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Lesson Plan Procedure - use a row for each stage and add additional rows as necessary
Stage Aims

Introducing
myself and
present
perfect
continuous

Making the
learners
familiar with
the rules
when to use
present

Interaction
Materials &
Time
Whiteboard,
pen and a
piece of
paper
10 minutes

Whiteboard
15 minutes

Procedure - What
will the teacher be
doing / saying?
Dictogloss activity:
Ill first introduce
myself a little bit.
First just telling the
information about
myself.
Dividing them into two
groups (for/since),
You are for, you are
since..
I will tell you my story
once again now. Can
you catch all the
sentences which
contain since or for?
Asking the students to
sit together in the two
groups and while they
are changing seats
writing down a centre
of a mind map saying

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Procedure What
will the students
be saying?
First just listening to
the information
about the teacher.
Writing down the
sentences which
include since or for
on a piece of paper.

What could go
wrong? How
will I respond?
They might not
catch all the
sentences that
is why they work
in teams so they
can complete the
list together
afterwards.

Getting together in
the two groups and
checking if they have
all the sentences and
saying the sentences
aloud.

They might not

come up with the
structure and the
rules than give
them more
examples, clues

Tutors Comments

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perfect
continuous

Pair/team

Pictures with

present perfect
continuous on the
whiteboard. Asking
them to check if their
group got all the
sentences (I will give
them the exact
number)
Asking the learners to
say the examples aloud
and writing some of
them on the
whiteboard.
Can you see, what all
those sentences have
in common?
Underlining the
structure and adding it
to the mind map.
Can you tell WHEN do
we use present perfect
continues? Which time
expressions do we
use?
Adding those to the
mind map.
Telling the learners to

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Coming up with the

structure
have/has+been+ver
b-ing.
Coming up with the
rules when we use
present perfect
continuous.

or more accurate
questions.

Discussing the

They will have

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work, finding
differences
in the use of
present
perfect
simple and
continuous,
speaking

different
activities and
a note about
their length
10 minutes

Encouraging
the children
to produce
language,
making the

15 minutes

make pairs/groups and

explaining what they
will do (on an extra
example)
They have been
playing football all
afternoon, but they
havent scored any
goals. Writing the
example down on the
board and showing
where is PP continuous
and where is simple.
The pair/team which
will first write down all
three sentences
correctly is the best!
While the students are
discussing the pictures
the teacher is checking
them and helping them
if needed.
I have told you my
stories, now I would like
to know something
about you. Can you
think of something you

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pictures in
pairs/groups and
writing down the
sentences.
Saying the answers
aloud.
Than showing the
picture and saying
the sentence.

the sentences
wrong I would
ask the other
students to
correct them.

Thinking of a few
sentences, they may
write it down. Trying
to be funny, creative
and to trick their

They all might lie,

but it doesnt
matter as soon as
they come up
with a sentence.

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atmosphere
in the
classroom
relaxed

have been doing

recently or for a long
time or? It can be any
hobby or habit or
whatever. The
important thing is It
doesnt have to be
true. You will tell your
sentence to your
partner showing them
who is in pair with who.
Your task is to trick
your partner. So you
can basically say you
have been running
around Brno naked for
last few weeks.
Telling the learners
each of them should
think of at least three
things.
Letting them discuss
and check if they have
any problems with that.
Did you find out
something interesting
about your friends?

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partner. Saying their

sentence and
repeating it to the
teacher at the end of
the activity to show
off.

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Just quickly pointing
out some funny
examples.

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