Session 4
Start creating the timeline
Objectives
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To use correctly the past form of the verb to be and can.
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To understand and apply the rules to create the regular past simple
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To identify and use the irregular verbs
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To create a timeline of their lives applying the past tense.
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To reinforce WH questions
Activities
1.
Explain what today's session consists on. Remind them about the timeline project.
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Time: 5'
2.
Create a draft and use the help of the draft table. That is, to construct the sentences with the information collected that will then appear in their timeline. It is important to check if everyhting is well written in the past tense.
Time: 20'
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Interaction (Conversation): Ask among them their timelines following WH questions [When did you start school?, Where were you born? ...]
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They can go around the class.
Time: 10'
Further Extension
Assessment tools
Adaptations can be done to fulfill with the planning and respond better to students' needs.
The draft can help those children to normalize the process of writing and to make clear that corrections and re-doing is necessary. Mistakes are part of the learning process
3.
Start creating the timeline​.
Time: 20'
Classroom Management
For this session, it could be advisable to go to the computers room.
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It is important to explain everything before going to the computers room or with the computers turned off, otherwise students will not be paying attention to what the teacher says.
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Attention to diversity
For those students who might struggle more with English can be paired with others who are more fluent, or allow him or her to use an online translator.
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