CLASS:Northeast Academy of Philadelphia 

              Unit7 lesson1 :simple present

tense       Date: 11/09/22
Teachers: T1: Xinran He (Nan)
General aim:
My students are beginners and low-intermediate learners so they use simple English
for everyday use. Under this situation, the simple present tense is practical for them.
By teaching simple present tense in my class, my students are allowed to use simple
present in proper situations in everyday English, for example, to share their daily
routines and habits with friends and families.
Lesson Objectives:
 SWBAT analyze and identify the situations to use simple present tense properly
 SWBAT recognize the forms the simple present tense has and selects the correct
form in simple present tense
 SWBAT say simple sentences with simple present tense

 Materials: 
 PPT

Descripti Activity Stages Key Language Forms Materials/

on/Time Functions
Greeting Greetings & -How are you? PowerPoint
(2min) Routine Questions -What have you been
(start-up version) doing this week?
1. T greet Ss; say -Anything new? 
“hello”.
2. T makes small
talk with the
students, asking
them how they
have been
doing and how
the rest of their
week has been. 
Meaning 1. Review of the Questions PowerPoint
ful last class 1. Do you
output 2. T will ask Ss a remember
(5 min) question about the
they learnt in “frequency
the last lesson words”?
(about plane) 2. What are
3. T and S they?
together go
through the always
 frequency Sometimes
words together seldom
usually
never

Meaning Activity1 :share 1. What do you PowerPoint 

ful your day always do in your
output 1. T will ask the day?
(15mins) students some 2. What do you
questions about usually do in your
Ss daily routine day?
with frequency 3. What do you
words they just sometimes do in
reviewed your day?
4. What do you
2. Then T splits seldom do in your
Ss into day?
different groups 5. What do you never
and discuss the do in your day?
questions
3. T ask some What tense do you use in
students to making these sentences?
share their
group
member’s
ideas.
4. After sharing,
the teacher
would ask the
students about
simple present
tense used in
the talk, which
connects to
today’s topic:
simple present
tense
(transition)

Languag 1. T will ask Play PowerPoint

e- students to Read Notebook
focused reflect their Clean
input prior Come
and knowledge of fly
output simple present
tense.
2. T asks Ss to fill
the blanks for
the drill
exercise and to
think about the
reasons why
these sentences
use simple
present tense
3. After Ss gives
their thoughts,
the T proposes
the answer: the
habits or
routines; and
explain the
usage
4. Ss try to do
another set of
drill exercises
that are about
habits and
routines
Languag 1. T asks Ss to fill Set Powerpoint
e- the blanks for Lose
focused the drill Boil
input exercise and to Float
and think about the Have
Output reasons why freeze
(10 min) these sentences
use simple
present tense
2. After Ss gives
their thoughts,
the T proposes
the answer:
general truths
3. Ss try to do
another set
 of drill
exercises
that are
about habits
and routines
Meaning Activity 2:put powerpoint
focused simple present
output(1 tense in orders
5min)

1. T shows
some messy
sentences
talking
about Jim’s
daily
routine
2. Ss need to
find out the
verbs in
simple
present
tense in
every
sentence.
Meanwhile,
the T will
explain
some
difficult
words to Ss
so that they
can
understand
better.
3. T splits Ss
into groups
and Ss need
to put the
messy
sentences in
order
4. T and Ss go
 through the
answers
together
Fluency Activity 3: describe Wrap up: Powerpoint
develop Lily’s day
ment(10 1. T shows Create all by themselves
min) some
pictures and
texts about Terminology:simple words
Lily’s day
2. Ss together
need to
Do more modelling
describe
Lily’s day
with the
pictures and Pronunciation more time
texts in
simple
present
tense