Effective ways of teaching grammar at secondary school

Lesson plan 1


Theme: “What will I do tomorrow?” Grade: 6
Aims:
- To practice reading, writing and speaking skills
- To revise and reinforce grammar concerning the Future Simple Tense (‘will’ and ‘(be) going to’)
Objectives

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  Students will be able to use grammar points correctly
  
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  Students will be able to do exercises
  
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  Students will be able to use language in real life situations
  

Stage	Procedure	Time	Material
Greeting	Good morning, students! I`m glad to see you. Please, take your seats.	30 sec.
Engage	Discussion: What is the day tomorrow? Do you have a plan for tomorrow? What are you going to do? etc. OK. Thanks for your answers. Today we are going to reinforce grammar concerning the Future Simple Tense (‘will’ and ‘(be) going to’)	6 min	Active board
Study	Focus on grammar. -Read and match the sentences with the pictures	3 min	Active board Handouts with the pictures
Study	Exercises -put the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form sentences	5 min	Handouts
Study	Read the text and answer the questions.	3 min	Handouts
Activate	- Work in pairs and discuss : What will you do in the summer holidays? Use the words from the box. - And act out a dialogue	10-12 min	Handouts
Study	Read the text. Open the brackets, putting the verbs in the form of Future Simple (Indefinite). Find the answers to the following questions in the text and read them.	7 min	Handouts
Study	Make questions for the following sentences. Write questions as in the example.	5 min	Handouts
Conclusion	Your work today was brilliant! The lesson is over. You are free! Good bye, pupils!	30 sec	Blackboard

Lesson plan 2


Theme: “How did you spend your summer holidays?” Grade: 7
Aims: Time: 45 min

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  To practice reading, writing and speaking skills
  
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  To revise and reinforce grammar concerning the Past Simple Tense
  
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  To practice making using new words in speech
  

Objectives

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  Students will be able to use grammar points correctly
  
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  Students will be able to do exercises
  
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  Students will be able to speak about their holidays
  

Stage	Procedure	Time	Material
Greeting	Good morning, students! I`m glad to see you. Please, take your seats.	30 sec.
Engage	Let’s read Mark’s story about his summer holidays. And what about you ? Where did you spend your summer holidays? What did you do there? What tense have I used in my questions? You are absolutely right. Today we are going to reinforce grammar concerning the Past Simple Tense	10-12 min	Active board Power Point Presentation
Study	Presentation of grammar rules ( Past Simple tense)	6-8 min	Active board
Study	Exercises : Put the verbs into the simple past Write the past forms of the irregular verbs. Complete the table in simple past. Put the sentences into simple past. Write sentences in simple past. Choose "Was“ or "Were“	15 min	Handouts
Activate	- Work in groups: The students write a story about a holiday romance by inventing answers to questions. Students sit in a circle in groups of five or six. Each student answers the first question on their worksheet by inventing details and writing the answer in the space provided.	5-7 min
Conclusion	Your work today was brilliant! The lesson is over. You are free! Good bye, pupils!	30 sec	Blackboard

Lesson plan 3


Theme: “Life experience” Grade: 8
Aims: Time: 45 min

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  To practice reading, writing, listening and speaking skills
  
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  To revise and reinforce grammar concerning the Present Perfect Tense
  

Objectives

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  Students will be able to use grammar points correctly
  
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  Students will be able to do exercises
  
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  Students will be able to speak about their life experience
  

Stage	Procedure	Time	Material
Greeting	Good morning, students! I`m glad to see you. Please, take your seats.	30 sec.
Engage	Introduction	2 min	Active board
Study	1. Presentation of new grammar material ( deductively) Present Perfect Tense 2.Primary consolidation: listen to the dialog and clap when you hear a new structure (recognition) 3.Write given verbs according to the new grammar forms (drill) 4.Read the situation and then write a suitable sentence. Use the verb given in brackets. 5. Use the words in brackets to make questions according to a pattern.	10 min 10 min 15 min	Power point Presentation Handouts Handouts
Activate	- Work in pairs and discuss: Have you visited any countries? Have you gone sightseeing? Have you met interesting people? - And act out a dialogue	7-10 min
Conclusion	Your work today was brilliant! The lesson is over. You are free! Good bye, pupils!	30 sec	Blackboard

Lesson plan 4


Theme: “What are you doing?” Grade: 7
Aims: Time: 45 min

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  To practice reading, writing, listening and speaking skills
  
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  To revise and reinforce grammar concerning the Present Continuous Tense
  

Objectives

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  Students will be able to use grammar points correctly
  
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  Students will be able to do exercises
  
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  Students will be able to speak about social networking websites
  

Stage	Procedure	Time	Material
Greeting	Good morning, students! I`m glad to see you. Please, take your seats.	30 sec.
Engage	Introduction	2 min	Active board
Study	1. Presentation of new grammar material ( deductively) Present Continuous tense 2.Check your grammar: true or false 3.Primary consolidation: watch the video at: http://bit.ly/JwTawJ , Pay attention on a new structure (recognition) 4. Use the verbs in the list to complete the sentences according to the grammar. (drill) 5. Write the words to fill the gaps. 6. Write questions and negatives.	10 min 10 min 15 min	Power point Presentation Video Handouts
Activate	Discussion on the theme : «What are you doing ...»	7-10 min	• Handouts
Conclusion	Your work today was brilliant! The lesson is over. You are free! Good bye, pupils!	30 sec	Blackboard

Lesson plan 5


Theme: “Sport” Grade: 7
Aims: Time: 45 min

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  To practice reading, writing and speaking skills
  
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  To revise and reinforce grammar concerning the Present Simple Tense
  

Objectives
Students will be able to use grammar points correctly

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  Students will be able to do exercises
  
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  Students will be able to speak about everyday activity
  

Stage	Procedure	Time	Material
Greeting	Good morning, students! I`m glad to see you. Please, take your seats.	30 sec.
Engage	Will you, please, answer some questions? Do you usually get up early? Who usually prepares breakfast in your family? How many lessons do you usually have? OK. Thanks for your answers. What tense have I used in my questions? You are right.	2 min	Active board
Study	1. Presentation of new grammar material Present Simple tense 2. Reading (recognition) Find all verbs in present simple tense Answer the questions. Use the Present Simple tense. Fill in the blanks with the correct simple present tense form of the verb Change the verb into the correct form Change positive sentences into negative Circle the correct answer	10 min 10 min 15 min	Power point Presentation Video Handouts
Activate	Write about your daily routine. Use the following key verbs and any others that you know; to get up, to eat breakfast, to take/have a shower, to drive to work, to get to work, to have/eat lunch, to play, to walk, to go to bed.	7-10 min	• Handouts
Conclusion	Your work today was brilliant! The lesson is over. You are free! Good bye, pupils!	30 sec	Blackboard