Part I: Lesson Plan for
Grammar Lesson Plan
Context: Intermediate Students Learner Needs: To learn and
practice the present perfect tense.Objectives/Aims: Students will
be able to use the present perfect tense in their speaking and
writing.Assumptions: Im presuming that these students have enough
language knowledge understand this grammatical structure.Language
Analysis: This lesson will focus on the grammatical structure of
the present perfect tense.Materials: Writing
materialsTiming/Sequencing: 60 minutes.Assessment: Collect students
biographies at the end of the lesson.Reflection:Lesson Plan:
StageAim ProcedureMats.Focus Time
Warm up
Introduce the concept of the present perfect tense to
students.Call on students to list a few of their life experiences,
a hobby theyve had for years, and something theyve done recently.
List them on the board.None.Begin to introduce the different uses
of present perfect.5
Lesson activities/assessments
Explain the present perfect tense.Using the list now written on
the board (travelled abroad, collected stamps for ten years, had
lunch, etc.), begin to rewrite the sentences with the present
perfect tense. (E.g. I have travelled abroad a few times; I have
collected stamps for stamps, I have just eaten lunch.)
After writing a few of these, ask if students can pick up the
pattern and rewrite the sentences on the board by themselves.
Answer any questions students have regarding the structure, and
give them a handout with irregular verbs and timelines showing the
differences between the different usages (such as was on my grammar
handout for the blog last week.) I will also explain the
expressions just, already, yet, for, and since.
Getting students familiar with the different uses of present
perfect.15
Practice using present perfect tense.Give students a biography
you have written of either a famous or fictitious person with
blanks where the present perfect tense would be. Divide students
into pairs and have them work on the handout together.
(Ex: Have you met my friend Ellen? She _has lived_____ across
the street from me for many years. (live) She is a very interesting
person she __has travelled__ to many countries and __has learned__
to speak several languages. (travel, learn) Writing
materials.Continue to practice present perfect, and expose any
remaining confusion that remains.15
Produce writing using present perfect writing.Using the
worksheet as a model, ask students to begin writing their own
biographies using all three of the usages things in the past,
things in the past that have continued until now, and events that
have happened to them recently.Writing materialsImprove ability to
produce writing using present perfect tense and practice general
writing skills.20
Conclusion
Share results of work with other students.As they complete the
assignment, ask students to share their work with other students.
Once all students have completed their biographies, ask for
volunteers to share their biographies aloud with the class.Gain
confidence in speaking and writing.5
