School: ………High School - Rabat

Book used: ………………. Level: Common Core Unit: ………….. Timing: 50 - 55 mins
Component: Grammar Teacher:……………..
Main aim: By the end of the session, students will be able to use the continuous appropriately and communicatively.
Subsidiary aim: master the form and meaning of the PC tense and use it to form meaningful and grammatical sentences.
Personal aim: reduce TTT .
Anticipated problems: students will drop the auxiliary (am is and are) and internalize the verb+ing form only ( I writing now)
Solution: Use body language and fingers to draw their attention to the number of parts involved in the form of the PC. The focus will on the affirmative form (3
parts) first and then include the negative form ( 4 parts).

Phases Stages Timing Procedure Rationale Work Mode

LEAD-IN
Warm-up 5 mins Tongue twister To motivate students and
have an English mindset.
Announcing the lesson objective: open
Preparation
‘By the end of this lesson, you will be able to use the Present To ensure Ss’
 Review of simple 10 mins continuous appropriately and communicatively. comprehension of the
Opening

input text
present and adverbs of  Students read the dialogue and answer the questions.
 Students check their answers in pairs, then in
frequency groups. Pair/group
 Read and Check Whole class check work
Comprehension

CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING
Noticing: 5 mins Ss read the dialogue and underline verbs.
Ss are asked to complete the chart. Individually

Confirm Ss ability to
Skill-getting

Checking: 5 mins Checking form and meaning. Ss are asked to see if the distinguish between
different forms In pairs
sentences are correct or incorrect (verb+ing is implicitly
(plural/singular)
incorporated at this stage (swim=swimming…)
Contrasting: 5 mins To notice the difference
Ss are asked to circle the correct answer. Cues are between the PC and the
underlined (right now; at the moment…) present simple

HYPOTHESIZING
 Ss are asked to complete the sentences with verbs in the PC To give Ss the chance to Individually
Hypothesizing: 10 mins form (am/is/are (not)+ verb + the form practice the newly In pairs
acquired structure.

Ss are asked to put the verbs in the right tense.

EXPERIMENTING
Role play: Celebrity and interviewer. In pairs students will To allow Ss to experiment
engage in a conversation asking and answering questions with using the PC to in
Experimenting: writing and speaking and In pairs
playing the role of a celebrity and an interviewer. express themselves.
Skill-using

A list of questions and answers are provided but learners

will be encouraged to improvise and come up with their
15 mins own questions and answers.
Example: what are you doing these days?
I am preparing for the final exams.
Who is helping you with math/English…,
My brother is helping me.

In group students choose a representative and act out a set

of verbs of action in the list (swim, run, paint, dance, read,
Follow-up
play the violin, grate, dice, peel..)
Closing

And then ask other groups what’s their representative

doing?
Example: GR 1: What is Karim doing now?
GR 2: He is painting now.
Varied structure can be used to include both yes-no and wh-
questions.