Name of the Teacher Date Level of the class Length of lesson
Andrea Noome 12/08/2021 Pre-Intermediate 60 Minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson – Past Continuous Tense
Lesson Topic:
Last night’s schedule
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…
Understand Past Continuous Tense and relate it to real life, Students will have a better understanding of the Past Continuous
helping them to use it more easily. They should be able to discuss Tense and will be able to form sentences and discuss with one
what they had done the previous night. another.
Example sentence: What were you doing last night?
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Since the learners are all from different countries, they will 1. Encourage students to speak in English to one another as
not have a common language or culture in order to relate to best they can, so that they learn the language and create
one another. commonality.
2. The students may be shy as they are pre-teen, or over- 2. Encourage the shy students by creating a safe and
excitable. comfortable environment, and use gentle techniques to
keep the excitable learners focused.
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, 3. Students might find it difficult to grasp the concept of
tenses, as many other languages don’t have this structure. 3. Use a lot of repetition and pictures to reinforce the topic,
and use patience when dealing with learners who are
struggling more than others.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this Past Continuous Tense is meant to show a continuous action which happened in the past (this could be
language? (include a timeline if any time in the past, unlike Past Simple which has a specific point in time identified).
appropriate)
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
Any time between the past and present an
action took place.
E.g. Yesterday he was eating dinner. It occurred
over a period of time, not a specific instant.
2. In which context are you introducing I am introducing the new language by using what they did the previous day (i.e. I was eating dinner last
the language? night, I was watching TV last night) to help them understand a continuous action which took place in the
past.
3. Which concept checking questions will “What were you doing last night?”
you ask to ensure students understand 1. Did you go to sleep late last night?
the meaning? 2. What did you eat for dinner?
3. What did you watch on TV?
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Andrea Noome 12/08/2021 Pre-Intermediate 60 Minutes
Lesson Type:
Grammar Lesson – Past Continuous Tense
Lesson Topic:
Last night’s schedule
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…
Understand Past Continuous Tense and relate it to real life, Students will have a better understanding of the Past Continuous
helping them to use it more easily. They should be able to discuss Tense and will be able to form sentences and discuss with one
what they had done the previous night. another.
Example sentence: What were you doing last night?
Anticipated difficulties: Suggested solutions:
1. Since the learners are all from different countries, they will 1. Encourage students to speak in English to one another as
not have a common language or culture in order to relate to best they can, so that they learn the language and create
one another. commonality.
2. The students may be shy as they are pre-teen, or over- 2. Encourage the shy students by creating a safe and
excitable. comfortable environment, and use gentle techniques to
keep the excitable learners focused.
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, 3. Students might find it difficult to grasp the concept of
tenses, as many other languages don’t have this structure. 3. Use a lot of repetition and pictures to reinforce the topic,
and use patience when dealing with learners who are
struggling more than others.
Target language analysis:
1. What is the use or function of this Past Continuous Tense is meant to show a continuous action which happened in the past (this could be
language? (include a timeline if any time in the past, unlike Past Simple which has a specific point in time identified).
appropriate)
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
Any time between the past and present an
action took place.
E.g. Yesterday he was eating dinner. It occurred
over a period of time, not a specific instant.
2. In which context are you introducing I am introducing the new language by using what they did the previous day (i.e. I was eating dinner last
the language? night, I was watching TV last night) to help them understand a continuous action which took place in the
past.
3. Which concept checking questions will “What were you doing last night?”
you ask to ensure students understand 1. Did you go to sleep late last night?
the meaning? 2. What did you eat for dinner?
3. What did you watch on TV?
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