LESSON PLAN N° 3: IMPERATIVES.

Trainee teacher’s name: Barrionuevo, Jorgelina Isabel.

Trainer teachers’ name: Stefania Valdéz –.
School:
Course: 2nd Year.
Course teacher:
Date: August
Textbook: What’s Up 2, 3rd Edition.
Unit: 4: When in Rome.
Time: 60 minutes.

Grammar points: Presentation: IMPERATIVES.

Function: To know how to provide an order or to make requests.

Topic Vocabulary: Revision: GENERAL VERBS: speak-dance-sing-play-ask-

drive-walk- explain-run- wait.

Skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

Lesson aims:
 To provide enough input through a game so as to introduce them into the
new topic.
 By the end of the lesson students will be able to know how to give an
order or provide a request.
 By the end of the lesson students will be able to form accurate oral and
written imperative sentences.
WARM UP:
At this stage I will begin the lesson with a game students know well, “Simon
Says”. While playing they will be revising general verbs. The expressions will be
in affirmative and negative. I will begin in the following way:
T: Let’s play a game! Simon Says! Do you know it?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
T: Ok, but this is different. This is Teacher says! Remember I have to say
“Teacher says…” For example:
T: (I will select a student) Teacher says stand up (doing emphasis and mimics)
Selected student: (expected answer): (stands up)
T: Now everyone, Teacher says don’t dance.
Ss: (expected answer): (stand in their sits)
T: Remember I have to say “Teacher says…”
T: Is it clear?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
T: Ok, Let’s play!!
PRESENTATION:
At this stage I will introduce the new topic. I will write some expressions I had
said on the previous stage and add others related with the vocabulary already
seen, while playing so as to analyze them. I will use the mother tongue if
necessary. I will proceed as follows:
T: Now, pay attention! Look! (I will write the expressions on the board)
T: Listen! Number one: Stand up! Number two: Don’t dance. (I will write other
structures)
T: All these sentences are imperative sentences. They are commands. We
use them to give orders or to make a request. We don’t use the pronoun and we
can make affirmative and negative sentences. (I will point the affirmatives and
negatives).
T: Now, let’s read all together! Listen and repeat after me.
T: Stand up!
Ss: (expected answer): Stand up!
….
T: So, remember! We use IMPERATIVE SENTENCES para dar ordenes o
solicitar cosas. Pueden ser de manera afirmativa o negativa y no tienen
pronombre.
I will read all the sentences and students will repeat in chorus. I will
repeat the use of this structure and if necessary I will use mother tongue.
I will give the students a copy with the grammar box in order to be glued
on their folders.
Imperative Sentences:
1°: Stand up! 5°: Don’t sing loudly.
2°: Please, be careful! 6°: Don’t drive too fast.
3°: Please, be quiet. 7°: Don’t text in class!
4°: Please, wait for me. 8°: Don’t dance in the office.

Grammar box:
 IMPERATIVE SENTENCES.

USE: to give and order or to make a request.

Affirmative Negative
Be careful. Don’t be cruel.
Please, call me Carla Don’t speak aloud.

ORAL PRACTICE:
At this stage I will make students practice this structure by sticking on the board
images so as they say the sentence. I will do number one, then I will ask for a
volunteer and after that, I will continue randomly. I will proceed in the following
manner:
T: Let’s practice! Look at the images. We have to say the imperative sentence
according to what we see. When we see a cross (pointing to it) we have
negative imperative sentence. For example:
T: Number one, what is it?
Ss: (expected answer): A boy/ a book.
T: Right! So, the imperative will be “Please, open your book”. (doing
emphasis)
T: Is it clear?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
T: Very good! Let’s see…
Images:

Please, open your book. Don’t smoke.

Please, open the door. Don’t speak.

Please, close the door. Don’t drive.

WRITTEN PRACTICE:
First activity:
At this stage I will deliver each student a copy in order to identify the imperative
sentence. Students will work individually and the activity will be checked orally.
First I will ask for a volunteer and later I randomly.The first one will be already
done as an example. I will say as follows:
T: Ok, Pay attention! Look at me! Look! (pointing the copy)
T: Listen! (I will read the activity) You have to tick the IMPERATIVE
SENTENCE.
You can help with the chart! (pointing the char I gave them at the beginning of
the lesson).
T: Pay attention! Let’s see letter a. (I will read sentence number one)
T: Number one, “Don’t run in the class”. Is it imperative or not?
Ss: (expected answer): Imperative.
T: Excellent! So, we put a tick. (It will be already done).
T: Is it clear?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
T: Ok, let’s work! You have five minutes.

ACTIVITY 1: Tick () the IMPERATIVE sentence.

a) __ Don’t play in class.

b) ___ What’s your name?

c) ___ Please, walk slowly.

d) ___ Maria is eleven years old.

e) ___ Please, ask to the teacher.

f) ___ Don’t drive fast.

g) ___ I like pizza and sushi.

Second activity.
At this stage, students will be given a copy in order to keep practicing
imperative sentences. They will have to complete the text with the correct verb
and the correct form of the imperative. The activity will be checked on the
board. First I will ask for a volunteer and later by random. The first one will be
already done. I will say in the following way:
T: Everyone, pay attention! Look at the copy! Let’s see what you have to do.
T: (I will read the activity) You have to complete with the words from the box
(pointing to it) in the correct way.
T: For example, number one, “The city is dangerous at night. Please, be
careful”
T: You have the affirmative o negative in brackets to help you.
T: Is it clear?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
T: Ok, you have five minutes to finish the activity.
 ACTIVITY 2: Complete with the correct verb. Use () or () imperative.

Wait – Play - Explain - Be - Speak

1. () The city is dangerous at night. Please be careful.

2. () This is an English class. Please _____ Spanish.
3. () You have homework. ______ _______ computer games.
4. () Take a taxi. ______ _______ the bus.
5. () I don’t understand. Please ___________ to me.

PRODUCTION:
At this stage I will deliver each student a copy so as to do the last activity. They
will have to draw and write an affirmative and a negative imperative sentence.
Students will work individually. I will give them my own example so as to guide
them. The activity will be checked orally. At first I will ask for a volunteer and
then I randomly. I will say as follows:
T: Last activity! Pay attention!
T: Look at the copy. Listen! (I will read the activity) You have to draw and write
an affirmative and negative imperative sentence. Think of an example with the
verbs we have seen. (doing mimics). Look at my example.
T: “Please, listen to me” and “Don’t drive”. Is it clear?
T: Is it clear?
Ss: (expected answer): Yes, teacher.
T: Very good! Now, work!

ACTIVITY 3: Draw and write.

MY EXAMPLE. YOUR EXAMPLE.

() Please listen to me. () ___________________

() Don’t drive () ____________________