Vanessa Armand 20 minute recorded mini lesson-individ Internship for TESOL Grammar Lesson Students description: Mixed origin/L1 adults in an ESL course in the US; most likely a night class. Level: lower intermediate; ½ way thru course. Textbook: Grammar and Beyond 1. Reppen, R. 2012 Previous lessons: Students have learned and mastered simple past and past progressive tenses. The previous lesson focused on introducing and practicing the past progressive. Ss are familiar with [vocab], and have been exposed to [some of] the conjunctions revisited in this lesson. This lesson: Review of past continuous tense and use of past simple vs progressive tenses in storytelling. Objectives: Students will be able to tell a story using a combination of the simple past to express actions begun and finished at a point in time [and as an interrupting action], and past continuous to express ongoing action [scene-setting action]. They will be able to introduce the appropriate use of these tenses through their use of the target conjunctions and/or indicator phrases. ---------------- FOCUS FORMS: Use of past perfect vs. past continuous Part of lesson

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Lead in Intro 1min Video 2m30 Brain- Storm 30 sec

Flash mob video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwMj3PJDxuo -We will be reviewing Past Contin. & talking about how it works with the simple past. -Watch a video. Take notes: what ppl do. -Brainstorm as class about some actions—write it on board +ing: talking on cell phone, running to train, sitting on ground, talking, walking, staring, wondering, looking around,eating, taking pics, pointing, tying[shoe], trying [to drive] +ed: stopped, pushed, dropped [papers], froze, moved, clapped, cheered, started [walking again]

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T-Ss T-Ss

Computer, internet access, sound output Ss paper/pens

P: Video input might not work S: backup activity P:Ss might not come up with enough variance in vocab

Elicitation 30 sec 30 sec 30 sec 30 sec 1 min 4 min

-Draw 3 columns on board. In left column, write “past progressive” -Elicit review of Past Progressive rules; T writes rules in column. Past Cont. SUBJ + “be” in the past + MAIN verb + -ing

When

Past Simple S + MV in the past+...

-T elicits simple past & rules; write in 3rd column T draws PP continuum on board w/SP interruption, explains ” (p300 Grammar & Beyond 1) -T gives 1 example. -In pairs, Ss create 2 sentences w/Train Station vocab. per column -Ss come to board to write sentences; review all together- Ss read their sentences

L, R S, R W L, R, S, W R, L, S

T-Ss T-Ss/ S-S

White board/ Markers

Controlled Practice

2 min 1 min 3 min

Give Ss Eclipse story (has the simple past and past continuous tense conjugations next to each other) Ss have to choose which form is appropriate in the context. Pay attn to “when” Who needs more time? Correct as class; questions?

R, W

S T-Ss

Copies for Ss of Eclipse story or similar story

Freer Practice II/ Follow up

Oral storytelling build: Late for Work, Again! T and Ss sit in circle; class jointly tells a story; S1 begins and next person continues around circle. Each S chooses 2 slips. Cards have sentence structures on them that S must use in his/her turn. Prompt: John is famous at the office for missing work. His boss told him last time that if he missed work again without a good excuse, he would be fired. Now, he has to convince his boss that it was impossible to get to work yesterday. -tell the story that he told his boss about why he didn’t come to work.

S, L, R

S-S Indication slips of paper

Follow up/ Homework

Write a story about something unusual that happened to you recently: a strange encounter, a exciting surprise…

L, W This could be too sensitive of a topic. This could be changed to be the best or most memorable day.

MATERIALS Eclipse Story Handout Past Progressive or Simple Past?? Complete the paragraph about a memorable event. Circle the correct verb. My most memorable experience was/was being the solar eclipse of 2009. In the summer of 2009, I

traveled/was traveling around Turkey. One day, I read/was reading the newspaper when I saw/was seeing

an article about the eclipse. I decided/was deciding to go to the town of Amasya because the article

said/was saying it was the best place to see it. I arrived/was arriving in town on the day of the eclipse. I

walked/was walking down the street when I saw/was seeing a group of people in the town square. They

waited/were waiting for the eclipse to start, and I decided/was deciding to join them. Then the eclipse

started/was starting at around 2:00 in the afternoon. The shadow of the moon moved across the sun, and the

sky started to get dark. By 3:00, the sun was completely covered. Everyone was quiet and amazed.

Unfortunately, while the eclipse happened/was happening, my cell phone ran! I was so embarrassed!

Oral Story Build indicators [PP]…… when……. [SP] ………….[PP]………….. ….[SP]……and ……[SP]……. …..[PP]…… and …….[PP]…… [PP]…… when……. [SP] ………….[PP]…………..