Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Sanele Dlamini 09/07/2021 Pre-intermediate 60 Minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Afternoon Plans
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Identify and use Present Perfect tense (He hasn’t completed his Talked with their school partner about the plans they are going to
homework yet, he has just completed his homework to he has be making in the afternoon and
already completed his homework in order to discuss after school organised an activity that better suits them with their plans.
homework plans.
Example sentence:
I haven’t completed my homework yet, I have already finished my
homework and I have just completed my homework
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. . Students will become perplexed about certain words, and 1. Before the lesson starts, I will write on the boards
may not know, the Present Perfect of certain verbs as some commonly used verbs in their four principle parts (present,
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, students may know or follow a 'regular' pattern and some present participle, past and past participle). I will also allow
others follow an 'irregular' pattern. I will use the present the students to use thesauruses for them to look up words
perfect adverbs for the students to grasp the concept of. they do not understand the meaning of.
2. The concept of the Present perfect tense the form of the 2. I will present the sentence with the adverbials in the present
verb used for actions or events that have been completed perfect such as He hasn’t finished his homework yet, he has
or have happened in a period of time up to now. example just finished his homework and he has already finished his
He hasn’t finished his homework yet, he has just finished homework. On the board, a constructed timeline with visual
his homework and he has already finished his homework. aids to help them with their understanding and illustrate the
this may be difficult for the students to grasp as some concept of present perfect.
vocabulary does not appear in the learners L1 because of
being foreign. Still on anticipated difficulty two the learners 3. I will use lots of games on the lesson to keep the students
might use the word Never, but we do not want any engaged and give them psychological rewards for their doing
negatives in the form structure. There are two adverbials such as a point system and a smiley face when they get the
that have the word just for example Do you know where sentence right. If they get the sentences right with these 3
Adam is? B: Yes, I've ___ seen him. He's in the kitchen. (In blanks I will reward them such as He has _____ finished his
the Space we put “JUST”) homework, He has ____ finished his homework. And He hasn’t
finished his homework ____ (the 3 adverbs are Just, Yet,
3. The third anticipated difficulty is that the learners will find it Already).
difficult to distinguish between future present and present
perfect. Therefore I will focus on present perfect and make
one example of future present. I will also put two sentences
next to each other so learners get the concept of present
perfect. I will use these as further examples: I've seen that
film before. I've played the guitar ever since I was a
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, teenager. He has written three books and he is working on
another one.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at an indefinite time in the past
language? (include a timeline if (e.g., we have talked before) or began in the past and continued to the present time (e.g., he has grown
appropriate) impatient over the last hour). This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
Present now Future
Complete Completed
Homework homework (5pm)
I haven’t completed my homework yet
And
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Sanele Dlamini 09/07/2021 Pre-intermediate 60 Minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
Afternoon Plans
Lesson Aims: Lesson Outcomes:
By the end of the lesson, students will be better able to… By the end of the lesson, students will have…
Identify and use Present Perfect tense (He hasn’t completed his Talked with their school partner about the plans they are going to
homework yet, he has just completed his homework to he has be making in the afternoon and
already completed his homework in order to discuss after school organised an activity that better suits them with their plans.
homework plans.
Example sentence:
I haven’t completed my homework yet, I have already finished my
homework and I have just completed my homework
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. . Students will become perplexed about certain words, and 1. Before the lesson starts, I will write on the boards
may not know, the Present Perfect of certain verbs as some commonly used verbs in their four principle parts (present,
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, students may know or follow a 'regular' pattern and some present participle, past and past participle). I will also allow
others follow an 'irregular' pattern. I will use the present the students to use thesauruses for them to look up words
perfect adverbs for the students to grasp the concept of. they do not understand the meaning of.
2. The concept of the Present perfect tense the form of the 2. I will present the sentence with the adverbials in the present
verb used for actions or events that have been completed perfect such as He hasn’t finished his homework yet, he has
or have happened in a period of time up to now. example just finished his homework and he has already finished his
He hasn’t finished his homework yet, he has just finished homework. On the board, a constructed timeline with visual
his homework and he has already finished his homework. aids to help them with their understanding and illustrate the
this may be difficult for the students to grasp as some concept of present perfect.
vocabulary does not appear in the learners L1 because of
being foreign. Still on anticipated difficulty two the learners 3. I will use lots of games on the lesson to keep the students
might use the word Never, but we do not want any engaged and give them psychological rewards for their doing
negatives in the form structure. There are two adverbials such as a point system and a smiley face when they get the
that have the word just for example Do you know where sentence right. If they get the sentences right with these 3
Adam is? B: Yes, I've ___ seen him. He's in the kitchen. (In blanks I will reward them such as He has _____ finished his
the Space we put “JUST”) homework, He has ____ finished his homework. And He hasn’t
finished his homework ____ (the 3 adverbs are Just, Yet,
3. The third anticipated difficulty is that the learners will find it Already).
difficult to distinguish between future present and present
perfect. Therefore I will focus on present perfect and make
one example of future present. I will also put two sentences
next to each other so learners get the concept of present
perfect. I will use these as further examples: I've seen that
film before. I've played the guitar ever since I was a
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, teenager. He has written three books and he is working on
another one.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this The present perfect tense refers to an action or state that either occurred at an indefinite time in the past
language? (include a timeline if (e.g., we have talked before) or began in the past and continued to the present time (e.g., he has grown
appropriate) impatient over the last hour). This tense is formed by have/has + the past participle.
Present now Future
Complete Completed
Homework homework (5pm)
I haven’t completed my homework yet
And
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