47084 was were lesson plan

A Lesson Plan
Student teacher:Chen Mizrahi Date:20.02.13
Name of School: Kennar
Class:Sixth grade
Number of pupils:28
Seating arrangments: Two half of circles.
Topic: was/were- Negative & Positive
Textbook/Materials used:
1. Flashcards – "To be" in present+was/were/not/wasn't/weren't .
3. Work sheet : Fill in was/were.
4. Work sheet : Fill in wasn't/were'nt

Overall lesson aims: At the end of the lesson the pupils will be able to fill in both
work sheets, by choosing was/wasn't, were/weren't successfully.

Why

(Objectives)

Warm up

Presentation
of new material

What

(Content)

Greeting the pupils by saying the
following: "good morning pupils how
are you today?

What day is it today? Month? Year?
Writing the date on the board.
A.
*I will start the lesson by presenting
the "To be" family in present (flash
card) and will elicit the rules from
them. I will say the next sentences and
will ask what are the differences
between the sentences:
* I am here; He is here; She is here too;
They are here; We are here.
I will give them a hint if necessary – 2
things
were changed.(pronoun &
present of to be).
Ohalo College - Third Year English Students
Nachmani Leah and Debbie Levy

How

(Organization)

Frontal

Time

2min

Frontal
10min

I will go through the pronouns and
translate it on board.
I will elicit from the students that the
pronouns divided to singular & plural.
• Then I will ask if I want to say
the same sentences in the past
tense? I will elicit from them the
rule was- singular; were-plural.
• I will add the flash cards of was
& were to the board accordingly
(to the present flash cards and Frontal
the singular/plural.
I will say a sentence that is missing
was/were; You will tell me what it
should be, and why.

Comprehension
and Oral Practice

40 years ago I ___ a baby.
12 years ago you _____ babies.
Last Monday he____ at school. She
(pointing on a pupil) ___ at school
too, last Monday.
Yonatan & Daniela ____ at school
yesterday. Even the table___ here
yesterday.
The tables _____ dirty, last week.

I will present the first work sheet; I will
say they have 3 min, because it is easy Frontal
(not really).
Before that I will give the work sheet, I
will ask the pupils to tell me, how they
will decide if it is was or were?
(some will say pronouns, some will say
singular plural).
I will do the first sentence as an
example.

Ohalo College - Third Year English Students
Nachmani Leah and Debbie Levy

5min

2.5min


Written practice

I will give the work sheet and go
through the pupils.
• We will check the work sheet.

Presentation of
the new subject
continuation.

10min
Individual

I will ask the student's if they can tell
me , how will I use it in a negative form
They probably will say: does, do, no,
Frontal
not.

7min

I will present the was+not and
were+not flash cards, and explain the
form of wasn't/weren't. (that the " ' "
is replacing the "o" from not ).
I will emphasis that it is the same rule
as was/were – just in negative form.
I will do the same sentences in
negative form:
5 years ago I ____ a baby.
10 min ago you _____ at the school
yard.

Written practice

Summation

I will present the second work sheet:
To choose wasn't /weren't.
I will do the first sentence as an

example.
Pairs
I will give the work sheet and will go
through the pupils to help/check the
individual comprehension of the
lesson's subject, the rules.
I will check the work sheet in class.
• I will ask the pupils – what have
we learn today?
Frontal
• I will sum up the rules again

Ohalo College - Third Year English Students
Nachmani Leah and Debbie Levy

09min

2 min