Lesson Plan- Unit 1 - Present Simple Grammar break out - Vocabulary, with speaking.

1. Belinda Baardsen, American Ex Pat

2. 1. Get your pens out
2. Get your paper out
3. Listen to the
vocabulary words
Vocabulary review – 4. Listen carefully
Dictation 5. Remember spelling
Listening
6. Please wait quietly
Spelling
when you are
finished.

3. Vocabulary: Unit 1
Workbook: Page 12
1. -- Let’s review the answers!
2. Which book are you using?
3. What page is it?
5. Review and practice of
4. What are you writing?
Present Simple

4. Revision – Unit 1
Never –--Sometimes ---often –-Always
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When do we use it?
We use it when we talk about: When do we use it?
We use it to talk about something
1.1. something permanent – for example, temporary: While your in the New York
the place I live, i.e., City, where will you stay ? I am staying
2.my home. in The Four Seasons Hotel.
3.2. Something true, in general. 1.1. Now
4.3. Routine – I do this every day.
2. 2. Temporary

5.  We use it when we are talking
about :
 We use it when we
 1. Happening = now
are talking about:  2. Temporary
 3. Unspecified time, hour, week,
 1. Permanent year.
 2. All of the time  Example: “What is your
 3. True, in general job?” I am an author. I
 4. Routines am writing a book.
 Time to write a book is
unspecified. It could take an
Example: “Where do you hour, a day, or a year before the
book is finished. You can stop, and
live? I live in America.” begin again—you are not writing
constantly—until you finish.

6.  I
 You work In Denver
 We
 they
Positive
I work in Denver. We work in Denver.
You work in Denver. They work in Denver .

7.  I
Do not work
 You Don’t work In Toronto.
 We
 they
Negative
I do not work in Toronto. I don’t work in Toronto.
You do not work in Toronto. You don’t work in Toronto.
We do not work in Toronto. We don’t work in Toronto.
They do not work in Toronto. They don’t work in Toronto.

8.  He
in Denver.
 She works
 It
Plural = s
Negative
He works in Denver. He doesn’t work in Denver.
She works in Denver. She doesn’t work in Denver.
It works in Denver. It doesn’t work in Denver.

9. ◦ Do I work in Denver ?
◦ Do you work in Denver?
◦ Do they work in Denver?
Question
Subject Pronouns
I, you, they, she, it, we,
you
Verb
they function as the
Example: Do subject of a sentence
-Do homework.
- Do housework.
-Do a job.
-Do the dishes.
-Do ironing. Do - 'Do' for Activities
Use the verb 'do' to express daily activities or jobs . Notice that these are
usually activities that produce no physical object.

10.  Does he work in Denver?
 Does she work in Denver?
 Does it work in Denver?
Auxiliary verb usage :
DO / DOES - Used in simple present question and
negative forms:
1. What time does he get up?
2. They don't drive to work. They take the bus.

11. ◦ He does work in Denver.
◦ She does work in Denver.
◦ It does work in Denver.
Subject
pronoun
Auxiliary verb

12. Review & Practice Present
Simple
Teacher demo:
1. Hello, I am
Topic: Introductions
Belinda Elicit – What do people do when they first
2. Invite students to meet someone? How do they greet them?
say their own What sort of things do they say? Write on the
names: brief board – Using those comments & hand out
new names – have them work in pairs –
asking hello, I am…
Give examples: Hi, I’m Belinda, how are you.

13.  1. Topic – Introductions
 2. Elicit from students : how do they usually greet people they have just met?
What is the common cultural standard of greeting?
 3. Write their comments on the board – have them use these words as their
means of introduction.
Speaking – Revision
1.Give them new names per the name cards I made for this purpose to create a
sense of (new) conversation.
2.Use the questions the students created on the board to introduce, meet, and
greet a (new) person.
3.Ask each other – their names .
Give examples: Hi, it’s nice to meet you.
ICQ: What were you asking about?
Who were you asking?
What did you learn?

14.  Get a few pairs to tell  Who I met today: writing.
the class who they met
today.  ICQ:
 Tell class what you
learned about this  What are you writing
person you met today. about?
 Who are you writing about?
 Did you like them?
 How long do you have?
 Why did you like
them?
Speak: Feedback Writing activity

15.  Vocabulary:
 Ask students to read  1. five book(s)
out loud – in front of the
 2. three cars
 3. eight houses
class - what they have
 4. seven cameras
written, and what they
 5. nine photographs
learned about the people  6. two sandwiches
they met today.  7. four computers
 8. six buses
 9. ten students