I.S.F.D. ‘Félix A.

Cabrera’ Profesorado en Inglés Práctica IV Residencia Profesional II

Practice Teachers: Rivas, Claudia Guidance Teacher: Cabrera, Leonardo

Student’s name: Lopez, Lidia Mariana Stage: Initial practices Lesson plan N° 5

Institution: Escuela Normal Superior “República del Paraguay” Year: 4° “D” Date: 17/08/2023 Time: 09:40 -10:20 Duration: 40 min.

Number of students: 10 Resources: signs and photocopies.

 Topic: Past simple of verb to-be.

 Type of class: Teaching and learning.
 Prior knowledge: Present simple structure.
 New content: Verb to-be form of past simple- was/were (affirmative and negative form).
 Class objectives: Students will be able to:

 Recognize the past simple form of the verb to-be form to refer to situations and states in the past.

WARM-UP (5 minutes)

The trainee will start the class by Students’ activities Specific objectives: Observation and possible
greeting the students then, she will write unexpected event
on the board the personal pronouns (I- The students will read the words Students will be able to:
he-she-it-we- you-they) and the present attentively and answer the
simple of the verb to-be next to them trainee’s questions.  Recall the use of personal
(am-is-are). The trainee will ask the pronouns and the present
students if they remember the meaning simple form of verb to-be
of these word. Then, she will provide to talk about events and
some sentences to illustrate the uses of states in the present.
the present simple with verb to-be.

PRESENTATION (10-15 minutes)

Tutor’s activity Students’ activities: Specific objectives Observation and possible
unexpected event
The trainee will present the past simple The students will pay attention Students will be able to:
of verb to-be using a poster to support to the trainee’s explanation.
the explanation. The poster will contain They will also read the examples  Recognize the past simple
the structure of verb to- be in the past aloud. form of verb to- be
(affirmative and negative form) according according to the personal
to the pronouns. The poster will also pronouns, to refer to
contain the common time expressions events or states in the
that are used in this tense. She will past.
explain that we use the “past simple” to  Practice the pronunciation
talk about situations and states in the of the new structure and
past. She will also provide examples of vocabulary.
each case, emphasising the differences
between “was” and “were”. and ask the
students to read the examples together.

PRACTICE (10 minutes)

tutor activities: Students’ activities Specific objectives

The student will paste signs on the board The students will come to the
that will contain incomplete sentences board and complete the
which will have to be completed with the sentences according to the
correct form of verb to-be in the past. explanations given by the
The trainee will ask some students to trainee.
come to the board and fill the gaps.
The students will able to:
 Identify the accurate verb
to -be form in the past
simple to complete the
sentences.

PRODUCTION (10 minutes)

Tutor activities Students’ activity Specific objectives Observations and unexpected
events:
The trainee will give each student a The students will solve the Students will be able to:
photocopy that will contain two activities. activities from the photocopy,
then they will read their answers  Practice reading
The first will a “true or false” activity. The aloud. comprehension.
students will have to read a passage and  Identify the use of the
then choose if the statements about the past simple in a short text.
text are true or false.
 Identify the correct use
In the second activity, the students will and structure of the past
have to underline the correct sentence, simple of verb to-be.
taking into account the past simple form
of verb to-be given during the lesson.

The trainee will give the students a few

minutes to complete the activities, then,
they will read their answers aloud.

CLOSURE (5 minutes)

Tutor activities Students’ activities Specific objectives Observations and unexpected

events:
In order to make a summary of the new The students will pay attention The students will be able to:
topic, the trainee will ask the students to the trainee’s questions, then  If the students do not
some questions related to the past they will answer them  Recall the main aspects of finish the activities before
simple form of the verb to-be, like: considering all the explanations the past simple form of the the break, the trainee will
and activities given during the verb-to be given in the use 5 minutes of the 80-
 When do we use the past class. lesson. minute class to check the
simple tense? activities and to make the
 Can we use “were” with closure of the lesson.
“he-she-it”? What is the
correct form of the verb
“be” to be used with these
 pronouns?

 Reference for theory and activities:

 “Essential Grammar in use” by Raymond Murphy. Cambridge 2nd edition. Pages 28 and 29.
 https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-practice/past-simple-verb-be
 ANNEX
 Model for poster

Past simple (to-be)

Examples:
I was tired last night Laura was here yesterday. They were at the cinema last
week.
 They weren’t at the cinema last
Laura wasn’t tired this morning
I wasn’t at home yesterday week.

Sentences for practice:

I ______ VERY TIRED THIS MORNING. (AFFIRMATIVE)

HE_______ LATE FOR SCHOOL YESTERDAY MORNING.

(NEGATIVE)

THEY ______ IN PARIS LAST YEAR. (AFFIRMATIVE)

MY FRIENDS _________ HERE LAST SUNDAY (AFFIRMATIVE)


Activities for production