Four phase drill

Class level: Children Beginners

Objective: SS practice listening and speaking by means of doing wh questions with short
answers using was-were (verb+ing) for actions in progress in the past. Structure: Past
continuous Material: Wall chart Time: 30 min.

Steps:
Warm up: Did you watch tv. yesterday morning?
Do you like cartoons? Which are your favourite ones?
1. - T sets up a situation (involving Ss)
Yesterday morning Sasha Obama was watching the
2. -T checks understanding of situation
3. -TQ-SA (6to8 models justto meaning)
4. -TQ and elicits Ss answer (short negative) Was Vilma doing exercise yesterday morning?
No, she wasn't.
5. -T gives L.P. -Natural form
-Isolation -
Distortion -Natural
form
6. -Chorals (2/3) TQ-SS-A
7. -Individual students TQ -SA (5-6)
8. -TQ (elicits short affirmative answer) Was Viima cooking breakfast yesterday morning?
(Ss - short affirmative answer) Yes, she was.
9. -T. models choris TQ -Ss-A
10. -Individuals (5/6)
11. -T. mixes affirmative and negative T.Q. -SA
12. -T. elicits question
13. -T. models question
14. -T. gives L.P + choris
15. -Ss -Q- T-A. (2/3)
16. -S- Q- T-A (2/3)
17. -S1Q - S2 A (5/6)
18. -T.elicits Wh question (if problems L.P. + choris)
19. -T. gets 4 phase drills (S1Q - S2A - SlWh -S2A)
20. -Pair work: -demo
-pair work -
check

NB: T must consider the written stage for four phase drill