Effective ways of teaching grammar at secondary school

Lesson plan 2

1. 
   Work with the presentation and answer the questions
   

2. Presentation of grammar rules ( Past Simple tense)


3.Put the verbs into the simple past:
Last year I (go) ____ to England on holiday.
It (be) ____ fantastic.
I (visit) ____ lots of interesting places. I (be) ____ with two friends of mine .
In the mornings we (walk) ____ in the streets of London.
In the evenings we (go) ____ to pubs.
The weather (be) ____ strangely fine.
It (not / rain) ____ a lot.
But we (see) ____ some beautiful rainbows.
Where (spend / you) ____ your last holiday?
4.Write the past forms of the irregular verbs.

Infinitive			Past Simple
1.	Meet
2.	Drive
3.	Speak
4.	Put
5.	Write
6.	Sing
7.	Do
8.	Sit
9.	Stand
10.	run

5. Complete the table in simple past.

Affirmative			Interrogative		Negative
1.	He wrote a book
2.		Was she pretty?
3.				He did not sing

6. Put the sentences into simple past.

We move to a new house. → _________

They bring a sandwich. → _________
He doesn't do the homework. → _________
They sell cars. → ________
Does he visit his friends? → _________


7.Write sentences in simple past.

Janet / miss / the bus → _________

she / tidy / her room → __________
Nancy / watch / not / television→ ________
she / read / a book → __________


8.Choose "Was“ or "Were“:

The teacher ____ nice.

The students ____ very clever.
But one student _____ in trouble.
We _____ sorry for him.
He _____ nice though.

Lesson plan 3
1. Presentation of new grammar material ( deductively)





2. Listen to the dialog and clap when you hear a new structure(recognition)
- Honey, we have to talk.
- What's happened? Why are you crying?
- I've broken your car.
- You've broken what? My car?
- Yes, I'm so sorry. I don't know how this happened.
- I do. You have always been such a bad driver! You have never learnt how to park a car. And now my car is broken. Thank you! Thank you very much!
- I told you, I am sorry. What else do I need to say?
- I see that it's not all. Any other problems, darling?
- I've lost my credit card and now the ten thousand dollars I've saved for our holiday have disappeared.
- Why haven't you called the bank and got your card blocked?
- I have. But, it... it's been too late.
- Ok, I don't know what to say. I'm leaving now. We'll talk when I come back.
- Where are you going?
- It's none of your business. I'll be late tonight. Bye.


At the bar :
- Hi, how are you?
- Hi, I feel awful.
- Why? What's happened?
- My wife has broken my car! My brand new car, which I bought only 6 months ago!
- How terrible!
- Yes, and she has lost her credit card.
- Has she? It's been a bad day for your wife. Has she got her card blocked?
- No, she hasn't blocked it. And the money she has saved up for our holiday is gone!
- It's been a terrible day for you and your wife? I'll get you another beer.
- Thanks. I'll need a lot of beer tonight.
3.Write given verbs according to the new grammar forms (drill)
Write, read, tell, say, show, go, do, speak, listen, begin, have, meet, work, get, organize, bring, lose, walk, watch, learn, swim.
4.Read the situation and then write a suitable sentence. Use the verb given in brackets.


Example: Hugh is listening to some music. It is a new cassette (buy). Hugh has bought a new cassette.
1. Andrew is sleeping soundly. It is late morning (oversleep).....
2. You are going to sit down to dinner and discover there is no bread in the house. (run out of).
3. We .... last weekend Gen went mountain-walking. Now she is in bed. (to catch a bad cold)
4.Your neighbors were playing their VCR very loud. Now it's quiet. (switch off)
5.Use the words in brackets to make questions according to a pattern.
Example: (he/ever/paint/people). Has he ever painted people?
1. Have (you ever/be/to Scotland?) .... .
2. Have (your parents/live/here all their lives?) .... .
3. Have (you/hear/this concert?) ... .
4. Have (how many times/you/ be married?) .... .
5. Have (he/ever/meet/the President?) .... .
6. Have (you/ever/visit/the White House?) ... .