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Present Perfect Using "For" and "Since"

Sample Lesson Plan Level: Pre-intermediate Length of Lesson: 45 minutes Primary Aim: To better enable Ss to understand the use of Present Perfect with “for” and “since” and to use the target language in the context of talking about themselves. Lead in: Ask students as to what they want to do in the future [Travel, occupation, attend events, etc...] Instructions: 1. Break students up in pairs. 2. Give students 3 minutes to discuss future plans. 3. Feedback – 2 minutes Gist Listening/ Model Introduce T’s timeline: 1991: Started his 1st job. 1993: Started driving 2011: Got married Noticing Tasks 1. CCQ’s      a. When did T start his 1 st job? (1991)      b. Is T working that job now? (No)      c. The action finished in the past? (Yes) [This particular question is used to distinguish between a task/activity that is finished and a task/activity that is continuing]      a. When did T get married?(2011)      b. Is T still married? Yes

Introduction to Writing

To start writing, you need to understand a few ideas and rules. There are quite a few concepts and rules, but we can go slow. First, let's start with the following: NOUN What is a noun? A NOUN is the name of a person, place, thing, or idea. Here are some examples: Person - Sherlock Holmes Place - Bangkok, Thailand Thing - Chair Idea - Theory of Relativity A simple sentence in English has a Subject + a verb + an object - Thailand has many temples --  Thailand is the subject of the sentence and temples is the object of the sentence. The subject and objects are usually nouns, but not always. ADJECTIVES After learning what a noun is, let's move on and find words that could say something about these nouns. What can say something about a noun? An adjective.  By definition, ADJECTIVES describe a noun. In a sentence, the adjective comes before the noun. For example: That's a fast car ( That's a car fast ).  He's a slow foo

Bringing Shakespeare into the ESL Classroom/ Sample Lesson Plan

Bringing Shakespeare into an ESL classroom can be quite a challenging task for any level. People either love or hate Shakespeare. In order to make it more engaging, it is great to use vocabulary that the Ss will find interesting and to use pictures that will spark their imagination. Topic: Family and Shakespeare Primary Aim: to enable the Ss to use the following lexical items dead, enemy, revenge, land, power, and jealous when talking about family. Type of Lesson:   Receptive Skills Lesson LEAD IN T tells the Ss a story about a time he fought with a family member. Ss then share their own stories with their classmates. Brief content feedback between T and Ss. PRE TEACH VOCABULARY                 T preteaches the following vocabulary words in this order: Dead (Picture)- Is this person alive? No . This person is _____________. Enemy (Picture)- The opposite of friend is __________. Revenge (Anecdote)- This person wanted _____________. Why? Land (Pictu