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5A ENGLISH LANGUAGE LESSON PLAN
Lesson Reference: G3 Duration: 03 days (50 × 3 = 150mins)

Grade: Skill: Topic: Formation of Past Prefect From Past

Subject: English Teacher: Mr. Umair Ali
VIII Grammar Participles

Phase Task Details

Learning Goals
1. I want students to know the past perfect tense formation and function in written discourse.
2. I want students to analyze the type of sentences through language-focused input.
3. I want students to apply the knowledge of the past perfect tense in addressing real-life situations.
Learning Outcomes: Assessment
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to;
ACTIVATE – Know:
Presentation with Recognition Informal: What had he
1. Describe the action of the character in the picture. done?

EXPLORE - Analyze:
2. Inquire about the function of the past perfect tense. Informal: Asking Questions

Explanation:
EXPLAIN – Know: Informal: Listing 3 Forms
3. Complete the list of three forms of verbs. of Verbs
4. Describe and exemplify the uses of the past perfect tense. Informal: Describing Past
Perfect Tense
Practice:
AIM 5. Use past perfect tense to complete sentences. Informal: Fill in the gaps

ENGAGE – Analyze:
6. Share their insights on the reasons for past actions categorized as Informal: Whole Class
present actions. Discussion

EXPLAIN – Analyze:
7. Alter sentences in the past perfect tense. Informal: Altering Tense

Communicative Expression:
APPLY – Analyze:
8. Complete sentences on the given real-life situations using the past Informal: Addressing Past
perfect tense. Actions

Formal Formative Assessment: (10 Marks) Formal: Worksheet

Performance Indicator: Students can: (Annexure A)
1. Change the sentences in past perfect tense.
2. Form past participles of the given verbs.
3. Use past perfect tense to complete the sentences.
4. Construct past perfect sentences using the given pictures.

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Class VII I Page 2 of 7 LANGUAGE: GRAMMAR

DAY 01
In the Classroom: Time Required:
AIM  I will be able to describe the actions of a character in the 01 min
picture.
Presentation with Recognition: Activity 1:
Required: 10mins
OBJECTIVE 1: KNOW: Describe the action of the character in the Instructions: 01mins
picture. Activity: 06mins
Debriefing: 03mins
ACTIVITY 1: WHAT HAD HE DONE?
Instructions: The teacher will paste the picture on the board and will Resources:
ask students to make a sentence on a piece of paper. Picture, board, marker
(Here the teacher will ask them to make only one sentence describing
both actions) Informal Formative
Assessment:
ACTIVATE Assess students’ previous
knowledge of verbs and their
use of them in sentences.

Activity Debriefing:
The teacher will take oral responses from the students and will write
the common response on the board. Here the students may or may not
make sentences using past perfect and simple past tense.
EXPLORE: Activity 2:
Time Required: 18mins
OBJECTIVE 2: ANALYZE: Inquire about the function of the past Instructions: 02mins
perfect tense. Group time: 08mins
Debriefing: 02mins
ACTIVITY 2: ASKING QUESTIONS:
The teacher will write the QFocus statement on the board:
We can describe an action completed in the past before another Resources:
action happened Grouping Colour cards
(small size – Can be utilized
Grouping Strategy: The teacher will make heterogeneous groups of 6 in other group strategies)
having 5 students. She will use 6 different colours (red, yellow, green,
orange, purple, and black). Distribute each student a small colour piece Display for Questions
of card. The colour they pick will decide the members they are going Rules for producing
ANALYZE
to work with. questions:
 Ask as many questions as
Instructions for Asking Questions About QFocus and Rules for you can.
Producing Questions:  Do not stop to discuss,
 The teacher will highlight the keywords in the statement that judge, or answer any
will assist the students to produce questions. question.
 Students produce questions in groups verbally.  Write down every
 Any one student can help the teacher to write the questions on question exactly as it is
the display. stated.
 Students categorize questions into open and close-ended and  Change any statement into
change a few selected questions from open to closed-ended and a question.
close to open-ended with the help of the teacher.
 Students prioritize questions based on the following criterion:
Choose 3 questions.

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Expected Questions of QFocus:
1. How can we describe both past actions/events?
2. Why there is a need to describe these actions?
3. Which tense do we use to describe these actions of the past?
4. How can we describe two past events of different timings in a
sentence?

Activity Debriefing: Students choose a question in groups and share

their chosen question and the reason for choosing it with the rest of the
class.
Explanation: Activity 3:
Time Required: 25mins
OBJECTIVE 3: KNOW: Complete the list of three forms of verbs. Explanation: 15mins
Activity: 07mins
ACTIVITY 3: LISTING THREE FORMS OF VERBS Debriefing: 03mins
Instructions: The teacher will ask them to copy down the list of verbs
and complete the columns in pairs. Resources:
Notebooks, Board, and
Practice Exercise 3: Complete the list of forms of verbs given below. Markers

V1 V2 V3 V1 V2 V3 Informal Formative
beat draw Assessment:
ANALYZE begin drive Assess students’ correct
become drink identification of forms of
come fight verbs.
cut find
dig fly
do forget
eat forgive
fall give
feel go

Activity Debriefing: The teacher will take responses from all the
students. If the work is incomplete the rest can be taken as homework.

DAY 02
ENGAGE: Activity 4:
Time Required: 08mins
OBJECTIVE 4: ANALYZE: Share their insights on the reasons for Discussion: 05mins
past actions categorized as present actions. Debriefing: 03mins

ACTIVITY 4: WHOLE-CLASS DISCUSSION Informal Formative

The teacher will ask the students the following question and will ask Assessment:
them to respond by discussing it with the whole class. The students are going to
share their findings.
How can we describe two past events of different timings in a sentence?
ANALYZE
Debriefing: The student’s responses will be welcomed. Here students
will be explained in the following activity.
OBJECTIVE 5: KNOW: Describe and exemplify the uses of the past Activity 5:
perfect tense. Time Required: 15mins
Explanation: 10mins
Explanation: Debriefing: 05mins

ACTIVITY 5: DESCRIBING PAST PERFECT TENSE Resources:

THE PAST PERFECT TIMELINE:

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The Past Perfect tense can express the duration of a completed action. Notebooks, Board, and
It can also talk about a completed action in the past, before another Marker
action in the past.
Informal Formative
Assessment:
THE Assess students’ correct
exemplification of uses of the
past perfect tense.

PAST PERFECT IS FORMED WITH:

– the auxiliary verb ‘had’
– main verb in the Past Participle form – verb base +ed / +d / irregular

Past Perfect tense

affirmative: subject + had + main verb
negative: subject + had + not + main verb
question: had + subject + main verb
negative question: had + subject + not + main verb

Examples:
Forms in the Past Perfect of the verb to leave

affirmative
I had left
you had left
he/she/it had left
we had left
you had left
they had left

negative
I had not left
you had not left
he/she/it had not left
we had not left
you had not left
they had not left

questions
had I left?
had you left?
had he/she/it left?
had we left?
had you left?
had they left?

negative questions
had I not left?
had you not left?
had he, she, it not left?
had we not left?
had you not left?
had they not left?

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USES OF THE PAST PERFECT:
SITUATION 1:
to show that an action was completed in the past before another
action happened
She had read the book before she went to see her grandmother.
Raza had not studied English before he went to England.
(Notice the 2nd verb is in the Past Simple)

SITUATION 2:
with indirect speech (also called reported speech)
She told the teacher that she had not done her homework.

SITUATION 3:
with ‘if’ conditional clauses
If I had not washed my car, it probably would not have rained today.
If she had eaten her vegetables, her mother would have let her have
pudding.

SITUATION 4:
to express regret about something in the past
I wish I had listened at school.
He wished he hadn’t spent all his money on the car.

Practice Exercise 2: Write down one example for each of the given uses
of the past perfect tense.
1. It is used to show that an action was completed in the past before
another action happened.
2. It is used with indirect speech (also called reported speech)
3. It is used with ‘if’ conditional clauses.
4. It is used to express regret about something in past.

Activity Debriefing: Here the teacher will take the feedback by asking
examples for each.

DAY 03
OBJECTIVE 6: ANALYZE: Use past perfect tense to complete Activity 6:
sentences. Time Required: 10mins
Exercise: 06mins
Practice: Debriefing: 04mins

ACTIVITY 6: FILL IN THE GAPS Resources:

Instructions: Notebooks, Board, and
The teacher will instruct the students to write the following activity in Marker
their notebooks and complete the exercise by giving them its purpose.
Informal Formative
ANALYZE Practice Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with the positive or negative past Assessment:
perfect tense of the verbs given in the bracket. Assess the students’
1. She had lived (live) in China before she went to Thailand. utilization of correct answers
2. If you had listened (listen) to me, you would have gotten the to complete sentences.
job.
3. The lights went off because we hadn’t paid (not/pay) the
electricity bill.
4. She said that she hadn’t visited (not/visit) the UK before.
5. I wish they had won (win) the match.
Activity Debriefing: Here the teacher will take the responses and will
facilitate them where required.

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OBJECTIVE 7: ANALYZE: Alter sentences in the past perfect tense. Activity 7:
Time Required: 10mins
Practice: Instructions: 01min
Activity: 07mins
ACTIVITY 7: ALTERING TENSES Debriefing: 02mins
Instructions:
The teacher will instruct the students to write the following activity in Resources:
their notebooks and complete the exercise by giving them its purpose. Notebooks, markers, board

Practice Exercise 4: Write the sentences below in the past perfect tense. Informal Formative
1. I wrote a letter. Assessment:
2. She didn’t complete her homework. Assess students’ responses to
3. Did they eat dinner? the correct structure and form
4. Ms. Farah didn’t read the book. of the verb.
5. They went shopping.

Activity Debriefing:
The feedback on the structure and the sentence will be taken on board.
The students will be called upon to write responses.
OBJECTIVE 8: ANALYZE: Complete sentences on the given real-life Activity 8:
situations using past perfect tense. Time Required: 10mins
Instructions: 01min
ACTIVITY 8: ADDRESSING PAST ACTIONS Activity: 07mins
Instructions: Debriefing: 02mins
The teacher will instruct the students to write the following activity in
their notebooks and complete the exercise by giving them its purpose. Resources:
Notebooks, markers, board
Practice Exercise 5: Complete sentences using past perfect tense for
APPLY the given real-life situations. Informal Formative
1. Imran won the election because ________________________. Assessment:
2. I wish _________________________________. Assess students’ responses
3. If _______________________, many lives would have been to the correct structure and
save today. form of the verb.
4. I told her that _____________________________________.

Activity Debriefing:
The feedback on the structure and the sentence will be taken on board.
The students will be called upon to write responses.
Formal Formative Assessment (Graded) – 10 Marks: Activity 10:
Time Required: 20mins
ACTIVITY 10: WORKSHEET
Resources:
Performance Indicator: Students can Worksheet (Annexure A)
1. Change the sentences in the past perfect tense.
2. Form past participles of the given verbs. Marking Criteria:
3. Use past perfect tense to complete the sentences. Ex.1: 03 Marks: 0.5 for each
4. Construct past perfect sentences using the given pictures. Ex.2: 03 Marks: 01 for each
ASSESS Ex.3: 02 Marks: 0.5 for each
The students will do this activity on their own without the teacher’s Ex.4: 02 Marks: 0.5 for each
assistance
Informal Formative Assessment:
1. What Had He Done?
2. Asking Questions
3. Listing Three Forms of Verbs
4. Whole-Class Discussion
5. Describing Past Perfect Tense
6. Fill in the gaps
7. Altering Tenses

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8. Addressing Past Actions
Reflection and Post-Lesson Analysis:

(a) How did the lesson go?

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(b) What were the strong parts of the lesson?

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(c) How could the lesson be improved?

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(d) What activity can be added in it to the next session for better execution?

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Annexure A:

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