such as postcards or thieves.
Termination	-setting homework - ending a lesson	- “For next meeting, please do exercises on page 20 in your activity books.” - “That’s all for today. Goodbye!”	T –S S –T	2 min		- Ss say Goodbye.