Present Continuous and Grammar Lesson - A1Y - 1 November

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

The Present Continuous

with a dash of

Halloween and other such Grammar Things

1 VWO-TTO group: always have to speak English in class, are probably already using the present continuous but aren't aware of the fact that it is the present continuous.

Present Continuous: Without knowing anything about the present continuous we're going to discover what it is while talking about some of the gif on the following slides:

Log into the LessonUp

- in pairs look at the slides and write down what the people/things are doing in slides.

Discuss with your partner.

Once you've looked at every slide, try to make sentences of what the people in the slides are doing.

Example: what is happening in the first slide? --> the masked people are laughing --> example of a sentence

Not possible to log in? discuss the gif with the group; then have them work in pairs, they'll have to come up with a sentence of each gif.

write down one sentence per group on the board

Ask the group to focus on the verbs; what do you notice about the verbs in these sentences?

all are in the present tense

all use a form of 'to be'

all use a verb form ending in -ing

You've just described the present continuous!

What do you notice about the present continuous? What does it express?

that an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future

Today's Lesson

• A quick recap of the Present Continuous
• Pair work: what are they doing?
• P. 12 of New Headway Textbook
• Feedback Friday
  
• Extra: Happiness Quiz on P. 18 + 19
  

1 VWO-TTO group: always have to speak English in class, are probably already using the present continuous but aren't aware of the fact that it is the present continuous.

Present Continuous: Without knowing anything about the present continuous we're going to discover what it is while talking about some of the gif on the following slides:

Log into the LessonUp

- in pairs look at the slides and write down what the people/things are doing in slides.

Discuss with your partner.

Once you've looked at every slide, try to make sentences of what the people in the slides are doing.

Example: what is happening in the first slide? --> the masked people are laughing --> example of a sentence

Not possible to log in? discuss the gif with the group; then have them work in pairs, they'll have to come up with a sentence of each gif.

write down one sentence per group on the board

Ask the group to focus on the verbs; what do you notice about the verbs in these sentences?

all are in the present tense

all use a form of 'to be'

all use a verb form ending in -ing

You've just described the present continuous!

What do you notice about the present continuous? What does it express?

that an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future

Aims of Today's Lesson

At the end of the lesson you can explain/give examples of:

• Make a sentence using the Present Continuous
• Prepositions, Nouns, verbs with similar meanings, adjectives and nouns that go together
  
• Words with two meanings
• Feedback Friday
  
• Extra: Practice your reading and speaking skills: via the Happiness Quiz
  

1 VWO-TTO group: always have to speak English in class, are probably already using the present continuous but aren't aware of the fact that it is the present continuous.

Present Continuous: Without knowing anything about the present continuous we're going to discover what it is while talking about some of the gif on the following slides:

Log into the LessonUp

- in pairs look at the slides and write down what the people/things are doing in slides.

Discuss with your partner.

Once you've looked at every slide, try to make sentences of what the people in the slides are doing.

Example: what is happening in the first slide? --> the masked people are laughing --> example of a sentence

Not possible to log in? discuss the gif with the group; then have them work in pairs, they'll have to come up with a sentence of each gif.

write down one sentence per group on the board

Ask the group to focus on the verbs; what do you notice about the verbs in these sentences?

all are in the present tense

all use a form of 'to be'

all use a verb form ending in -ing

You've just described the present continuous!

What do you notice about the present continuous? What does it express?

that an action or condition is happening now, frequently, and may continue into the future

Assignment: What are they doing? (10 minutes)

• Look at the Gif in the next 10 slides

• What do you see? What are they all doing?

• Talk to your neighbour
• Write down what they are doing

Come up with one sentence for each gif that explains what they are doing

What are they doing?

What are the sisters doing?

What is the skeleton man doing?

What are the sisters doing?

What is Jack doing?

What are they doing?

What is Wednesday doing?

What are they doing?

What are they doing?

What is the pumpkin doing?

What are they doing:

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2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

New Headway Textbook (5 minutes)

• Verbs of Similar Meaning
• Adjectives and Nouns that go together
• Prepositions
• Words with two meanings
  

Discuss with your neighbour what all of these are and how you can give examples of them. What is a verb? What is an example of a verb? What does a verb do?

Write the answers in your notebook

New Headway Textbook (8 minutes)

Turn to Page 12 and do assignment 1 to 5

Feedback Friday

• Was there an assignment that you thought was difficult today? If so, which assignment did you think was difficult?
  
  
• Give me an example of the Present Continuous
  
  
• Tell me anything
  

Happiness Quiz

Turn to Page 18 + 19 and fill out the quiz