The document is a lesson plan for a secondary English class in Argentina. It includes 7 activities to teach simple past tense through vocabulary revision, verb practice, sentence completion, question formation, and a reading comprehension text about Egyptian pyramids. The plan follows the PPP model with a routine introduction, development through the 7 activities, and closure to say goodbye at the end of the practice period. The tutor assessed the plan as good with a score of 21 out of 30.

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 Velázquez
 Student’s name: Gunzelmann Daniela
 Title: Lesson Plan 4 - Secondary

2. I.F.D.C. LENGUAS VIVAS
TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE
Tutora: Aurelia Velázquez
ALUMNO RESIDENTE: Daniela Alejandra Gunzelmann
Período de Práctica: Nivel Secundaria
Institución Educativa: Escuela Enseñanza Secundaria N.º 03. “7 De Marzo”
Dirección: Buenos Aires 787
Sala / Grado / Año - sección: 4º año T. T.
Cantidad de alumnos:
Nivel lingüístico del curso: Principiantes
Tipo de Planificación: Clase
Unidad Temática: Assignment
Clase N.º: 4
Fecha: 13/11/2018
Hora: 16.10 a 18.10
Duración de la clase: 120´
Fecha de primera entrega: 08/11/2018
 Teaching points: Simple past.
 Aims or goals:
During this lesson, learners will be able to…
 Revise vocabulary for nature.
 Learn vocabulary about past events.
 Develop their writing to answer questions using the target structure.
 Develop their writing through writing negative and affirmative
sentences in the past.
 Language focus:
Functions Lexis Structures Pronunciation
Revision
*Beaches, deserts, islands,
jungles, mountain, oceans,
rivers, volcanoes.
*Break, crash, die,
disappear, hit and sink
*Sentences affirmative,
Negative and questions
 Talking about
vocabulary for
nature
 Talking about
verbs describe
disasters
Talking about
past events
Nature
What is this…?
Do you know…?
Disaster verbs
Simple past
e/e

3. New
 Teaching approach: The lesson is based on the Communicative approach
and organized through The PPP Procedure.
 Integration of skills: In this lesson, the students will develop reading
through a text. And the writing through the activities.
 Materials and resources: book and worksheet of an assignment
 Pedagogical use of ICT in class or at home: no one for this lesson
 Seating arrangement: Students will be sitting in their desk.
 Assessment:
I will assess that students can recognize the vocabulary.
I will assess that the students can understand the new structure and the
tense.
Although I willuse the PPPmethod, I will tryto make the necessary miming
so that they understand using the target language, encouraging the
students to produce the pieces of language I am teaching.
Stages in the lesson
 Routine: 2´
 Purpose: to begin the lesson, motivating the students to be in a good
mood and predisposed work, and focus on the English class.
Description:
I will get into the classroom and give the students a moment to accommodate.
Then, I greet them: “hello! How are you? Are you fine?” St: ok.
Transition: “well, today you are going to do the evaluative assignment. You
will have the two hours to do it.”

4. Development 120’:
Activity 1:
I will explain the students that they have to complete with the name of the
nature vocabulary under the pictures. Then, they will use those words to
complete the sentences below.
Look at the pictures and write the nature words.
1 _____________ 2 _____________ 3 _____________ 4 _____________
5 _____________ 6 _____________ 7 _____________ 8 _____________
Fill in the blanks with a nature word.
1 Fuji is a high ___________ in Japan.
2 Copacabana has a long ___________ .
3 The Colorado is a long ___________ in the U.S.
4 The Amazon rainforest is a large ___________ in South America.
5 The Sahara is a big ___________ in Africa.
6 Popocatepetl is a ___________ in Mexico.
7 Fiji has many ___________ .
8 Fiji is in the Pacific ___________ .

5. Transition: “ok. Then You have to use the verbs that we use to describe
disasters”
Activity 2:
Description:
I will explain the students that they have to use the verbs in the chart to fill
in the blank.
Fill in the blanks with the words below.
broke crashed died disappeared sank
1 My dog _____________ for a week last year. We don’t know where he went.
2 His toy car _____________ into the table.
3 My sister _____________ my MP3 player last night. I was so angry!
4 Sarah’s boat had a hole in it, so it _____________ .
5 My great-grandmother _____________ when she was 94.
Transition: “In the next exercise you will write affirmative sentences in past”
Activity 3:
Description:
I will explain to the learners that they have to use the verbs in parenthesis to
complete the affirmative sentences.
Fill in the blanks with the simple past form of the verbs in parentheses.
1 We _____________ (go) to a great party last Saturday.
2 Beyoncé _____________ (sing) Single Ladies at the concert.
3 I _____________ (give) my mom a CD for her birthday.
4 My sister _____________ (win) a competition on the radio.
5 His parents _____________ (meet) each other at school.
6 They _____________ (spend) 40 minutes waiting for the bus.
7 You _____________ (have) salad for lunch yesterday.
8 I _____________ (see) Pedro Aznar in concert in 2008.
Transition: “For this exercise you have to use the negative simple past.”

6. Activity 4:
Description:
I will explain to the learners that they will have to rewrite the sentences
turning into negative sentences.
Rewrite the sentences with the simple past negative.
1 My friends went to a Black Eyed Peas concert.
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2 I won two tickets to a movie yesterday.
__________________________________________________________________________________
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3 Max dropped his bag on the bus.
__________________________________________________________________________________
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4 He ran all the way to school.
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5 They spent all their money.
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6 I told you about the TV show.
__________________________________________________________________________________
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7 James learned to play rap music at school.
__________________________________________________________________________________
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8 School finished last week.
__________________________________________________________________________________
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Transition: “In the following exercise you have to write the correct questions
in simple past.”
Activity 5:
Description:
I will explain to the learners that they have to make questions. They have to
use the simple past and the correct form of verbs in parentheses.

7. Write simple past questions. Use the verbs in parentheses.
1 ____ you _____________ (visit) the Bahamas last summer?
2 ____ Martin and Leila _____________ (go) with you?
3 ____ you _____________ (like) the islands?
4 ____ Leila _____________ (swim) in the ocean?
5 ____ Martin _____________ (run) on the beach?
6 ____ it _____________ (rain)?
Transition: “in the next exercise you have to make questions in simple past.”
Activity 6:
Description:
I will explain to the learners that they have to read each sentence and use
the bold words to make wh- questions.
Read the sentences. Then write the wh- questions about the bold
words.
1 Where did your parents go on vacation ?
My parents went on vacation to New York.
2 _________________________________________________________________________?
They visited friends there.
3 _________________________________________________________________________ ?
They ate hamburgers.
4 _________________________________________________________________________ ?
They visited the Statue of Liberty yesterday.
5 __________________________________________________________________________ ?
They visited it because it’s an awesome thing to see.
6 __________________________________________________________________________ ?
Next they went to Times Square.
7 __________________________________________________________________________ ?
They saw a musical.
Transition: “in the last exercise you have to read a text.”
Activity 7:
Description
I will explain to the learners that they have to read the text and then they
have to read the sentences and circle true or false. And they have to justify

8. the false sentences. Then they have to read the questions and answers using
the text.
Read the blog.
Your questions about … the Pyramids in Egypt
For a long time, the pyramids were one of the world’s big mysteries. But
today, we know a little more about them. Dr. Daniel Knowles from the
Egyptian Museum in Cairo answers your questions.
How old are the pyramids?
About 4,600 years old.
Why did the Egyptians build the pyramids?
The ancient Egyptians built them for their pharaohs, the kings of Egypt.
They were their tombs. For example, the Great Pyramid was a tomb for
the Pharoah Khufu.
How long did it take to build one?
We think that it took between twenty and thirty years to build one. They
didn’t have any machines then.
How many people did it take to build a pyramid?
We don’t know exactly, but thousands and thousands of people!
How big is the Great Pyramid?
It’s very, very big. There are about two million three hundred thousand
blocks of stone in this pyramid.
Circle T (True) or F (False). Justify the false.
1 Dr. Knowles doesn’t know anything about the pyramids. T / F
_____________________________________________________________________________
2 The pyramids are thousands of years old. T / F
____________________________________________________________________
3 It took thousands of years to build a pyramid. T / F
____________________________________________________________________
4 There weren’t any machines when they built the pyramids. T / F
____________________________________________________________________
5 It took hundreds of people to build a pyramid. T / F
___________________________________________________________________

9. Answer the questions.
1 Does Dr. Knowles work in a pyramid?
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2 Did the pyramids exist 20,000 years ago?
_________________________________________________________________________________
3 Who were the pharoahs?
_________________________________________________________________________________
4 What was the name of Pharoah Khufu’s tomb?
_________________________________________________________________________________
5 How many people did it take to build a pyramid?
__________________________________________________________________________________
Transition: excellent! I will correct it and then I will send the assignment with
the teacher”
Closure 5’:
This will be my last class with you, so I will say goodbye and thank the
students and the teacher for their help and for teaching me in this last
period of my practice.

10. 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 Minimum score: 18 / 30
Score: __21__ /30
Good, Dani!