Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Mahomed Nabeel 05/06/2022 Pre-intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
What were you doing at 3pm yesterday afternoon? (Past Continuous)
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…
Use ‘was’ and ‘were’ to recognize and accurately build past Learnt the form of the past continuous tense and students will
continuous tense sentences have used the past continuous tense correctly. In the context of
what they were doing yesterday afternoon, students would have
asked and answered questions in the past continuous tense
Example sentence:
about themselves and about others.
At 3pm yesterday afternoon, I was playing football.
At 3pm yesterday afternoon, you were playing football.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Due to their first language, students may find certain 1. Understanding and patience should be offered to students
aspects of the English language difficult, for example: who are having difficulty learning tenses. The teacher
French students may struggle with tenses and should be upbeat and emphasize the importance of
pronouncing short and long vowels, which might alter learning the rules for the tenses, paying special attention to
the meaning of the word in English those who are having difficulty during exercises and
Italian students may struggle with consonant correcting their errors individually as needed. Students will
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, pronunciation such as / w /, which they may use drills to practice vowel pronunciation as well as
mispronounce as / v /. individual letters. The phonetic symbols for sounds students
Due to the substitution of distinct English sounds, might have trouble pronouncing will also be explained by
Russian learners may have difficulty pronouncing the teacher.
some words. 2. Before moving forward with exercises, the teacher should
explain any significant or difficult words in the target
2. Learners may struggle to understand the meaning of target language in detail, followed by CCQ’s to make sure the
language terms, particularly those that are difficult and students completely understand what is going on in the
unfamiliar. lesson.
3. Some students may have been forced to attend summer 3. The teacher will strive to establish positive working
school so this may cause them to be rebellious and relationships with students and allocate tasks that capture
disruptive. their full attention. To prolong their interest and attention,
4. Due to their different backgrounds, their so called ‘pre- tasks will be short and enjoyable. If a student is disruptive,
intermediate’ level of English may not be up to the same the teacher will employ positive reinforcement or make
standards which may cause problems where not all that student the focal point of the lesson thus ensuring
students will be on the same level in activities. his/her full cooperation and give them a sense of
5. Students may be tempted to answer in the past simple importance and purpose in the lesson so they are
tense rather than the past continuous tense. motivated to concentrate on the lesson.
4. It would be beneficial to pair students from different
backgrounds to ensure that they are all getting along and to
encourage them to help each other if their levels of the
English language are different and it will encourage student
of different background to cooperate with one another.
5. Make sure that the instructions are clear and the aim of the
lesson is repeated by giving examples of past continuous
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, and past simple and making the difference clear to the
students.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or The past continuous tense is used to show that an action occurred at a certain point in time. The action began at that time but was
function of this not completed at that specific time. (pic 1)
language?
(include a timeline
if appropriate)
2. In which context Past continuous tense: This describes what a person was doing at a specific point in time.
are you Example: At 3pm yesterday afternoon, I was playing football.
introducing the I started at 3pm and I continued playing football.
language?
3. Which concept At 3pm yesterday afternoon, I was playing football.
checking 1. What was I doing yesterday afternoon? (playing football)
questions will you 2. When was I playing football? (yesterday)
ask to ensure 3. What time was I playing football? (at 3pm)
students
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Mahomed Nabeel 05/06/2022 Pre-intermediate 60 minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson
Lesson Topic:
What were you doing at 3pm yesterday afternoon? (Past Continuous)
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…
Use ‘was’ and ‘were’ to recognize and accurately build past Learnt the form of the past continuous tense and students will
continuous tense sentences have used the past continuous tense correctly. In the context of
what they were doing yesterday afternoon, students would have
asked and answered questions in the past continuous tense
Example sentence:
about themselves and about others.
At 3pm yesterday afternoon, I was playing football.
At 3pm yesterday afternoon, you were playing football.
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Due to their first language, students may find certain 1. Understanding and patience should be offered to students
aspects of the English language difficult, for example: who are having difficulty learning tenses. The teacher
French students may struggle with tenses and should be upbeat and emphasize the importance of
pronouncing short and long vowels, which might alter learning the rules for the tenses, paying special attention to
the meaning of the word in English those who are having difficulty during exercises and
Italian students may struggle with consonant correcting their errors individually as needed. Students will
1 i-to-i LOVE TEFL Lesson Plan
, pronunciation such as / w /, which they may use drills to practice vowel pronunciation as well as
mispronounce as / v /. individual letters. The phonetic symbols for sounds students
Due to the substitution of distinct English sounds, might have trouble pronouncing will also be explained by
Russian learners may have difficulty pronouncing the teacher.
some words. 2. Before moving forward with exercises, the teacher should
explain any significant or difficult words in the target
2. Learners may struggle to understand the meaning of target language in detail, followed by CCQ’s to make sure the
language terms, particularly those that are difficult and students completely understand what is going on in the
unfamiliar. lesson.
3. Some students may have been forced to attend summer 3. The teacher will strive to establish positive working
school so this may cause them to be rebellious and relationships with students and allocate tasks that capture
disruptive. their full attention. To prolong their interest and attention,
4. Due to their different backgrounds, their so called ‘pre- tasks will be short and enjoyable. If a student is disruptive,
intermediate’ level of English may not be up to the same the teacher will employ positive reinforcement or make
standards which may cause problems where not all that student the focal point of the lesson thus ensuring
students will be on the same level in activities. his/her full cooperation and give them a sense of
5. Students may be tempted to answer in the past simple importance and purpose in the lesson so they are
tense rather than the past continuous tense. motivated to concentrate on the lesson.
4. It would be beneficial to pair students from different
backgrounds to ensure that they are all getting along and to
encourage them to help each other if their levels of the
English language are different and it will encourage student
of different background to cooperate with one another.
5. Make sure that the instructions are clear and the aim of the
lesson is repeated by giving examples of past continuous
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, and past simple and making the difference clear to the
students.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or The past continuous tense is used to show that an action occurred at a certain point in time. The action began at that time but was
function of this not completed at that specific time. (pic 1)
language?
(include a timeline
if appropriate)
2. In which context Past continuous tense: This describes what a person was doing at a specific point in time.
are you Example: At 3pm yesterday afternoon, I was playing football.
introducing the I started at 3pm and I continued playing football.
language?
3. Which concept At 3pm yesterday afternoon, I was playing football.
checking 1. What was I doing yesterday afternoon? (playing football)
questions will you 2. When was I playing football? (yesterday)
ask to ensure 3. What time was I playing football? (at 3pm)
students
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