The document describes a lesson plan for an English class focusing on jobs in a TV studio. The lesson includes reading a text about a TV studio, matching vocabulary words to their definitions, completing sentences using "was" and "were", role playing a conversation between the director and cameraman, asking and answering questions about the text, and assigning homework to write sentences using provided vocabulary words. The overall goal is for students to develop their reading and speaking skills related to describing people and events in a TV studio.

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TALLER DE PRÁCTICA DOCENTE
ALUMNO PRACTICANTE: Michelle Otero Barnes
Período de Práctica: Tercero
Institución Educativa: Instituto Modelo Viedma
Dirección: Maestro Chirinos 795 - Viedma
Sala / Grado / Año - sección: Segundo Año
Cantidad de alumnos: 28
Nivel lingüístico del curso: elemental
Tipo de Planificación: clase
Unidad Temática: 5
Clase Nº: 1
Fecha: 13/05/2015
Hora: 7:30
Duración de la clase: 80 min
Fecha de primera entrega:11/05/2015
• Teaching points: A day in a TV studio.
• Aims or goals:
During this lesson, learners will be able to…
- develop their reading skill through a given text about the topic.
- develop their speaking skill by talking about the people in the TV studio.
• Language focus: Simple Past – was/were.
Function Lexis Structure Pronunciation
Revision
- To talk about
means of
transport.
- train.
- coach.
- minibus.
- bicycle.
- ferry.
- taxi.
- moped.
- plane.
- car.
- bus.
- tram.
- underground.
- monorail.
- I'm going to
school by bus
now.
- My mum is
travelling to
France by
plane.
- The
pronunciation of
the verb to be
after the personal
pronoun and
before the verb+-
ing.
New
- To talk about
different jobs.
- was.
- were.
- director.
- producer.
- make up artist.
- actor.
- cameraman.
- Ryan was next
to his camera.
- The director
wasn't in his
studio
yesterday.
- The words
was/were in
affirmative and
negative.

2. - scriptwriter.
- sound engineer.
- presenter.
• Teaching approach: Communicative. It's the best approach to foster communication
and acquire new vocabulary.
• Materials and resources: Chart, photocopies, pictures.
• Integration of skills: reading, by reading a text about the topic, and speaking by talking
about the same text.
• Seating arrangement: in six columns. This is not my favorite seating arrangement, but
teachers aren't allowed to modify it, unless students work in groups. This is a school
regulation.
• Possible problems / difficulties and their possible solutions during the class: large
groups can represent a challenge as the teacher perhaps cannot assist each student for a
long time, but with a good organization, for example, by "raising your hands when you
don't understand" is a good way to answer most of the queries students might have.
• Potential problems students may have with the language: a common problem is the
difference between was and were, specially for those students who have never taken
English classes before school, but explaining to them their usage with different
examples will help.
• Assessment: their ability to talk about past actions.
Routine (3')
- Good morning everyone! How are you today? I'm very glad, I hope you are glad to see
me again.
- Can anyone tell me the date, please? I'll write it on the board.
Warm up (5')
- Look at this picture.

3. - Does any of you know what this place is? It has cameras, lights, screens, people
working with the cameras...this is what? A TV studio!
- In a TV studio there are lots of people, each of them with a different job. We can find
actors, producers, sound engineers, cameraman, make-up artists, the scriptwriter, etc.
Did you know that? Did you know that TV studios have a lot of employees?
Development (67')
Activity 1 (25')
- Well, we are going to learn a bit more about TV studios and the different jobs you can
find there. I'll give each of you a copy of a text*, please read it silently. Don't worry if
you don't understand some words, remember that the idea is that you understand the
general content of the text as a whole, and not word by word.
Benjamin White on Action Television
Benjamin White is a series on Action Television. Each week detective Benjamin
White investigates a different mystery. Yesterday, we were at the studios of Action
Television.
At 10 o'clock, it was chaos! The cameraman, Ryan, was next to his camera. It
was broken! The two stars, Joel and Davina, weren't on the set. They were with the
make-up artist, Paula. I was with Tyrone, the scriptwriter, in the café. The producer,
Jason, was in his office. Toby, the sound engineer, was on the set but all his equipment
was in boxes. The presenter, Anita, was in shorts and a T-shirt! The director, Tyler
Wade, wasn't in the studio. He was in his car - and the car was at the entrance!
At 10.35, Tyler Wade was on the set. In five minutes, it was all different. The
actors and the sound equipment were on the set. The camera was OK. The presenter was
in a jacket and dress. They were ready to start!
* Taken from the book Steppin Up 1, written by Nick Beare, Macmillan.
- Well, now I'm going to give you a phocopy with two activities, the first one is to
match words and then some questions. Please, paste the copy I gave you, and match the
words and answer the questions according to the text read. For this activity you'll have
15 minutes and you'll work in pairs.
Match the two halves to make the words
1. camer a. ector ………………………
2. dir b. ineer ……………………...
3. produ c. nter ……………………….
4. sound eng d. tor ………………………...
5. make-up ar e. aman ………………………
6. ac f. cer ………………………...
7. prese g. ptwriter ……………………
8. scri h. tist …………………………
Questions

4. 1. What does Tyrone do?
2. What is Benjamin White?
3. Is Paula an Actor?
4. Who is the director of the series?
Activity 2 (15’)
- Now we'll read the text once more, but this time all together. Student 1, please read the
first paragraph. Student 2, read the second paragraph until "office". Student three, read
the second paragraph, starting in "Toby". Student 4, read the third paragraph. The rest of
you please listen carefully, as this is not only good train for the ones who read, but also
for your ears.
- Have you noticed that there are some new words? Which ones can you mention? What
about the word in line 2? Were. And the word in line 4? Was. Have you ever heard of
them?
- Well, do you remember the verb to be? Who can tell the class the verb to be in first,
second and third person? Was is the past form of am and is, and were is the past form of
are. For example, “now I AM at school, but yesterday I WAS at home. They ARE in
the living room, but earlier they WERE in the garden”. I’ll write all this on the board,
please copy it in your folders as it’ll help you when you are doing your homework.
- Now I’ll give you another copy of some sentences that are incomplete. The idea is that
you have to complete them according to the new vocabulary you have just learnt, with
was or were.
a. Tyler…………on the set at 10.35.
b. The two stars………with the make-up artist.
c. Toby’s equipment………..in boxes.
d. At 10.35 they……ready to start!
- Lets check it all together. Student 1, read A. Student 2, read B. Student 3, read C.
Student 4, read D.
Activity 3 (12’)
- Now it’s time to work in pairs again. One of you is going to be Tyler, and the other is
going to be Ryan. I’ll give all “Tylers” a copy with a dialogue, and all “Ryans” will
receive another copy of the same dialogue. Both copies are incomplete, so you have to
chat with your mate in order to complete them.
Copy 1 (for Tyler)
T – Hi Ryan! How are you? Where were you yesterday?
R – Hi there! I’m sorry I…………late, but my camera………broken!
T – Yes, yesterday the TV studio was a chaos!
R – I agree, fortunately you……on the set by the end of the morning.
T – Yeah, but the actors were late too!

5. R – Jason……..late too. He……..in his office instead of working.
T – And Anita was in shorts and a T-shirt. A total disaster.
R – Yes, but luckily the problems…….solved quickly.
T – Thanks God!
Copy 2 (for Ryan)
T – Hi Ryan! How are you? Where………you yesterday?
R – Hi there! I’m sorry I was late, but my camera was broken!
T – Yes, yesterday the TV studio……….a chaos!
R – I agree, fortunately you were on the set by the end of the morning.
T – Yeah, but the actors……..late too!
R – Jason was late too. He was in his office instead of working.
T – And Anita………in shorts and a T-shirt. A total disaster.
R – Yes, but luckily the problems were solved quickly.
T – Thanks God!
Activity 4 (17’)
- Now it’s time to speak. We’ll work all together now. I’ll start making one of you a
question about the text we read, let’s say S1, and you’ll try to answer it. Then S1 will
chose another student to make another question, S2, so S2 will answer and then he’ll
chose another student to ask him a question and so on. For example, what is Benjamin
White? Were was Tyler at 10.35?
Closure (3’)
- Well, that it for today, I’ll give you the last tiny copy, which is homework for next
class. See you! Good bye!
Write 5 sentences matching the words in the chart
My mother
My sister
My friends
The teacher
My father
Was
Were
In the garden
At school
At the mall
In bed
At home
At 10.40
At 18.00
At 22.30
Yesterday.
Last weekend.
Last night.

6. R – Jason……..late too. He……..in his office instead of working.
T – And Anita was in shorts and a T-shirt. A total disaster.
R – Yes, but luckily the problems…….solved quickly.
T – Thanks God!
Copy 2 (for Ryan)
T – Hi Ryan! How are you? Where………you yesterday?
R – Hi there! I’m sorry I was late, but my camera was broken!
T – Yes, yesterday the TV studio……….a chaos!
R – I agree, fortunately you were on the set by the end of the morning.
T – Yeah, but the actors……..late too!
R – Jason was late too. He was in his office instead of working.
T – And Anita………in shorts and a T-shirt. A total disaster.
R – Yes, but luckily the problems were solved quickly.
T – Thanks God!
Activity 4 (17’)
- Now it’s time to speak. We’ll work all together now. I’ll start making one of you a
question about the text we read, let’s say S1, and you’ll try to answer it. Then S1 will
chose another student to make another question, S2, so S2 will answer and then he’ll
chose another student to ask him a question and so on. For example, what is Benjamin
White? Were was Tyler at 10.35?
Closure (3’)
- Well, that it for today, I’ll give you the last tiny copy, which is homework for next
class. See you! Good bye!
Write 5 sentences matching the words in the chart
My mother
My sister
My friends
The teacher
My father
Was
Were
In the garden
At school
At the mall
In bed
At home
At 10.40
At 18.00
At 22.30
Yesterday.
Last weekend.
Last night.