Basic: Family, -ing words – week 6

Unit Objective: Students will be able to write and speak about everyday activities, correctly corresponding “to be” words with –ing verbs.

Vocabulary: -ing verbs, “to be” verbs: Cooking, cleaning, reading, studying, eating, drinking, reading, smiling, eating breakfast/lunch/dinner, washing dishes, listening to music, playing, watching TV, shopping, relaxing, working, laughing, standing

Monday Lesson Objectives: Materials

Review last week’s objectives as appropriate

Orally identify everyday actions

Correctly associate personal pronouns and match them with to be verbs

Use form present progressive tense of verb to be.

Story, “David’s story” (see below)

Activity pictures (see below)

-ing worksheet (see below)

Verb name tags

Activity Ideas:

To Be match: After reviewing the pronouns and corresponding “to be” verbs, Ss get nametags with either a pronoun or a “to be” verb. They have to find their match (another student); “I” should find “am” and stand together.

Action pictures: T shows action pictures on ELMO and notecards with the corresponding –ing verb. Students orally create sentences about the picture. T: What is she doing? Ss: She is cooking. Repeat for all pictures.

-ing worksheet - Ss cut out verbs and –ing mini cards. They should place them in the correct spots on the worksheet, then write the answers.

I ___________________ sleep____.

You _____________ cook ______.

He _________ clean______.

She __________ study______.

We ____________ eat______.

They __________ relax______.

I ____________ wash______ dishes.

You ______________ play______.

She _________ watch ________ TV.

Tuesday

Lesson Objectives: Materials

Review Monday’s objectives as appropriate.

Use PP tense with select verbs to describe what family members are doing

Pictures from Monday

Cloze (see below)

Activity Ideas:

Action Pictures – review pictures orally once on ELMO. Second time through, Ss can write sentences (high level) or words (low level) on white boards. Talk about what the mother, father, etc are doing in each picture if applicable.

Speaking: Today I am? Ss ask each other: “What are you doing today?” Ss answer one or many things. Go around the room.

Cloze

David’s Family

My _________ is David. I am _________. I _________

divorced. I _________ with my _________ and

father. I _________two _________ and one

_________. My _________ are _________ dinner.

They are _________.

_________ are _________. _________ son is

_________ TV. My _________ is _________ English.

She is _________ a book. My ________ is _________

the _________. I am _________ and _________. I

like _________ to music. I _________ like _________.

My _________ is _________.

Wednesday

Lesson Objectives: Materials

Review Tuesday’s objectives as appropriate.

Identify everyday actions in writing and listening

What is she doing? worksheet (see below)

Charade cards (volunteer made)

Activity Ideas:

Charades – learners pick a word or picture and act out what they are doing. Other learners guess.

What are you doing? worksheet: T should model these questions prior to giving out the worksheet. Stress that “she” questions have “she” answers, etc.

Dictation: cooking, eating, working, I am studying English.

Thursday

Lesson Objectives: Materials

Review Wednesday’s objectives as appropriate.

Write about what is happening in a picture using PP

Picture for writing (see below)

Activity Ideas:

Picture Writing - Together spell all of the –ing words on the board that are contained in the picture so students have a point of reference when writing. Class talks about the picture together. Ss write as much as they can about the picture.