Lesson planning
Teacher: A. DIAWARA School
CLASS: 10th grade Duration:
GRAMMAR: The present perfect.
TEACHING OBJECTIVES: BOOSTING WRITING SKILLS AND ACCURACY
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
-Write accurately sentences in present continuous tense.
ANIMATION STRATEGIES: INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND PAIRS WORK.
TEACHING MATERIALS: chalk, black board, duster, books, handouts
LESSON DELIVERY: Activities
Activity 1: forms
Structure: build one sentence with the following structures.
A. The affirmative form:
Structure: Subject + have/has + Past Participle of the Verb + Object.
Eg: The students have gone to school. (Les élèves sont allés à l’école).
B. The negative form
Structure: Subject + have/ has + not + Past Participle of the Verb + Object.
Eg: The students have not gone to school. (Les élèves ne sont pas allés à l’école).
C. The interrogative form
Structure: Have/ has + Subject + Past Participle of the Verb + Object?
Eg: Have the students gone to school? (Les élèves sont-ils allés à l’école ?).
Activity 2: the Use
Structure: cite with examples the main uses of the present perfect.
We use this tense to:
1. Express an which starts in the past and continuous in the present.
Past Now Future
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Eg: Is Sali there? No, she has gone out. (= she is out now).
2. We can use the present perfect simple with just, already and yet.
Just = a short time ago
Eg: They have just arrived from Bamako.
Already = something happened sooner than expected:
Eg: what time is Dramane leaving? He has already left.
Yet = until now (speaker is expecting something). It is always use in question or negative form.
Eg: I’ve written the email, but I haven’t sent it yet.
Eg: Has it stopped raining yet?
Note the difference between gone (to) and been (to).
Eg: Mami is on holiday. She has gone to Italy. (= she is there now or on his way there)
Eg: Mami is back home now. She has been to Italy. (= she has now come back)
3. We use since and for in present perfect.
Since = The beginning of the action is known.
Eg: We have studied English since 2019.
For = Duration is known.
Eg: we have studied English for four (4) years.
4. We use present perfect to talk about life experience.
Eg: How long have you been teaching English?
Time expressions: recently, in the last few days, since breakfast, still, lately, so far etc…
Evaluation
1. ……….…. a lot of money (he/ steal).
2. ………… the child who disappeared (they/ find).
3. ……….. my keys (I/ lose).
4. ……… her the plans yet (we/ not/ show).
5. ………… the shopping? (you/ do).
6. ……….. about changing her job? (she/ think).
7. The post ………. (not/ come).
8. ………… breakfast? (you/ have).
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