Lesson Plan 2

English lesson - 10 to 12 years old students
SIMPLE PRESENT / PRESENT CONTINUOUS / JOBS

1. OBJECTIVES: Review questions and answers about date, day and weather; learn about jobs and activities related to them; make students see the difference between questions/sentences in SIMPLE PRESENT and PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
Note: Depending on the level of the group you may have to pre-teach some vocabulary.
2. MATERIAL: board, weather flashcards, jobs flashcards or pictures.
3. INTRODUCTION   (10’)
- Ask the group and elicit answers:
* HOW ARE YOU?   I’M FINE, THANKS.
  * WHAT DAY IS IT TODAY?   TODAY IS THURSDAY
  * WHAT’S THE DATE TODAY?   TODAY IS FEBRUARY THE twenty second, 2018  
  * WHAT’S THE WEATHER LIKE TODAY?  TODAY IT’S SUNNY
4. CONTENT   (30’)
4.1- Present simple/ Present continuous
Ask students these questions going from a question in simple present to a question in present continuous at a time, eliciting the answers:
  * DO YOU GO TO SCHOOL?  YES, I DO./ NO, I DON’T.
ARE YOU GOING TO SCHOOL NOW?  YES, I AM./ NO, I’M NOT.
  * DO YOU PLAY COMPUTER GAMES?   ARE YOU PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES NOW?
  * DO YOU USUALLY HAVE A SHOWER?   ARE YOU HAVING A SHOWER NOW?
  * DO YOU SOMETIMES RIDE A BIKE?    ARE YOU RIDING A BIKE NOW?
  * WHAT ARE YOU DOING NOW?   I AM STUDYING ENGLISH.
4.2- Jobs
 Show pictures of some people working and elicit their answer:
* WHAT ABOUT THESE PEOPLE?  ARE THEY STUDYING?   ARE THEY WORKING?  
- On the board, put some activities related to the pictures you showed them, for instance: cut meat, make bread, write, clean etc.
- While pointing at the pictures, ask them: WHAT IS SHE/HE DOING?  And elicit the answers:  HE IS CUTTING MEAT
- Ask them to say some jobs in English and include the ones you have in the pictures: secretary, baker, butcher, housekeeper, pilot, sailor, chef, actor, musician etc.
  * After training the vocabulary a little as a group, make them ask each other pointing to the pictures; have two or three pairs show for all the group before pairing them up to practice: WHAT IS SHE/HE DOING?
5. MIMING GAME: JOBS   (15’) 
  Tell them they are going to play miming game about jobs. A student should mime what a person in certain job does and the group should say present continuous sentences to try to guess what the job is, and finally ask the question, like in this example:   YOU ARE CLEANING;  YOU ARE SWEEPING;  ARE YOU A HOUSEKEEPER?
6. CLOSURE (5’)
- WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED TODAY?  Have them review the topics they’ve just learned and show them how much they can learn in a class.
- Finish the class by saying something like: THAT’S A WRAP/LET’S CALL IT A DAY! SEE YOU ON TUESDAY! GOODBYE!

Picture from: https://aletp.com.br/2017/06/6-dicas-para-se-concentrar-no-trabalho-e-nos-estudos/