Cooperative Learning Lesson Plan

School:             Shohada School ( Dayyer )

Class:               Three

Size of Class:    29 Students 

Lesson:             Four ( patterns )

Student Teacher’s Name :      Iraj Momenizad

Date of Presentation:            17/9/86

Estimated Time of Lesson:    45 Minutes

Teaching Point:                    Simple Past Tense ( -ed forms )

Pre-assessment Activity:      Some questions about the tenses such as Simple &

                                               Continuos Present          

Pre-entry Performance:        Students have taught Past of “ be”: was & were

Performance Objectives

A.    Content:

a.       Sudents will be able to use the verbs in Simple Past Tense.

b.      Students will be know that a past verb form has no auxiliary

Verb in the affirmative.( e.g. He watched. I played. We studied. )

c.       Students will be know that in Negative & questions forms need

to use “ did” and “ didn’t”

Examples:

1. They played football at school.

    N. They didn’t play football.

2. Q. Did they play football at school ?

B.     Process:

a.       Stusents will give examples, deduce rules, practicecorrect and

justify.

b.       Students work in teams, interact, cooperte and work together to

solve the problemes & exersises.

c.        Students will complete worksheets and correct them .( in pairs )

d.       Students will take a quiz or a test. ( Individually )

Materials:          Board, worksheets, CD or Cassette,flash cards or Powerpoint

                                  Presentation

      Procedures

       ( Teacher and Student )

1. Teacher Activities: ( Planning the Lesson )
1. Rank students from highest to lowest based on past performance ( Base Score )
2. Decide on the number of teams: ( a group of four )
3. Prepare:

-          Lesson to teach

-          Worksheets and answers

-          Game / Quiz and Answers

-          Quiz Score sheets

-          Team Recognition Forms

2. Teacher and Student Activities: ( Implementing the Lesson )
1. Teacher’s Presentation: ( Instruction )

1.      Introduction:

-          Reviewing Previous lesson quickly ( was/were ) and relating it to current lesson.

   2. Presenting, explaining and modeling the skills( The students should be active and deduce the rules themselves whenever possible )

2. Transition to teams:

1.      Explain how cooperative learning works and the procedures to be followed.

2.      Assign each student to a team.

3.      Assign the location in the room for the different teams.

4.      Give the procedures for obtaining and turning in materials.

5.      Give the time frames

3. Team Study and Monitoring:

1.      Give each team two copies of worksheets only then two copies

of the answer sheets.( So that they work in pairs. )

2.      Ask team members to study worksheets and answer sheets to

practice and assess their knowledge of the simple past tense.

3.      Monitor the students’ work carefully

4.      Focus on positive practice :( Praise the team who is working

well and show others how they are doing it.

4. Individual Testing  / Quiz

1.      Each student sits alone for the quiz.

2.      Each student has to understand the content and demonstrate

his/her understanding.

5. Quiz Correction:

Students in different teams correct each other’s quizzes after having

Received the quiz answer sheets.

6. Team Recognition:

1.      Distribute the “ Teams Summary Sheets” on which the Base Scores should be written in advance.

2.      Get students to determine individual improvement scores

According to the guidelines mentioned on the Team Summary Sheets.

3.      Recognize Teams according to the guidelines mentioned on the Teams Summary Sheets as well.

4.      Give the different certificates to the “Good Team”, “ Great Team” and “ Excellent Team”

7. Closure:

Review and discuss ( briefly ) the various components of STAD.( Ask students for their opinion to see whether they have liked this method or not.

  Homework: “write it  down” ( pages 32-33 )

  Comment / Self-Evaluation:

     ………………………………………

The Simple Past Tense ( source: Practical English Usage; Michael Swan )

1. Use:

We use the simple past for many kinds of past events: short, puickly finished

actions and happenings, longer situations, and repeated events.

       I cleaned the room yesterday.

       They watched TV last night.

2. Forms( regular verbs )    

Affirmative	Question	Negative
I worked You worked He/she/it worked etc	Did I work? Did you work ? Did he/she/it work ? etc	I did not work You did not work He/she/it did not work etc

     ( cotracted negatives : I didn’t work, you didn’t work etc.  ) 

3. Pronunciation of –ed

The regular past ending –ed is pronounced as follows:

ü  /d/ after vowels and voiced consonants ( except /d/ )

played   comed  listened  cleaned

ü  / t / after unvoiced consonants( except /t/ )

                       asked    helped     watched    washed 

ü  / Id / after /d/ and / t/

                       needed          wanted        waited

4. Spelling of regular affirmative past tense forms

Most of regular verbs: Add -ed	work                 worked  play                  played clean           cleaned rest             rested
Verbs ending in –e : Add – d	close           closed arrive          arrived
Verbs ending in one stressed vowel + one Consonant( except w and y ): Double the consonant and add -ed	shop            shopped
Verbs ending in cnsonant + -y : Change y to i and add –ed But ( vowel + -y ):	study            studied play             played

    Iraj Momenizad

  Worksheet:

       Use the verbs in parentheses in the correct form.

1.       Maryam ……………….  ( study ) English last night.

2.       The boyes ……………..  ( help   ) me at school yesterday.

3.       Parviz  and I …………..   ( walk  ) to school yesterday morning.

4.       He didn’t ………………  ( wash  ) the car two hours ago.

5.       Did you   ………………  ( rest    ) after school ?

6.       We          ………………  ( enjoy  ) the cartoons last Friday.

7.       What  did she …………  ( watch  ) yesterday? – TV.

8.       Amir       ………………  ( close   ) the doors.

9.       I              ………………  ( listen   ) to the news last night.

10.     Amir and I ……………  ( play    )  ping-pong yyesterday.

 Worksheet Answers:

1. studied      
2. helped
3. walked
4. wash
5. rest
6. enjoyed
7. watch
8. closed
9. listened
10. played

       Iraj Momenizad

Quiz:

Complete the sentences:

1.      I listen to the news evey day.

I …………..   to the news yesterday.

2.      Did yo want that book?

Yes, I …………….  It.

3.      What did Mina wash last night?

She ………………  the dishes.

4.      Did Mr. Irani walk to school?

No, he ……………… walk to school.

5.      Did Amir visit his father yesterday?

No, he ……………   his brother.

  Quiz Answers:

1.      listened

2.      wanted

3.      washed

4.      didn’t walk

5.      visited