Teaching Grammar in context

 Subject : Grammar  Teaching point : Simple present tense  Text type : Information report  Class profile :  Level : Grade 10  Class size : 45  Time : 45 minutes  Objective :  By the end of the lesson students will be able to know how to use simple present tense to create information report  Teaching aids : Handouts, pictures… • Building the field: • -Activity 1: Game ( broken sentences) • Modeling of text: ( 3 activities) -Activity 2: Choose the correct answer. -Activity 3: Replace the underlined word…. -Activity 4: Identify the text type and structures with verbs • Joint construction: • Independent construction: 1. Activity 1: Game ( Broken sentences) • You have to put together sentences which have been broken up into halves. • You have to arrange them into 10 sentences. • The groups get 1 point for each correct sentence. Activity 1 1. The train usually . 2. She usually gets up . 3. He never has . 4. We often go out 5. I speak . 6. The Sun sets . 7. We seldom listen to 8. They usually go abroad 9. Tom and Peter never do . 10. You never tell me . .you love me. their homework. for their holiday. .French and German. in the West. toast for breakfast. .the radio in the evening at 6.30 . leaves at 7 o’clock. Activity 1 1. The train usually . 2. She usually gets up . 3. He never has . 4. We often go out 5. I speak . 6. The sun sets . 7. We seldom listen to 8. They usually go abroad 9. Tom and Peter never do . 10. You never tell me . .leaves at 7 o’clock. at 6.30. toast for breakfast. .in the evening. French and German. in the West. .the radio. for their holiday. their homework. . you love me! Activity 1 -Use the present simple tense to express a repeated or habitual or customary action or condition. Eg: He washes his hair once a week. I always go to school late - Use the present simple to express a general truth. Eg:The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. *Adverbs of frequency are used: Always, sometimes, often, rarely, never follow ‘Be’ and come before other verbs. *Affirmative: • S + V/ Vs/es • S+ is/ are *Negative: • S + don’t/ doesn’t + infinitive *Interrogative: • Do/ Does + S + infinitive *Note that have is irregular in the third person singular. • Eg: Tom has a new car. • 1. Tuan (have/has) a new shirt. • 2. Jerry and Linda (come/comes) to school on time. • 3. Ms. Jones (teach/teaches) geography. • 4. The cat (sleep/sleeps) on the sofa every day. • 5. Milk (is/are) two dollars a quart. Activity 2: Underline the correct answer. [...]... are making great efforts to conserve elephants, which are among the world’s most endangered species The table below gives some information about dolphins Work in groups Prepare a talk on dolphins, using the facts and figures provided in the table DOLPHINS RANGE AND HABITAT Oceans worldwide Prefer coastal waters and bays SIZE Smallest: about 50 kg and 1.2 m Largest: up to 8,200 kg and 10 m FEEDING HABITS... about 4 mph and swim for long distances They eat mainly plants and grass An elephant spends an average of 16 hours a day eating and consumes as much as 495 pounds of food per day At present, elephants are on the verge of extinction due to the introduction of exotic species, disease, pollution, over exploitation, and, especially, the ivory trade and diminishing habitat Endangered species organizations such... and find out the structures with verbs Structures S+ be + adj S+ be + noun S+ be + adv S+ be + passive S+V S+ modal Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 ELEPHANTS Elephants are the largest of all land mammals They are warm-blooded herbivorous vertebrates, whose temperature remains the same in spite of the changes of surrounding environment There are two types of elephants: African elephants and Indian... the Loxodonta Africana of Africa and the Indian one as Elephas maximus of South-central Asia African and Asian elephants are both enormous, grey, four-legged creatures with almost hairless skin, a distinctive long, flexible, and prehensile trunk, and upper incisors that form long curved tusks of ivory However, African elephants have large fan-shaped ears while Indian elephants’ ears are smaller An adult... FEEDING HABITS Carnivores Eat mostly fish OFFSPRING Give birth to one calf every 2 years Gestation period: 11-12 months LIFE SPAN From 25 to 65 years Sometimes longer, depending on the species SPECIAL FEATURES Mammals, not fish Among the most intelligent animals CONSERVATION CONCERNS At risk due to habitat pollution and accidental fishing net entrapment • Write an information report about the natural disaster...Activity 3: Replace the underlined word and phrase by the given word in brackets and carry out the changes if necessary: 1, You live here, don’t you? ( She) 2 This man often parks his car here ( men) 3 They have a TV but they never watch it ( My uncle) . • S + don’t/ doesn’t + infinitive *Interrogative: • Do/ Does + S + infinitive *Note that have is irregular in the third person singular. • Eg: Tom has. : Grammar  Teaching point : Simple present tense  Text type : Information report  Class profile :  Level : Grade 10  Class size : 45  Time : 45 minutes