Teacher Guide
If possible, bring some photos or pictures showing people in a variety of situations (otherwise make quick sketches on the board). Show one of the photos and have the students describe what is happening / what the people are doing. Help them to use the present continuous form.
Then ask them to imagine what the people in the picture did before the photo was taken, for example 'What did they do in the morning?'
Finally, ask them to imagine what the people in the picture will do after the activity in the photo, for example 'What will they do in the evening?'.
They can use their ideas from the example pictures to complete this worksheet, or they can invent others. Have them read their work out loud and encourage group discussion about the other students' ideas.
10mins - Conversation: How often do you have homework? Do you enjoy doing homework? What is your favourite type of homework? Your least favourite? Where do you typically do your homework? Do you have a homework routine?
05mins - Review the online homework. What topics were discussed? Was the homework easy, medium or difficult? Answer any questions the students may have.
05mins - Review: verbs in the simple past. Brainstorm a list with the class.
15mins - Activity: What am I doing? Enter the classroom and perform a series of tasks, such as writing something on the whiteboard, opening your bag, singing a song to yourself, falling on the floor...etc. Ask the students to take notes of what you are doing. Then ask the students to write sentences explaining what you just did, using the verb in the past. Tell students to order the events using: first, next, then, after and finally.
10mins - Worksheet: 10 simple past - story time
15mins - Practice Test: 10 listening practice - part 5
05mins - Warm down: goodbye see you next time
00mins - Homework: complete the next section of the online homework.
Possible answers:
- (Before) They went to the park.
- (Before) She went to school.
- (Now) They are playing football.
- (Now) She is studying.
- (Soon) They will eat ice-cream.
- (Soon) She will go home.