LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL Bilciureti
GRADE 6th
LEVEL elementary
TEACHER Mdran Ramona Iuliana
UNIT: : Its the highest in the world.
LESSON Present Perfect Simple with ever and never
TYPE OF LESSON fixation of knowledge
DATE 24th of February 2017
TIME 50 minutes

COMPETENCES
2. Producerea mesajelor orale
2.3. Participarea n interaciuni pe subiecte familiare

4. Producerea mesajelor scrise

4.1 Relatarea simpl ale unor evenimente trecute

AIMS
At the end of the lesson students will be able to:
1. practise Present Perfect Simple structures;
2. make up sentences of their own;
3. talk about personal experience.

SKILLS
writing
reading
listening

TECHNIQUES
dialogues
group work
observation
explanation
pair work
individual work
brainstorming
game

RESOURCES
overhead projector
flipchart
blackboard
notebooks
handouts

ANTICIPATED PROBLEMS
- students might find difficulties in asking questions;
- might have problems when working in pairs or in group.
- T will offer Ss supplementary explanation in Romanian if it is necessary.
ACTIVITIES
WARM UP
AIM *creating a pleasant atmosphere for the English class;
*helping students feel relaxed.
INTERACTION *T Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss How are you today? / Is anybody absent? / Are you ready to
start the English class?;
*Ss answer Ts questions;
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute

TRANSITION TO
THE NEW TOPIC
AIDS SS homework
AIM *checking if there were any problems with their homework.
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss what their homework was;
*Ss read their homework sentences.
ESTIMATED TIME *2 minutes

PRESENTATION: A.
1. LEAD IN ( pre-
reading/pre-
speaking/pre-
writing/pre-listening)
AIDS *blackboard
AIM *eliciting information about Present perfect Simple;
COMPETENCES 2.3. Participarea n interaciuni pe subiecte familiare
INTERACTION *Ss T
*T Ss
PROCEDURE *T writes the following prompts on the board: play basketball, visit
France, learn Spanish.
*T asks Ss to guess which of these activities you have done. Then, T
makes sentences:
- I have played basketball.
- I have visited France.
- I have learnt Spanish.
*T asks Ss if they know when I performed all these activities. Elicit in the
past. Then, compare the sentences:
- I played basketball when I was a child.
- I visited France last year.
- I learnt Spanish 10 years ago.
*T explains the difference: we use Present Perfect Simple to talk about a
past experience when the exact time is not important to mention.
*T writes the title and mentions the aims of the lesson.
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes
2. B.
AIDS *paper ball
AIM *revising the forms of the irregular verbs;
COMPETENCES 2.3. Participarea n interaciuni pe subiecte familiare
INTERACTION *Ss T
*T Ss
PROCEDURE *T throws a paper ball and ask Ss the second and the third form of the
irregular verbs
ESTIMATED TIME *3 minutes

Practice 1
DEVELOPMENT/
PRACTICE (while-
reading/while-
speaking/while-
writing/while-
listening)
AIDS *handouts; overhead projector
AIM *practise Present perfect simple (affirmative form)
COMPETENCES 4.1 Relatarea simpl ale unor evenimente trecute
INTERACTION *Ss T
*T Ss
*Ss-Ss
PROCEDURE *T shows Ss a movie segment
*Ss watch the movie and match the two columns; (appendix 1)
*Ss come and answer on the flipchart.
*Ss make sentences with the above prompts. (appendix 2)
*Ss tell each other 2 important things they have done so far.
ESTIMATED TIME *17 minutes
I Practice 2
AIDS *notebooks
AIM * talking about personal experience;
COMPETENCES 4.1 Relatarea simpl ale unor evenimente trecute
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
*Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss if they have ever invented something or if they have ever
made a discovery. Elicit never. T explains that never is also used
with Present Perfect Simple in order to talk about experience and gives
examples:
- I have never ridden a horse.
- I have never driven a car.
*T asks Ss to tell 2 things they have never done.
ESTIMATED TIME *4 minutes
Practice 3
AIDS *cards
AIMS * talking about personal experience;
COMPETENCES 4.1 Relatarea simpl ale unor evenimente trecute
INTERACTION *Ss Ss
PROCEDURE *Ss get a Have you ever card and ask their classmates questions;
(appendix 3)
ESTIMATED TIME *10 minutes
PRODUCTION/
FEED-BACK (post-
reading/post-
speaking/post-
writing/post-
listening)
AIDS *flipchart, dice
AIM *making sentences of their own.
COMPETENCES 2.3. Participarea n interaciuni pe subiecte familiare
INTERACTION *Ss- Ss
* Ss-T
PROCEDURE *Ss roll the dice and make sentences with the corresponding verbs.
(appendix 4)
ESTIMATED TIME *5 minutes

Emotional Feedback/
Aims checklist
AIMS *getting feed-back from the Ss
INTERACTION *Ss T
PROCEDURE *T asks Ss to say a number from 1 to 5 which best describes their
emotional state at the end of the English class.
ESTIMATED TIME *2 minute

Assigning Homework
AIM *using Present Perfect Simple structures
INTERACTION *T Ss
PROCEDURE *T writes the homework on the blackboard Solve exercise 4, page
71.
*T gives an optional homework (appendix 5)
ESTIMATED TIME *1 minute
APPENDIX 1
While watching the movie segment match the two columns

invent master
search pyramids
fight cave
celebrate Dracula
help civilization
discover prehistoric humans
build war
walk snow
APPENDIX 2
MINIONS
PRESENT PERFECT

THE MINIONS HAVE BEEN AMONG HUMANS FOR A LONG TIME. THEY HAVE SEEN AND DONE
MANY THINGS DURING THEIR EXISTENCE. MAKE A LIST OF EIGHT OF THOSE THINGS.
 APPENDIX 3
HAVE YOU EVER LEFT A SHOP WITHOUT PAYING?
HAVE YOU EVER LIED YOUR PARENTS?
HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN A WINDOW?
HAVE YOU EVEREATEN IN A RESTAURANT?
HAVE YOU EVER SKIED?
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LATE FOR SCHOOL?
HAVE YOU EVER FAILED A TEST?
HAVE YOU EVER WRITTEN A LOVE POEM?
HAVE YOU EVER TRAVELLED IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY?
HAVE YOU EVER MET ANYONE FAMOUS?
HAVE YOU EVER LOST MONEY?
HAVE YOU EVER EATEN SNAILS?
HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED TENNIS?
HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED AN INSTRUMENT?
HAVE YOU EVER CRIED IN PUBLIC?

APPENDIX 4

BUILD TELL TRAVEL

TAKE TRY MEET

SEE PLAY WRITE

READ BUY LEARN

Bibliography:
Linley, Fran; Abbs, Brian; Freebairn, Ingrid; Barker, Chris- Snapshot Elementary, Longman
Limited, 1998
*** - the English Curriculum for 6th grade, Bucureti, 2009
http://moviesegmentstoassessgrammargoals.blogspot.ro/2016/08/minions-present-perfect.html