LESSON PLAN

Syllabus: Teaching the Simple Past Tense for Beginners

Level: Beginners (A1-A2)

Duration: 45 minutes

Teacher: Santiago Portilla

 Didactic Moments

Resources

Activities & Assessment

TPACK Methodology

 

  1. INTRODUCTION (5 MINS)

- Digital timeline (e.g., Jamboard, Google Slides).

- Visual aids (flashcards with verbs and time expressions).

- Teacher introduces past actions with examples (*Yesterday, I walked to school. Last week, we played soccer.*).

**Assessment:**

- Students identify the time of actions in simple Q&A.

- **Technological Knowledge (TK):** Use an interactive digital timeline to represent past events visually.

- **Pedagogical Knowledge (PK):** Use examples relevant to students’ experiences.

  1. Presentation (10 mins)

- Prezi or interactive slides for rules of the simple past (regular verbs: *-ed*, irregular verbs: examples like *go → went*).

- Students watch examples of regular and irregular verbs in sentences.

**Assessment:**

- Students participate in a quick matching activity (verb base to past form).

- **Content Knowledge (CK):** Explain regular and irregular verb structures.

- **TK:** Animated slides highlight verb transformations (regular vs. irregular).

 

  1. Guided Practice (15 mins)

- Wordwall or Kahoot quiz on forming past tense verbs.

- Interactive worksheet (digital or printed) with fill-in-the-blank exercises.

- Students complete digital exercises on Wordwall.

- Students form simple sentences in pairs (e.g., *I watched a movie yesterday.*).

**Assessment:**

- Peer correction and quiz results.

- **PK:** Pair students for collaborative learning.

- **TK:** Use gamified tools (Wordwall/Kahoot) for engaging verb practice.

 

  1. Application (10 mins)

- Padlet or Flipgrid for storytelling.

- Students write a short paragraph (*What did you do yesterday?*) and share via Padlet.

**Assessment:**

- Teacher gives feedback on written accuracy.

- **TK:** Digital platforms foster creativity and sharing.

- **PK:** Scaffold storytelling with guiding questions (e.g., *Where? When? What happened?*).

 

  1. Wrap-Up (5 mins)

- Mentimeter or Google Forms for quick feedback.

- Students answer 2-3 exit questions (e.g., *What is the past tense of “go”?*).

**Assessment:**

- Exit tickets or polls measure understanding.

- **TK:** Use polls to assess learning effectively.

- **PK:** Reinforce concepts and address common errors through elicitation.

 

Homework

Write 3-5 sentences about what you did last weekend and submit them via a class platform (e.g., Google Classroom).

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