TEFL Training Program
Lesson Plan Template
Teacher/s: Stephanie Mayeda & Aki Izumi Date: 6/27/19
Class: Grammar Level : Foundation Level
Goal: Teach students how to use present progressive using yes/no questions.
Objectives: (In a perfect world) Students Will Be Able To…
1. Recognize situations where they’ll be able to use present progressive
2. Ask and answer questions using present progressive
3. Understand the meaning of present progressive
Lesson Theme: Present progressive statements & yes/no questions
Activity / Skill Procedure Interacti Pairings Time
on (pairs,
(S-S, groups
T-Ss, of 4)
WC)
Warm Up: 1. INTRO/SKIT: We introduce ourselves and ask 15-20
students to introduce themselves. T-Ss min
a. Right after, Aki pretends to read while
Transition to Activity Stephanie tries to begin lesson
#1: Now that you b. NOTICING: Puzzled, ask students
understand the rules of “What is Aki doing?”
present progressive, c. Write their answer on the board so they
let’s do some exercises
can see present progressive.
together!
d. Next Aki pretends to listen to music and
dance. Repeat b and c.
e. End skit
f. TRANSITION: So what Aki and I just
demonstrated is how to use Present
Progressive.
2. MEANING: Present progressive is used to
describe actions that are happening RIGHT
NOW. Underline the “ing” for emphasis.
a. Aki will draw a timeline graph for
emphasis
b. Ask them why they can’t use simple
present when describing current actions.
(Remind them that they learned SP.)
i. Do a comparison: Ask if anyone
drinks coffee. How often?
ii. Aki writes examples of SP and
PP. (She drinks coffee every
morning, She is drinking coffee
right now)
3. EXPLANATION: If everyone understands, we
will go over the 4 rules deductively.
a. Aki teaches subject verb agreement
(inductive). Aki will remind students
that they should pay attention to “is”
and “are.”Also mention contractions are
okay.
b. Next, Aki teaches first 2 rules
i. Rule 2 - Stephanie writes on the
board “write” and “drive”
c. Stephanie teaches the last 2 rules
i. Write “run” and “sit” as
examples.
ii. Aki will write vowels on the
side so they know.
iii. Aki will write words for rule 4:
grow, fix, play.
4. Pass out WS’s
Activity 1: (Controlled 1. Ask students if they know all the vocab on the
Activity) - Aki leads WS. S-S Pair 20 min
2. ✓Comprehension check: Students complete
fill-in-the-blank in pairs
3. Tell them they have 1 min for each question.
4. Check answers as a class.
a. Pick on student to verbally answer
b. We repeat the answer for the whole
Transition to #2:Now
class
we have talked about
present progressive
c. Stephanie writes the answer on the
and you all understand board so that everybody has written
how to conjugate confirmation too.
different verbs. So now d. We ask them to repeat after us
we’re going to play a (everybody speaks)
game!
Activity 2: Charades 1. EXPLAIN: Give Charade directions entirely.
(Free Activity) - Time limit: 30seconds per round. S-Ss Pair 20 min
Stephanie leads 2. DEMO: Aki and Stephanie demo 2 rounds
using “swimming” and “running”.
3. ✓Comprehension check: What are your
questions before start?
4. Take a bunch of index cards and write a verb
on each. Make 12.
5. Place the cards face down in the middle of a
Transition to Wrap-up:
Now you can see that
table.
present progressive is 6. Student acts out word on the card until their
very useful in partner can guess what it is.
describing different 7. The other can only guess in the form of a yes or
actions. no question. Are you -ing? and the student who
is acting must respond, “Yes, I am -ing” or
“No, I am not -ing.”
8. Announce winning team at the end!
Wrap-up: Aki leads 1. In groups of 3, students will do P. 188 Activity S-Ss Groups 15 min
C. of 3
2. Whoever gets all the corrections, wins the
game.
Lesson Evaluation Procedures: Group activity
Materials:
1. Textbook
2. White board
3. Markers
4. WS - present progressive practice
5. Paper with the list of verbs
6. Notecards with verbs written on them
Anticipated Problems & Suggested Solutions:
- If there’s an odd number of students, we will make a group of 3
Contingency Plans (what you will do if you finish early, etc.):
- If we finish early, we will do a picture sharing activity on their phones. Students must choose a
picture with an action so they can use present progressive.
- If we’re running out of time, we will skip the wrap-up activity.
