The document provides a lesson plan for teaching English through a 5 minute video about a girl named Kirsty and her secret. The lesson plan aims to teach elementary to pre-intermediate English learners about using the simple present and present progressive tenses. It includes a preview of the video to generate predictions, viewing activities with questions, and a post-viewing discussion where students summarize the film and act out scenes. The timing of 35 minutes incorporates introduction, viewing, comprehension checks, and a follow up activity to reinforce the grammar points.

1. Ibno zohr university master studies: TEFL & ICT
Teaching English through video by: Akahrraz Mohamad &
Akklouch Mohamed
Teaching preparation sheet
Information about the video sequence: General information about the lesson:
Source: video “ Kirsty Secret” Level: elementary, pre-itermediate
Type: video drama Purpose: get Ss acquainted with the form and the use of both
SP and PC tenses.
Length: 5 m: 22s
Skills & sub skills: acting, listening, speaking.
Topic: Kirsty Secret
VCR Techniques: whole scene viewing, freeze-frame.
Linguistic features:
Activities: -Blank filling
- Vocabulary: secret, woods, grumpy, terrible, clothes
- Grammar: simple present / present progressive - Comprehension check
- Functions: prediction
- write film summary
Script general description: Four teenagers are following
Kirsty to learn more about her. At the end, they found her big
secret that she is a singer.
Lesson plan:
Specifications: Activities: Script
-Introduction/ presentation: (4m) Scene 1 (00:20 – 01:02)
Mark: This is the park near my house in London.
Level: elementary, pre-intermediate. What’s your favorite type of films? That’s my friend, Sam. He’s a visiting student from
the United States. We often come here to play
football.
Purpose: Ss practice simple present 1-Pre-viewing: ( 6m) Sam: Hey, Mark! Where’s your sister today?
and present continuous to talk about - Pre-teach the word “secret” Mark: Sophie? She’s at the sports center. She has
- Ss speculate what the secret might tennis practice with her friend, Kim.
habits and action in progress at the Sam: Kim? Cool! Let’s go!
moment of speaking. be Through the woods?
.
Mark: Through the woods!
Sequence length: 5 m: 22s
2-Viewing: ( sound off) (15 m)
Scene 2 (01:03 – 02:27)
Timing : 35 m Ask students these questions:
Mark: I’m thirsty. Let’s go to the café in the sports
Where are the people in the video? center.
What are they going to do? Sam: Does Sophie like all sports?
(Sound on) Mark: Well, she plays tennis and hockey and she goes
Video techniques: Student watch and do the activities in the
swimming.
Sam: I’m tired. Look!
handout Mark: What are they doing?
Nick: Can you be careful? We don’t want any
mistakes.
- Whole viewing. 3-Post-viewing: ( 10m) Kevin: What are you doing?
- Freeze-frame -Film summary Sam: What are you doing?
Kevin: Can you go please?
- Viewing in parts with the Nick: Kevin! Can you come over here, please?
sound off and with the 4-Follow up: Mark: Why is that man in the tree? And what are those
Acting some scenes. men doing over there?
sound on Kevin: Go on. Off you go. We’re busy! Goodbye!
Mark: Strange.
Sam: Very strange.
Scene 3 (02:28 – 03:46)
Mark: This is my sister, Sophie. That’s her friend,
Kim. We told them about the men in the woods.
Sophie: Do you think the men in the woods want to
build houses there?
Mark: Maybe.
Kim: That’s terrible. We don’t want houses in the
woods!
Sophie: Tell us more about the men.

2. Sam: There’s a man. He has very short hair. And he’s
very grumpy.
Mark: And there’s a man in a green jacket. His name’s
Nick.
Sam: He has a red backpack.
Sophie: A green jacket and a red backpack?
Sam: It’s him. Is he alone? Kim! Have a look!
Kim: No. There’s another man, a woman and a girl.
The girl’s about fourteen, I think. She’s tall with
brown hair.
Mark: OK. You two girls – try and talk to the girl.
Activities
Ss: akharraz and akklouch
Episode 1
Task 1
Before watching
What does the word “secret” mean?
What might the secret be?
While watching
A – Listen to Scene 1 with the sound turned off and answer these questions:
1. Who can you see? --------------------------------------------------------------
2. What are they doing? ----------------------------------------------------------
B- – Listen to Scene 1 again with the sound turned on and answer these questions:
1. Who is speaking? --------------------------------------------------------------
2. What is his friend’s name? ----------------------------------------------------
3. Who is Sophie? Where is she? -----------------------------------------------
4. Who is Kim? --------------------------------------------------------------------
After watching
Do you think that Sam like Kim. Justify your answer.
Task 2
Listen to the dialogue carefully and put the verbs into the present simple tense.
Scene 2 (01:03 – 02:27)
Mark: I ( be) ---------- thirsty. Let’s go to the café in the sports center.
Sam: Sophie (like) ------------ all sports?
Mark: Well, she (play) tennis and hockey and she (go) swimming.
Sam: I’m tired. Look!

3. Mark: What are they doing?
Nick: Can you be careful? We ( not/want) any mistakes.
Kevin: What are you doing?
Sam: What are you doing?
Kevin: Can you go please?
Nick: Kevin! Can you come over here, please?
Mark: Why is that man in the tree? And what are those men doing over there?
Kevin: Go on. Off you go. We (be) busy! Goodbye!
Mark: Strange.
Sam: Very strange.
Task 3 :
Scene 3 (02:28 – 03:46)
Listen to the dialogue between Mark, Sophie, Kim and Sam and fill in the blanks with these
words
Woods - terrible - grumpy - backpack
Mark: This is my sister, Sophie. That’s her friend, Kim. We told them about the men in the---
---------
Sophie: Do you think the men in the woods want to build houses there?
Mark: Maybe.
Kim: That’s --------------. We don’t want houses in the woods!
Sophie: Tell us more about the men.
Sam: There’s a man. He has very short hair. And he’s very ------------------.
Mark: And there’s a man in a green jacket. His name’s Nick.
Sam: He has a red ---------------------- .
Sophie: A green jacket and a red backpack?
Sam: It’s him. Is he alone? Kim! Have a look!
Kim: No. There’s another man, a woman and a girl. The girl’s about fourteen, I think. She’s
tall with brown hair.
Mark: OK. You two girls – try and talk to the girl.