Lesson Plan for Senior Secondary 1 - English Comprehension - Structure: Tenses (past)

### Lesson Plan for English Comprehension: Structure - Tenses (Past) #### Grade Level: Senior Secondary 1 #### Duration: 60 Minutes #### Topic: Structure - Tenses (Past) --- #### Objectives: 1. **Cognitive:** Students will be able to identify and use past tense verbs in sentences. 2. **Affective:** Students will appreciate the importance of proper tense usage in narrative and descriptive texts. 3. **Psychomotor:** Students will practice writing sentences and paragraphs using past tense verbs. --- #### Materials Needed: - Whiteboard and markers - Handouts with past tense verb exercises - Sample texts with past tense usage - Audio-visual resources (optional: video clips that narrate events in the past) - Notebooks and pens --- #### Lesson Procedure: **1. Introduction (10 minutes)** - Begin with a brief discussion about the importance of tenses in English grammar, particularly focusing on the past tense. - Ask students to share some events that happened to them last week using past tense. **2. Presentation (15 minutes)** - Introduce the past tense with a mini-lecture. - **Simple Past Tense**: Used for actions completed in the past (e.g., "She walked to the store.") - **Past Continuous Tense**: Used for actions that were ongoing in the past (e.g., "They were watching a movie.") - **Past Perfect Tense**: Used for actions that were completed before another action in the past (e.g., "He had finished his homework before he went out.") - **Past Perfect Continuous Tense**: Used for actions that were ongoing up until another past action (e.g., "She had been reading for an hour when he called.") - Provide examples of sentences for each type of past tense and write them on the board. - Explain common past tense verbs and the rules for forming them, including regular verbs (adding -ed) and irregular verbs (which change forms, such as 'go' to 'went'). **3. Guided Practice (15 minutes)** - Hand out worksheets with sentences that need past tense verbs. The sentences should be a mix of simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous past tenses. - Students work individually or in pairs to fill in the correct past tense form of the verbs. - Review the answers as a class, discussing any mistakes or uncertainties. **4. Application Activities (10 minutes)** - Give students a short narrative text written in the present tense. - Ask students to rewrite the narrative in the past tense. - Optionally, show a short video clip and ask students to write a summary of the events in past tense. **5. Assessment (5 minutes)** - Conduct a quick oral quiz where students must identify the type of past tense used in given sentences. - Ask students to write three sentences, each using a different past tense covered in the lesson. **6. Closure (5 minutes)** - Summarize the key points of the lesson: the different types of past tenses, their structures, and their usage. - Clarify any remaining questions students may have. --- #### Homework: - Assign students to write a short story (150-200 words) about a memorable event that happened to them, emphasizing the appropriate use of various past tenses discussed in class. --- #### Additional Notes: - Encourage students to read books, articles, or stories written in the past tense to get more familiar with how it's used in context. - Offer additional support for students who may struggle with irregular past tense verbs. --- **End of Lesson Plan**