Description of class 'Meša Selimović’ primary school : 25-27 students; V1, V2, V3, V4, V5 ages 11 to 12Date November 2008.

Teaching unit 18.

The bat The present simple tense question and negative form

Type of lesson

Presentation

Sources Project 2 , SB, WB, TB Aims and goals To revise the present simple tense

To make present simple questionsTo practice prepositions by, in, at To talk about batTo improve student’s vocabulary To develop student’s skills

Methods Work on text Task based method CommunicativeAsk and Answer

Class management Individual work SSSPair workFrontal work

Teaching aids, materials and equipment

SB, WB, Poster, Pencil, Notebook, Board, Chalk

Procedure Introductory part, main part & final part.

Additional plan Grammar project; Contrast between The present simple tense and the present continuous tense

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Aims and objectives Class organization procedure and activities Teaching aids

Possible problems

Possible solutions

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To improve student’s vocabulary

Talking about the bat

Teacher puts a photograph of bat on the board and she asks:What is it’Where does it live?What does it eat?Teacher notes students’ answers.

BoardPhotograph

They know many facts but they need help to say that.

Teacher helps them to say. 7'

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To improve student’s reading.

To improve student’s vocabulary

Teacher asks students to open their SB on page 34. There is a text about the bat. They read and listen. Teacher checks any difficulties with new words. b) Then she asks them to complete the ZOO notice, When all students have completed the notice, she plays the tape through again for them to check their ideas. She invites students to read through the gapped text, pausing at the gaps for students to supply the missing words.

SBNotebookPencilBoardChalk

Some students need help.

Teacher walks around the class and checks.

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To practise the Present Continuous Tense and the Present Simple Tense

She directs students’ attention to exercise 2 and Reginald’s questions and asks them to name tense used in exercise 1b.For example- page 20What is Floppy doing?She is eating grass.What is Hammy doing?He’s running round the wheel.Teacher asks student why the present continuous is used there.They look at the picture and say what each picture shows.They write the sentences on the board with teacher’s help and copy them into their notebooks.

WorkbookPencilBoardChalk

Some students don’t use correctly the present simple and the present continuous.

Teacher takes chalk and explains them again some examples on the board.

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To practice questions with do and does

Teacher asks a student to read exercise 3 and look at examples.They use Where does or Where do .. you live? Students work in pair. When they have finished they write down the questions and answers. Teacher goes round the class, asking different pairs to ask and answer questions.

WorkbookPencilPoster

Some students might have problem with using do and does.

Teacher writes on the board verb to do through personal pronouns.She asks them to repeat it after her.

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To practice the present simple and the present continuous tense

In this exercise they listen to sentences and write what wrong is.

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