Lesson Plan Format 2018-II 

Lesson Name:​ ​Your Free Time​ ​Lesson​ ​Number:​ ​Seven 
Institution:​ ​Centro Cultural Colombo Americano 
Pre-service Teacher in Charge:​ ​Miguel Mejía Flórez 
Grade:​ ​Level Three 
Date of implementation: ​September 20th and 24th, 2018​ Time of the class: ​4 
hours 
 
 
RATIONALE: 
 
In  this lesson, the students reinforce the negative form of the simple present with 
auxiliaries  ​don’t  /  doesn’t.  ​This  need  is  supported  by  the  fact  that  students 
have  trouble  remembering  that  auxiliaries  call  for  base  forms  in  negative 
statements. 
 
This  lesson  revisits  the  topic  of  making  questions  and  starts  with  a  fluency 
activity  for  students  to  ask  their  partners  WH  questions  with  main  verbs. 
Students  also  work  on  their  writing  skills  and  they  analyze  a  simple  rubric  for 
writing  so  they  are  more  aware  of  what  is  expected  from  them  when  writing  a 
short paragraph. 
 
Finally,  the  students  start  preparing  a  presentation  on  science  topics,  after 
reading  short  science  articles  on  scientific  topics  like  biology  and  ecology.  This 
short  project  is  not  necessarily  connected  to  target  language  they  study  on  the 
course.  The  articles  are  from  the  magazine  Exploring  the  Planet,  and  they  were 
sent  to  the  students  by  the  US Embassy, which sponsors the program; and it’s a 
requirement.  The expected outcome is that at the end of the semester, the Access 
students will put together a science fair for the community. This activity might be 
meaningful  for  them  because  it  is  crucial  to  instill  in  students  values  like 
protecting the environment and working cooperatively.   
  
 
 
 
 
 
TOPIC: 
Objectives: 
● Communicative​: Students in level Three at the Access Program will be 
able to apply the simple present in negative form to describe their routines.  
● Language​: Ss will be able to exchange information using vocabulary on 
leisure activities, and they will be able to recognize the right collocations 
for free time activities with the verbs ​DO / GO / PLAY 
● Learning​: Ss will be able to work cooperatively with students in the same 
level in another group of the program in order to put together a science 
fair. 
 
 
INTRODUCTION 
Activities  Time  Materials 
Students review making questions with a  20 minutes  Dice and 
speaking game. The Ss are organized in  teacher-made cubes 
with WH Question 
groups of 4 and are given a die and a cube  words 
with Wh question words on each side. Ss  Link 
take turns rolling both and the get the 
points on the die if they are able to make 
questions correctly. 
After some time the game is changed so 
the teams ask questions to the other 
teams. 
 
 
 
PRESENTATION 
Activities  Time  Materials 
Presentation:   15 minutes  English in Common 
Activity 1:​ The T has students circle the    2 Student’s Book. 
  Page 27 
phrases in the box that match the photos    Link 
on their course books and has them work     
   
in pairs taking turns asking and     
answering what the people in the photos     
are doing. Ss organize the activities in the     
   
box according to places. T asks them to     
work in pairs telling each other what they     
   
like and what they don´t like to do at these     
places. They can say: ​I like to read a book     
   
at a park. I don´t like to sunbathe on the     
beach.​ Or they ask their partner if he/she     
likes doing something. They can ask: ​Do     
   
you like to cook at home?      
     
   
Activity 2:​ The T presents the vocabulary  20 minutes  English in Common 
traffic jam​ then has the students predict    2 Student’s Book. 
  Page 28 
how to complete quotes about what people    Link 
do during traffic jams, with action verbs.     
   
Then students listen to the an audio and     
check answers. Then practice reading out     
loud. The T has some students read out     
   
loud and gives feedback on pronunciation.      
     
   
Activity 3:​ the teacher reinforces the  10 minutes   
structure for the simple present tense in     
   
negative     
     
   
Subject + Don’t / Doesn’t + Base form +     
Complement     
     
   
Then T tells students to find the negatives     
in the quotes in the previous exercise and     
   
underline them. Read the example aloud.     
Write the sentences on the board.     
   
Underline the negative verb in each     
sentence. Tell students to complete a     
   
   
   
grammar box with the rules. The teacher     
elicits the correct answers for the blanks.       
   
     
Activity 4:     
15 minutes  English in Common 
Collocations for leisure activities and  2 Student’s Book. 
sports  Page 29 
Link 
Students encounter vocabulary on leisure   
activities and sports. Students work on a   
matching activity of vocabulary and 
pictures. Then they classify the vocabulary 
into activities that are expressed with the 
verbs Go, Play and Do 
 
Like ​GO:​ swimming, dancing, running etc. 
​PLAY:​ soccer, tennis, games 
​DO:​ aerobics, yoga, karate etc. 
 
The teacher has the students focus on the 
vocabulary and the T goes over the 
pronunciation, and has students repeat 
the words. 
 
Later, students stand up and mingle 
around the classroom asking their 
classmates what they can / can’t do, or if 
they want to try the activities.  
 
 
PRACTICE (Controlled Practice) 
Activities  Time  Materials 
Practice:   15 minutes  English in 
Activity 1:​ Students look at free time    Common 2 
  Student’s Book. 
activities and tell partners what they are.    Page 28 
Ss have to listen to an interview to Carlos    Link 
   
   
and complete when this character does     
those activities.      
   
Students reinforce pronunciation with the     
teacher.     
   
     
     
   
Activity 2:​ The T has students read an  15 minutes  English in 
article about “Carlos” silently. Tells them    Common 2 
to find and correct the 3 mistakes in the     Student’s Book  
Page 29 
article and check answers with a partner.    Link 
Ask them to make correct sentences about      
 
Carlos. The T calls on a student to read the     
example aloud, and elicits answers from     
   
the class.     
     
   
Activity 3:​ Ss work on application  25 minutes  English in 
activities about the simple present in    Common 2 
negative form their workbooks. These    Workbook 
  Activities  
activities are about the negative form of    Page 16 
main verbs different from BE, using the    Link 
   
auxiliaries ​don’t / doesn’t   
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
PRODUCTION (Free practice) 
Activities  Time  Materials 
  15 minutes  English in 
Activity 1: Students look at a chart with  Common 2 
Student’s Book. 
everyday activities. They read the  Page 29 
activities and check the ones that apply  Link 
 
to them. Then, T asks them to write when 
they do this activity. Ss add 2 more 
activities to the chart Then they mingle 
and ask their classmates when they do 
those activities. 
 
 
 
EVALUATION (Feedback) 
Activities  Time  Materials 
Activity 1:  30 minutes  Rubric for peer 
The teacher announces that students are    revision and 
  evaluation of 
going to write a paragraph about their    paragraphs 
routines based on the previous exercises.    Link 
   
The teacher projects a rubric on the     
board and discuss in pairs if they     
   
understand the descriptors on the rubric.     
The T clarifies any doubts students may     
have.     
   
     
Ss write a short article about their free     
   
time. T tells them to use their notes from     
the previous exercise. Help with errors as     
   
they write. T calls on a few students to     
read their articles. T asks the rest of the     
   
class questions about what the student     
who is reading says.     
The teacher explains that students will     
   
write a first draft, and their papers will be     
returned with suggestions, so they can     
   
correct them. Later on they will correct     
them and the rubric will be applied for a     
   
grade.     
     
   
     
     
     
 
Project:  30 minutes  Samples of 
Students are given 3 magazines designed  magazines for 
oral 
for students of English (​Exploring the  presentation 
Planet)​ , containing articles on biology,  Link 
biodiversity, environmental protection, 
and history. 
 
Students are grouped with students of 
the same level in another group in the 
same program, and they are assigned a 
topic to present. In class, students read 
the articles and try to summarize what 
they understood with their own words. 
The teachers monitor and provide 
assistance with vocabulary and grammar 
in the articles. In groups, the students 
discuss what they can do to present their 
topics creatively. 
 
The the students discuss in open class 
one or two main idea about their articles, 
and how they would put together a 
presentation for the community 
 
References:  
 
Saumell, M.V; Birchley, S.L. (2011). English in Common 2. White Plains : 
Pearson 
Saumell, M.V; Birchley, S.L. (2011). English in Common 2 Workbook . 
White Plains: Pearson