LESSON AIMS
1. Students will improve recognition of the differences between the passive voice and active voice with particular attention paid to the present simple, past simple, and present perfect passive forms.
2. Students will inductively review passive form structures.
3. Students will quickly review language used to express opinions.
4. Students will contextualize the use of the passive by first making guesses about Seattle, and then finding out about certain facts about that city
5. Students will focus on passive oral production skills in the context of speaking about Tuscany.
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
1. Students will almost certainly have problems with using the passive form in production activities. As the class is an intermediate level, students have principally concentrated on acquiring oral skills using the active voice. For this reason, I have chosen the narrow focus area of speaking about Tuscany so that students can focus on a specific subject in the context of speaking about their part of the world.
2. Students might tend to place the subject of the passive sentence after the participle as they are used to an object being the object of a verb and not the subject of the sentence.
3. Students might have difficulties in recognizing the difference between the passive voice and the present perfect active.
4. Students might substitute /d/ for /t/ in certain participle endings with verbs such as 'send'.
SKILLS
1. Students will improve recognition of the differences between the passive voice and active voice with particular attention paid to the present simple, past simple, and present perfect passive forms.
2. Students will inductively review passive form structures.
3. Students will quickly review language used to express opinions.
4. Students will contextualize the use of the passive by first making guesses about Seattle, and then finding out about certain facts about that city
5. Students will focus on passive oral production skills in the context of speaking about Tuscany.
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
1. Students will almost certainly have problems with using the passive form in production activities. As the class is an intermediate level, students have principally concentrated on acquiring oral skills using the active voice. For this reason, I have chosen the narrow focus area of speaking about Tuscany so that students can focus on a specific subject in the context of speaking about their part of the world.
2. Students might tend to place the subject of the passive sentence after the participle as they are used to an object being the object of a verb and not the subject of the sentence.
3. Students might have difficulties in recognizing the difference between the passive voice and the present perfect active.
4. Students might substitute /d/ for /t/ in certain participle endings with verbs such as 'send'.
SKILLS
Reading Short prepared text with passive and active in the present simple, past simple, and present perfect forms.
1. Develop skimming skills by scanning text to locate facts about Seattle.Speaking Making guesses and expressing opinions about Seattle.Speaking about Tuscany using the passive voice.
1. Develop skimming skills by scanning text to locate facts about Seattle.Speaking Making guesses and expressing opinions about Seattle.Speaking about Tuscany using the passive voice.
GRAMMAR
Inductive grammar review of the differences between the passive and active focusing mainly on the present simple, past simple and present perfect passives.
Materials:
Here are the Materials used for the lesson:
Seattle Fact Sheet
· The basketball team "The Lakers" are from Seattle
· It often rains in Seattle
· Silicon valley is near Seattle
· Bill Gates and Microsoft are located in Seattle
· Chrysler cars are manufactured in Seattle
· Bruce Springsteen was born in Seattle
· "Grunge" music comes from Seattle
· Seattle is in the Southwest of the United States
My HometownMany years ago, I was born in Seattle, Washington USA. Seattle is located in the Northwest corner of the USA. Recently, Seattle has become the focus of much international attention. Many films have been made there, probably the most famous of which is "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Seattle is also known as the birthplace of Grunge music, both Pearl Jam and Nirvana are from Seattle. For older people like myself, it should be noted that Jimmi Hendrix was born in Seattle! NBA fans know Seattle for the "Seattle Supersonics" which has played basketball in Seattle for more than 30 years. Unfortunately, Seattle is also famous for its bad weather. I can remember weeks and weeks of grey, wet weather when I was growing up.Seattle has also become one of the fastest growing business areas in the United States. Two of the most important names in the booming business scene in Seattle are Microsoft and Boeing. Microsoft was founded and is owned by the world-famous Bill Gates (how much of his software is on your computer?). Boeing has always been essential to the economic situation in Seattle. It is located to the north of Seattle and famous jets such as the "Jumbo" have been manufactured there for more than 50 years!Seattle is positioned between the Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains. The combination of its scenic location, thriving business conditions and exciting cultural scene makes Seattle one of America's most interesting cities.
A VIP - Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Students often confuse the present perfect and present perfect continuous. This lesson employs an imaginary biography to get students asking questions and speaking about completed accomplishments (present perfect) and duration of activity (present perfect continuous).
Aim: Correct use of present perfect and present perfect continuous, contrasted with simple past
Activity: Use of an imaginary chart of life events to elicit questions and answers using both the present perfect and present perfect continuous, as well as the simple past
Level: Intermediate
Outline:
· Review the present perfect and present perfect continuous with the class. Focus on the difference between present perfect to express an amount finished up to the present moment (I've read three books by Hemingway), and the present perfect continuous to express the duration of the current activity (She's been reading for three hours).
· Ask students to take a look at the sentences in exercise 1 and decide if they are correct or incorrect.
· Make a point of discussing the use of BOTH the present perfect and present perfect continuous with common verbs such as live, work, play, drive, etc.
· Ask students to read the life chart of John Anderson.
· Have students pair up and use the question cues. Ask students to use the present perfect continuous when asking about the duration of an activity.
· To check if students are doing the activity correctly, ask the students to write out the questions once they have finished.
John Anderson: VIP
0Born 1954
6Started school
12Started magazine delivery service
13Started playing tennis
15Hired four other boys for magazine delivery service
17Sold magazine delivery service for $20,000
17Went to Harvard Business School
18Won New York State tennis championship
19Started 'Supersoft' software company with roommate
20Sold 'Supersoft' for $400,000
21Graduated with honors from Harvard
22Received Masters of International Business from Yale
23Started work for Brown and Bran Inc. in New York City
25Married first wife, Josine
26First son born, Josh
26Promoted to Vice President of International Sales
27Won New York Business Club's International Businessman Award
28Left Brown and Bran Inc.
28Started New Media Associates Inc. in New York City
29Divorced Josie
30Won 'New Business Innovation' award
31Met and married second wife, Angela
32Second son, Philip, born
33Won over-thirty tennis tournament of New York City
Seattle Fact Sheet
· The basketball team "The Lakers" are from Seattle
· It often rains in Seattle
· Silicon valley is near Seattle
· Bill Gates and Microsoft are located in Seattle
· Chrysler cars are manufactured in Seattle
· Bruce Springsteen was born in Seattle
· "Grunge" music comes from Seattle
· Seattle is in the Southwest of the United States
My HometownMany years ago, I was born in Seattle, Washington USA. Seattle is located in the Northwest corner of the USA. Recently, Seattle has become the focus of much international attention. Many films have been made there, probably the most famous of which is "Sleepless in Seattle" starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Seattle is also known as the birthplace of Grunge music, both Pearl Jam and Nirvana are from Seattle. For older people like myself, it should be noted that Jimmi Hendrix was born in Seattle! NBA fans know Seattle for the "Seattle Supersonics" which has played basketball in Seattle for more than 30 years. Unfortunately, Seattle is also famous for its bad weather. I can remember weeks and weeks of grey, wet weather when I was growing up.Seattle has also become one of the fastest growing business areas in the United States. Two of the most important names in the booming business scene in Seattle are Microsoft and Boeing. Microsoft was founded and is owned by the world-famous Bill Gates (how much of his software is on your computer?). Boeing has always been essential to the economic situation in Seattle. It is located to the north of Seattle and famous jets such as the "Jumbo" have been manufactured there for more than 50 years!Seattle is positioned between the Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains. The combination of its scenic location, thriving business conditions and exciting cultural scene makes Seattle one of America's most interesting cities.
A VIP - Present Perfect Simple and Continuous
Students often confuse the present perfect and present perfect continuous. This lesson employs an imaginary biography to get students asking questions and speaking about completed accomplishments (present perfect) and duration of activity (present perfect continuous).
Aim: Correct use of present perfect and present perfect continuous, contrasted with simple past
Activity: Use of an imaginary chart of life events to elicit questions and answers using both the present perfect and present perfect continuous, as well as the simple past
Level: Intermediate
Outline:
· Review the present perfect and present perfect continuous with the class. Focus on the difference between present perfect to express an amount finished up to the present moment (I've read three books by Hemingway), and the present perfect continuous to express the duration of the current activity (She's been reading for three hours).
· Ask students to take a look at the sentences in exercise 1 and decide if they are correct or incorrect.
· Make a point of discussing the use of BOTH the present perfect and present perfect continuous with common verbs such as live, work, play, drive, etc.
· Ask students to read the life chart of John Anderson.
· Have students pair up and use the question cues. Ask students to use the present perfect continuous when asking about the duration of an activity.
· To check if students are doing the activity correctly, ask the students to write out the questions once they have finished.
John Anderson: VIP
0Born 1954
6Started school
12Started magazine delivery service
13Started playing tennis
15Hired four other boys for magazine delivery service
17Sold magazine delivery service for $20,000
17Went to Harvard Business School
18Won New York State tennis championship
19Started 'Supersoft' software company with roommate
20Sold 'Supersoft' for $400,000
21Graduated with honors from Harvard
22Received Masters of International Business from Yale
23Started work for Brown and Bran Inc. in New York City
25Married first wife, Josine
26First son born, Josh
26Promoted to Vice President of International Sales
27Won New York Business Club's International Businessman Award
28Left Brown and Bran Inc.
28Started New Media Associates Inc. in New York City
29Divorced Josie
30Won 'New Business Innovation' award
31Met and married second wife, Angela
32Second son, Philip, born
33Won over-thirty tennis tournament of New York City
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