ESL lesson plan sample on explanation of gerund and infinitive. I made an attempt to prepare more student-centered lesson.

1. ESL LESSON PLAN
Prepared by Nargiz G.

2.  Performance objectives: By the end of
the lesson students should be able to
distinguish and use appropriately gerund
and infinitive.
 Level: pre-intermediate

3. Segments
 Warm up and/or review
 Introduction
 Presentation
 Practice
 Evaluation
 Application/closure

4. Warm up and/or review
 Segment: An activity to review gerund and
infinitive words to the student. Some verbs
might be familiar to them, and some are new.
 Describe activities: Show pictures of various
situation and ask students to express it with
one verb on the given list
 Time:5 min

9. Introduction
 Segment: Introducing new grammar material on gerund and infinitive to
students by game. Focusing student attention on the verb usage.
 Describe activities:
1. Arrange students in groups of 6 to 8 and have each group stand
together. Give each group a situation card from the worksheet.
2. As in a party setting (but with a time limit), students mingle by
asking questions or making statements and suggestions about the
situation. They must use verbs followed by infinitives or gerunds
whenever possible.
3. A different situation may be given to the group after a few
minutes of talking.
 Time:10 min

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11. Presentation
 Segment: Prepare power point presentation
on the topic gerund or infinitive, or simple write
on a blackboard sentences
 Describe activities: Presenting new grammar
material to the student by power presentation
 Time: 5min

12. Practice
 Segment: Praticing new knowledge by doing
exercise and focusing on the usage of gerund
in each case
 Describe activities: Prepare sentences with
necessary grammar material exercises and
pass them during a class
 Time: 7 min

13. Example

14. Evaluation
 Segment:Evaluating attainment of each student
 Describe activities:
Divide the students into two teams and have the teams line up on
either side of the board. The game is a relay race between the
teams, who must identify whether the words are followed by a
gerund (G) or an infinitive (I) (alternative designations:doingfor a
gerund,to dofor an infinitive). At your signal, the first student
from each team rushes to the board and writes Gor Iafter one of
the expressions on his list, then quickly passes his/her chalk or
marker to the next team member. Succeeding players can either
identify another word or can choose to correct an incorrect answer
left by one of his/her teammates. The first team to finish the list
with all answers correct is the winner.

15. Application
 Segment: Making arrangement about topic for
the next time. If some time left, then introduce
video which summarize lesson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9LRdUKtr
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 Describe activities: Giving homework