Date: 04/11/2014 School: Al khawarizmi High School Class Level: 1st Year Baccalaureate Class Size: 40Class Period: 50min Lesson: Used toTextbook: Ticket To English Teacher: Almallam BoujemaaUnit: 2 Title: SocietyLesson Type: Grammar Integrated skill: reading, writing and speakingStandard: language development

Objectives

By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

Use and practise “Used to” Talk about habits in the past Talk about situations that were true in the past

Material: textbook, chalk, blackboard, handouts

Time Procedure Techniques05min

10min

25min

Warm upgreet students Lead-in to the topic of the lesson. Get students think about their past experiences through asking questions about their habits such as: what sport did you play when you were children? What did you like when you were children? What did not you like when you were at primary school? Which school subjects did you like most in primary school? What type of TV programs did you watch?The teacher asks volunteers to remember events and activities in their childhood and writes down sentences on the blackboard as well as the names of the students who provided the sentences to refer to later

PresentationAhmed: when I was a child, I lived in Casablanca.T: Introduce used to.Ahmed used to live in Casablanca when he was a child, but he lives in SouK Sebt now.Students read the text and answer the focus questions.

1. How many languages did Bassou speak before he was seven?2. How many languages does he speak now?

Key: 1. He spoke one language 2. He speaks three languages.

T: Bassou used to speak one language, but he speaks three languages now.

PracticeTask 1Look at the sentences bellow and write similar sentences using information from the text.At 7, Bassou used to speak only Amazigh.He did not use to live in the city.He…………………………………………………………….He…………………………………………………………….Life…………………………………………………………..It………………………………………………………………Task 2 The teacher provides situations in which students can use “used to” to make complete sentences.

what Leila says 4 years ago what Leila says todayI live in a big house with my family. I live alone in a small apartment.I read short stories I read novelsI go to the cinema every weekend. I rarely go to the cinema.

Q/A

Eliciting

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handoutskimming

peer work

sentence completion

10min

I’m a secretary. I’m now working as a social worker. Make sentences with “used to”

Example:Leila used to live in a big house with her family, but now she lives alone in a small apartment.

1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………but, ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. .

2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………but, ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Task 3Match the beginning of each sentence with the correct ending.

I used to go to school here until computer games become popular.I didn’t use to understand mathematics until I gave up smoking.SouK Sebt used to be a small village when I was young in the 2006I used to live in Beni Mella until I bought an alarm clock.Children used to play outdoors much more

before I moved to Souk Sebt.

I didn’t use to eat much sweets when I was at school; we had a terrible teacher.

I never used to get up on time but now it is a city.

Students study the sentences with “used to” and choose the correct option.

we use “used to” to talk about 1) Habits in the past.2) Habits in the present.3) Habits in the future.

ProductionStudents write four sentences each about their past habits and share them with their partners. The teacher asks students to read their sentences and encourages peer correction.Subjects you liked most in the past.Movies you watched most in the past.Things that existed in your city and no longer exist now.

matching

peer correction