This lesson plan is for a 6th grade English class in Argentina. It focuses on teaching the past continuous tense and past simple tense through a variety of activities using pictures, sentences, and stories. Students will practice using these tenses to talk about daily situations and interrupted actions. They will also work on writing their own short anecdotes using these tenses. The lesson incorporates group work, questions and answers, and opportunities for students to come to the board. The teacher aims to check students' understanding throughout and provide assistance.

1. INSTITUTO DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE CONTINUA
LENGUAS VIVAS BARILOCHE (A-052)
Profesorado de Inglés – Opción pedagógica a distancia.
 Subject: TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE 2018
 Tutor's name: AURELIA VELAZQUEZ
 Student's name: ROXANA SOLEDAD ARROYO
 Lesson Plan N°1: SECONDARY LEVEL
Alumno Practicante: Arroyo Roxana Soledad
Periodo de Práctica: Secundaria
Institución Educativa: EES N°1 “ING.LUIS LUIGGI”
Dirección: Mitre 860- Punta Alta – Coronel Rosales
Sala/Grado/Año/Sección: 6to “1era” (Turno mañana)
Cantidad de alumnos: 9
Nivel Lingüístico del curso: Principiantes
Tipo de Planificación: Clase
Unidad Temática: Past Continuous Tense and Past Simple.
Clase N°: 4
Fecha: Lunes 1 de Octubre del 2018
Hora: 8.30 a 9.30 y 9.40 a 10.40
Duración de la Clase: 120 minutos
Fecha de primera entrega: 25-09-2018

2.  Teaching points: Past Continuous Tense and past simple. Use of when
and while for interrupted actions.
 Aims or goals: During this lesson, learners will be able to…
- Identify past simple tense and past continuous to talk about an ongoing
action that was interrupted by another event. (When- while)
- Develop their reading skills by reading common daily situations and
anecdotes.
- Develop their speaking skills by talking about past
activities/events/anecdotes.
- Develop their writing skills by writing sentences to solve exercises with the
two tenses and creating their own anecdotes.
 Language focus:
LEXIS FUNCTION STRUCTURE PRONUNCIATION
REVISION Hello
students,
Goodbye.
Look!
Pay
attention.
Listen to
me!
Repeat,
please.
Come to
the front
of the
board.
Greetings.
Giving
commands and
instructions.
Asking for and
giving
information.
Talk about
Past events /
activities using
past continuous
tense and past
simple.
How are you today?
Let’s know/work/start
Past simple:
Regular and irregular
verbs.
Yes/No questions.
Did+Subject+verb+…?
Wh-questions
What- Where-When-
Who + did + verb…?
Past Continuous:
ing /ŋ/

3. Subject+was/were+
verb + (-ing ending )
NEW Talk about
common daily
situations using
past simple and
past continuous.
Talk about
anecdotes/stories
using past
simple and past
continuous.
Interrupted actions:
(When – while)
/ˈænɪkdəʊt/
 Teaching Approach: based on Communicative Approach and PPP
method.
 Materials and Resources: a computer- 9 cards and 9 pictures - a
power point presentation for daily common situations – a poster -
worksheets for each student– whiteboard/markers – folders –
 Pedagogical use of ICT in class: Students will see some pictures about
different situations in our lives that happen from my computer.
 Seating arrangements: Students sit in pairs.
 Cooperative work: Students will be able to work in pairs to develop
their activities as they will feel more confident and motivated. In
addition to this, students will build positive relationships among
them.
 Possible problems/difficulties and possible solutions in the class:
Students are used to listening to their teacher speaking in Spanish
during the whole lesson. They do not speak in English. I will speak
English during the whole class so if they do not understand, I will use

4. body gestures, facial expressions, miming, and modeling to aid
comprehension.
Participation in class is very important. I encourage students to
participate more so it’s not hard to maintain student’s focus and
attention.
 Assessment: what will be assessed and how?
I’ll monitor students work. I’ll check students’ understanding and
participation by providing help when necessary. I’ll provide the
opportunity to develop their skills and help them to improve and build
confidence in their activities. I’ll encourage them to pass to the board to
check understanding.
ROUTINE: 5’
I will enter the room greeting the students. I’ll say “Hello students!” “How
are you today?” “I hope you are very well.” “Open your folders and copy,
please.” I’ll copythe date on the board as they always do it.
Transition: “Ok...students”.“Let’sstart now.”
WARM UP: 10’
Students will revise the contents they know from previous classes.
I’ll mix up some sentences and pictures on my desk. I’ll nominate some
students and they’ll have to put the sentences in the correctorder and then
match the sentences with the correct picture. They’ll stick them on the wall.
Finally, I’ll read the sentences aloud and I’ll say, “Ok. Now, look at this
sentence.” (I’ll point at the sentence) I’ll ask “Pastsimple or past
continuous?” They’ll say the correcttense.

5. PICTURES:
SENTENCES:

10. Transition: “Ok, excellent work students.” “Payattention now!”

11. PRESENTATION:10’
Students will watch some pictures and read some sentences in a power
point presentation from my computer. I’ll show them different situations:
PAST CONTINUOUS
ANDPAST SIMPLE –
interrupted actions.
I’ll write one of the examples on the board “They were talking when the
boss appeared.”
“They were talking” -> This is a long action. We use “PAST
CONTINUOS”
“The boss appeared” -> This is a short action that is interrupted. We need
to use “PAST SIMPLE”
Then, I’ll write another example:
While he was swimming, a shark appeared.
“She was swimming” -> the continuous action

12. REMEMBER:
 We use when before an interrupted action.
 We use while before the continuous action.
I’ll give students some minutes so they can copythis in their folders.
I’ll show students the following situation in a poster:
“Lookat this picture now”
“What happened?”
A tree fell on them while they were sleeping.
They were sleeping when a tree fell on them.
Transition: “Ok, now, let’s work now!”

13. DEVELOPMENT: 60’
Activity N°1: 20’
Complete the sentences using past simple and past continuous.
1- He _____________ (ride) a bike, when he _____________(fall) off.
2- They _____________(talk) when the boss ____________ (enter) the
room.
3- They ______________ (watch) TV when the telephone ______
(ring).
4- They ____________(play) football when it ____________(start) to
rain.
5- While she ___________ (run), she ____________ (see)a dog.
6- While he ____________ (swim), a shark _____________(appear).
I’ll encourage students to write the answers on the board.
Activity N°2: 15’
Can you correct the mistakes? Each sentence has one mistake. Write the
correct sentence.
1- Mary was seeing the shark while she was surfing.

14. …………………………………………………………..
2- What was you doing last night at 8.00pm?
…………………………………………………………….
3- I was reading a bookwhen my brother opening the door.
…………………………………………………………….
4- What did he see while he swam?
……………………………………………………………..
5- Children were eat pizza when Susan knocked the door.
………………………………………………………………
I’ll check the answers and I’ll write them on the board.
Activity N°3: 15’

15. Describe each situation. Make sentences and match them with the correct
picture.
1)
2)
3)

16. 4)
5)
6)

17. a- The man- read a new book– telephone ring (when)
b- Sam-play tennis- fall over and hurt himself (while)
c- Richard- study- for a written exam- his dog open the door(when)
d- Tom-ride his bike-loose the wallet (while)
e- Ann-walk freely down the street-accident happen (when)
f- Children-play tennis-two bears appear in the forest (when)
Activity N°4: 20’
I’ll give students different pictures and they’ll build questions starting with
“What happened while…” and “What was happening when…”. They will
work with their partner and then they will formulate the questions. I’ll give
them some examples. Once they have finished, they will read their
questions aloud.
For example:
WHAT HAPPENED WHILE YOUR MOTHER WAS SLEEPING?

18. WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN THE TELEPHONE RANG?
PICTUREN°1:
CLEAN THEIR HOUSE
PICTUREN°2:
BUILD A HOUSE
PICTUREN°3:

19. DO THE HOMEWORK
PICTUREN°4:
COOKCHICKEN AND SALAD
PICTUREN°5:
FINISH HIS HOMEWORK

20. ACTIVITY N°5: 20’
Read the following anecdote. Complete the text using past simple and past
continuous.
My friend and I are big fans of Italian food so, as you can image, I love
going to Italian restaurants. But something strange ___________ (1-
happen).
For one thing, the food _________(2-be) really bad. While I
____________(3-eat) spaghetti, I ____________(4-discover) that it
___________ (5-be) too salty and cold. Then, my friend ______________
(6-drink) wine when she ________(7-see) a big mouse running under the
tables. We _________ (8-be)very frightened.
I _______________(9-notice) that the restaurant ______________(10-
not/be) very clean.
Thanks to that experience, we will never go there again.
I’ll assign some students to write the answers on the board to check
understanding.
CLOSURE: 15’
Students will share and write an anecdote. They will able to use the
anecdote from activity 5 as a model to copywhen they tell their own
stories. They will use past simple continuous and past simple (when and
while). I’ll monitor their work and I’ll provide help when necessary.

21. Lesson plan
component
Excellent
5
Very Good
4
Good
3
Acceptable
2
Below Standard
1
Visual organization X
Coherence and
sequencing
X
Variety of resources
– Learning styles
X
Stages and activities X
Teaching strategies X
Language accuracy X
Observations Score:_21__ /30
It`s a nice lesson.Studentswill be practicingthe targetstructuresalot,usingdifferentactivities
and visual aids.Atthe endof the lesson,youcouldfindaninteresting“topic” –funnyanecdotes.
Why don´tyou try to workon that topicfromthe verybeginning,soasto contextualizethe
lesson?
Checksome spellingmistakes(spaghetti,drinking).
Have a greattime!