Grammar Lesson Plan Template

Unit number/Topic: Unit 2 Level: Grade 10 Lesson Length: 50 minutes

Type of lesson: Grammar Teaching Date: Teacher Trainees:

Đinh Duy Lâm
Trương Minh Phú
Lê Quốc Huy
Nguyễn Trần Nhật Duy
Lưu Tùng Quân

Main aim (s): By the end of the lesson students will be able to use past simple and past continuous to present an ongoing event that was
interrrupted by another event (When – While).
Subsidiary aim(s):
- Develop Reading skills by reading common daily situations and anecdotes.
- Develop Speaking skills by talking about past activities/event,…
- Develop Writing skills by writing sentences to do exercise with the 2 tenses and creating their own anecdotes.
Personal aim(s): Improve public Speaking skill, confidence, and the usage of high-tech visual aids, apply techniques in different stages of a
grammar lesson.
Materials (including sources): Textbook and Powerpoint.
Assumptions: The students have already known the past simple and past continuous tenses.

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 Anticipated learners’ difficulties/problems with exercises/ tasks: Suggested Solutions:
- Students may confuse between two tenses. - Teacher explains and practices the different between two tenses,
- Students may not understand the teacher’s instruction before each practice drill and point out mistakes.
activities. - Teacher repeats the instruction, give examples and models.
Language Analysis

Forms & Examples Meaning Phonology

Past simple /ed/ is pronouced

- /t/: When the verbs end
With verbs:
with /s/, /f/, /p/, /ʃ/,
(+) S + Ved/V2 + O
/tʃ/, /k/.
(-) S + did + not + V0 + O
- /id/: When the verbs
(?) Did + S + V0 + O ?
end with /t/ hoặc /d/.
Example:
- /d/: With the rest
I went swimming last week.
She didn’t do her homework yesterday.
Did he play video games on last Monday?
With to be:
(+) S + was/were + O
(-) S + was/were + not + O
(?) Was/were + S + O
Example:
I was at the mall yesterday.
They were busy last week.
Was she at home yesterday?
Indicators for past simple:
- Yesterday
- Time + ago (1 month ago, years ago…)

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 - Last + time (Last month, last week…)
- In + year in the past (in 2022…)
- When + past simple (When I was young, I
played…)

Past continuous
(+) S + was/were + Ving + O
(-) S + was/were + not + Ving + O
(?) Was/were + S + Ving + O ?
Example:
While I was listening to music, my sister was watching
TV yesterday.
When they were walking, their friends called them.
I wasn’t doing my homework at this time yesterday.
Were you playing soccer at 7 p.m yesterday?

Indicators for past continuous:

- At the time + time in the past (At the time
yesterday…)
- At + time + time in the past (At 6 o’ clock in the
morning…)
- While + past continuous

Advance
- When + S + was/were + Ving, S + Ved/V2 + O
- While + S + was/were + Ving, S+ was/were + Ving

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Stage/ Stage Procedure Interacti Aids
Time aim Teacher’s & Learners’ activities on
Review(5 Warm-up TW/C Powerpoi
mins) Teacher’s activities: nt
- Teacher shows a video about daily routine.
- Teacher asks the students to say the activities from the video.

Student’s activities:
- Student stands up and say the activities

Presentati Introducti Doing contrastive analysis: Powerpoi

on on nt
(10 mins) Teacher’s activities:
- Teacher asks the students to stand up and translate a sentence “Hôm qua tôi đã đi xem
phim với bạn” into English.
- Teacher corrects students’ mistakes above.
- Teacher asks students to repeat the correct sentence.

Students’ activities:
- Students say the sentence “Yesterday I go to the cinema with my friends”.
- Students repeat the sentence.

Concept questions:
When to use past simple/present simple?
Teacher expects students to answer:
- We use present simple tense to say the action in the present.
- We use past simple tense to say the action in the past.

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Teacher says: Now we will learn about the differences between past simple/present
simple.
- Teacher shows the grammar form.
With verbs:
(+) S + Ved/V2 + O
(-) S + did + not + V0 + O
(?) Did + S + V0 + O?
Example:
I went swimming last week.
She didn’t do her homework yesterday.
Did he play video games on last Monday?

With to be:
(+) S + was/were + O
(-) S + was/were + not + O
(?) Was/were + S + O
Example:
I was at the mall yesterday.
They were busy last week.
Was she at home yesterday?
+ Indicators for past simple:
- Yesterday
- Time + ago (1 month ago, years ago…)
- Last + time (Last month, last week…)
- In + year in the past (in 2022…)
- When + past simple (When I was young, I played…)

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- Teacher asks students to copy the past simple form into their notebook.

- Teacher explains how to use past continuous

- Teacher shows the past continuous form.
(+) S + was/were + Ving + O
(-) S + was/were + not + Ving + O
(?) Was/were + S + Ving + O?
Example:
While I was listening to music, my sister was watching TV yesterday.
When they were walking, their friends called them.
I wasn’t doing my homework at this time yesterday.
Were you playing soccer at 7 p.m yesterday?

- Teacher asks students to copy past continuous form into their notebook.

+ Indicators for past continuous:

- At the time + time in the past (At the time yesterday…)
- At + time + time in the past (At 6 o’ clock in the morning…)
- While + past continuous
- Teacher shows the two columns comparing two tenses (past simple/past simple) side by
side.
- Teacher explains how to use 2 tenses together.
- Teacher shows the sentence form.
+ When + S + was/were + Ving, S + Ved/V2 + O
+ While + S + was/were + Ving, S+ was/were + Ving
- Teacher asks students to copy the sentence form into their textbook.
Students’ activities:
- Students copy the grammar forms into their notebooks.

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Practice Matching: T Powerpoi
(1) Teacher’s activities: W/C nt
(5 - Teacher asks the students to work in pairs. Textbook
minutes) - Teacher asks the student to do task 1.
(Controlle 1. Identify the tenses of the verbs in bold in sentences (1–5). Then match them to their
d pratice) uses (a–e).
1. _____ They got their tickets, entered the theatre and walked to their seats.
2. _____ Eva was watching TV at 9:15 last night.
3. _____ Frank was practising his role when the director called him into her office.
4. _____ At 7 o’clock yesterday evening, I was listening to music while Ann was watching
TV.
5. _____ We went to the theatre yesterday.
a. actions that happened one after another in the past
b. an action that was happening at a definite time in the past
c. actions that were happening at the same time in the past
d. an action that happened at a certain time in the past
e. an action that was happening in the past when another action interrupted it

- Teacher asks some students to give their answers.

- Teacher corrects the students’ answers.
- Teacher shows the students the following task.

Students’ activities:
- Students work in pairs.
- Students stand up and give their answers.

Teacher’s activities:

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 - Teacher asks students to do task 2 individually.
2. Complete the text with the Past Simple of the verbs in the list.
• buy • drive • read • take • meet • wake up
Last Thursday morning, Anna 1) woke up early. She 2) ___________ the paper and drank a
cup of tea. Then, she 3) ___________ to her office in her car. She started work at 8:30 and
4) ___________ a break at 1:00 for lunch. During her lunch break, she 5) ___________ her
friend, Peter. They 6) ___________ sandwiches from a shop and sat in the park to eat them.
Anna returned to her office and finished work at 5:00.
- Teacher asks students to stand up and give their answers.
- Teacher corrects their mistakes.

Students’ activities:
- Students work individually.
Feedback ANSWER KEYS:
1. Identify the tenses of the verbs in bold in sentences (1–5). Then match them to their
uses (a–e).
1 – A: They got their tickets, entered the theatre and walked to their seats. – actions that
happened one after another in the past
2 – B: Eva was watching TV at 9:15 last night. – an action that was happening at a definite
time in the past
3 – E: Frank was practising his role when the director called him into her office. - an action
that was happening in the past when another action interrupted it
4 – C: At 7 o’clock yesterday evening, I was listening to music while Ann was watching
TV. – actions that were happening at the same time in the past
5 – D: We went to the theatre yesterday. – an action that happened at a certain time in the
past
Practice Teacher’s activities:
(2) (*) - Teacher asks students to work in pairs.

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(less - Teacher asks students to do task 3.
controlled 3. Form questions in the Past Simple, then answer them.
practice) 1. you / get up early / yesterday?
(7 mins) A: Did you get up early yesterday?
B: Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
2. your mum / go to theatre / yesterday?
3. your teacher / attend a classical performance / last week?
4. you / meet your best friend / last Saturday?
5. you and your friends / visit a museum / yesterday?
- Teacher asks some pairs to stand up and talk to each other.
- Teacher corrects students’ answers and pronunciation.
Students’ activities:
- Students work in pairs
- Students stand up and speak to each other.
Feedback ANSWER KEYS:
(3 3. Form questions in the Past Simple, then answer them.
minutes) 2. A: Did your mum go to the theatre yesterday?
B: No, she didn’t.
3. A: Did your teacher attend a classical performance last week?
B: Yes, she did.
4. A: Did you meet your best friend last Saturday?
B: Yes, I did.
5. A: Did you and your friends visit a museum yesterday?
B: No, we didn’t.
Productio Teacher’s activities:
n (10 - Teacher asks students to work in group.
mins) (**) - Teacher divides class into 4 groups.
- Teacher hands out whiteboards.

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 - Teacher asks groups to do task 8.
8. Make as many sentences as possible as in the example. Write in your notebook.

1. wait for / bus A. mobile phone / ring

2. cook / lunch B. read / book
3. shop / groceries C. start / rain
4. watch / TV D. do / my homework
5. walk / park E. see / my friend

1. I was waiting for the bus when my mobile phone rang.

While I was waiting for the bus, my mobile phone rang.
- Teacher tells students to work in group and write their answers on the whiteboard.
- Teacher rewards the team that finish first.
Students’ activities:
- Students work in group to come up with the answers as fast as possible.

Feedback ANSWER KEY:

(5 mins) 8. Make as many sentences as possible as in the example. Write in your notebook.
2. I was cooking lunch while my brother was doing homework.
While I was cooking lunch, my brother was doing homework.
3. I was shopping for groceries when I saw my friend, Mary.
While I was shopping for groceries, I saw my friend, Mary.
4. I was watching TV while my sister was reading a book.
While I was watching TV, my sister was reading a book.
5. I was walking in the park when it started to rain.
While I was walking in the park, it started to rain.

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Notes:
Classroom Tasks: Exercises 1,2,3,8
Homeworks: The rest
(*) Try to create incomplete sentences & ask learners to complete them by using 3 types of adjective phrases they have learned.
(**) Create your own exercise for learners to practice using 3 types of adjective phrases.

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