1. Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
English Teaching Program
Professional Practicum
PPP LESSON PLAN
Unit: 4 Level: Date: Length: Student-Teacher
How big was the 1st grade June 4th, 2012 90’ Pamela Sanhueza C.
puma? highschool
Aim: At the end of the lesson students will be able to talk about what they were doing the day before based on their own schedules (written and orally)
Assumed knowledge: Simple Past, personal pronouns, verbs (regular/irregular) Aids:
Pictures
Target Language: Subject + verb to be (not) + main verb _ing + object Board
I + was (not) + making + my homework Markers
Cards
Timeline
Anticipated Problems: Ss might get confused about the structure of the sentence. Sheets of paper
Solutions: S-T writes examples on the board.

2. Stages Procedure Instructions Objectives Time Interaction
What am I going to do? What am I going to say? (min) T-Ss;Ss-Ss;etc
Lead-in Ss-T starts asking students what they did What did you do Introduce Ss in Past Tense 5’ T-Ss / Ss-T
yesterday. yesterday?
Ss-T tells Ss what she usually does late at Yesterday night I was Call Ss attention. 4’ T-Ss
night. brushing my teeth to go to Introduce them into the
bed… etc new topic.
Presentation Ss-T shows Ss her own schedule and Here is my schedule. As Make students associate 10’ T-Ss
gives Ss examples of what she was doing you see I always go to bed simple past and this new
exactly at a certain time the day before. at 11 P.M. So, last night at tense.
11 P.M I was sleeping…
etc
Ss-T writes the aim of the lesson on the Today you are going to be Inform Ss what they are 2’ T-Ss
board. able to talk about what going to learn.
you were doing in the past
based on your own
schedules
Ss-T shows Ss a timeline explaining the Past Continuous is used Teach the use of Past 15’ T-Ss
Past Continuous in its affirmative and when an action is Continuous and its form.
negative forms (presentation of new interrupted by a shorter
language) (just teaching one of the uses) action in the Simple Past.

3. However, you can also
use a specific time as an
interruption.
Ss-T writes some examples on the board. Ex: Yesterday at this time, Clarify form. 2’ T-Ss
I was drinking a cup of
coffee in the teachers’
room.
CCQ’S So, to form past Ensure Ss learnt. 3’ T-Ss/Ss-T
continuous we have to use
the third column of your
list of verbs? etc.
In this bag we have some Make Ss practice. 10’ T-Ss
Ss-T gives students some cards with
Practice cards, so you have to look
different names and actions, and asks
students to make the corresponding at them and form the right
sentence. sentence. Ex: My mom
was cooking dinner in the
morning.
Is there any doubt? Do we Ensure Ss understood. 2’ T-Ss/Ss-T
CCQ’S have to put the verb in
past?, etc
… Checking. 10’ T-Ss/Ss-T
Ss-T writes the sentences on the board
correcting if necessary.

4. Production Ss-T gives Ss a sheet of paper and asks Now you have to write in Make Ss practice by their 5’ T-Ss/Ss-T
them to make their daily schedule this sheet of paper your own.
taking as a model Ss-T’s own schedule. schedules. You can look at
my schedule to take it as an
example.
Now please, exchange Make Ss produce. 6’ T-Ss/Ss-T
Ss-T makes Ss to exchange their your schedules with your
schedules with their seatmate and write partners’ and write three
on the back of the paper three things things your partner did
their classmate do. yesterday at a specific time of
the day.
Ok Mr/ Miss XX what Checking 12’ T-Ss/Ss-T
Ss-T asks the answers aloud.
can you tell me about your
partner? What was he/she
doing yesterday evening?

5. Adapted from University of Sussex
POST-LESSON
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