Developing Communicative Skills (19)

 Developing Communicative Skills


Objective:

By the end of this class, we will be able to talk about our daily routines and hobbies by using the past progressive and simple past.

 

Agenda:   

  • Review grammar: past progressive.

  • Grammar: future will.

  • Listening.  

  • Speaking. 



Task 1: Warm up! - Review the Past Continuous. 

  1. Let's read the next sentences and complete them using the past continuous or simple past. Click HERE. 

  2. Together, let’s complete another activity related to simple past and past progressive. Click HERE. 





Task 2: Review the Past Continuous. 

  1. Click HERE and complete the section Past Continuous. 

  2. Then, depending on your group, click on the link. 

  3. Create sentences or questions, in the past progressive. 

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

GROUP 3

GROUP 4

GROUP 5



Task 3: Grammar: Future Will


Look at the pictures and create sentences using will. Click HERE. 


Task 4: Grammar: Future Will

  1. Practice the structure of future will by organizing the sentences. Click HERE. 

  2. Click HERE and write what it asks. 




Task 5: Grammar: Future Will - Dictation.

  1. The teacher will play an audio. 

  2. Write down the sentences you hear. 

  3. In the main room, share your answers! 




Task 6: Grammar: Future Will - Listening.

  1. Click HERE. Listen to the speakers and then answer the questions. 

  2. Then, discuss these questions with your partner: 

What will you do after the class? 

What will you eat tomorrow morning? 

What will you do tomorrow at your job? 

What will you do tomorrow after your job? 

What will you do this weekend? 

What will you eat at Christmas? 

Will you buy something special for Christmas? 

Will you cook a special food for the New Year’s party?





Task 7: Oral Test

  1. Click HERE and practice for the oral test with your partner. 

  2. Take notes of questions you might have. 



Task 8: Project 3! 

  1. Let’s write a fictitious story, or write your own story, about an important event in the past. 

  2. Use the simple past and past progressive. 

  3. You can talk about an important event in your childhood, an important or special trip or birthday. Or, you can look for important news, and describe it according to the information you found from the Internet. 

  4. For example: 


  • Breaking News!

Good evening, and welcome to Channel 7 News.

Yesterday afternoon, a sudden thunderstorm hit the town of Riverdale, causing unexpected flooding in several neighborhoods. At 3 p.m., while many residents were driving home from work, heavy rain started to pour, and within minutes, streets were covered in water.

  • My Childhood Adventures

When I was eight years old, my family and I went on a camping trip to the mountains. It was my first time sleeping in a tent, and I was so excited. While my dad was setting up the tent, my mom was unpacking the food, and my little brother was running around chasing butterflies… 


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