: Present Continuous Tense
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Topic: Present Continuous Tense
Type of lesson: generalization and systematization, lesson-competition
Language aim: to revise vocabulary and grammar material
Practical aim: to practice language in the songs, games, exercises.
Developing aim: to develop writing and speaking skills of pupils.
Educational aim: to develop memory, attention and cognitive interest
Materials: CD, CD-player, poster, computers.
Lesson plan
I Preliminaries:
1. Greeting:
Teacher: Hello boys and girls! Im glad to see you today. Sit down, please. The topic of our lesson is Present Continuous.
2. Warming-up:
1) Now look at the board. Can you see our favourite Dragon Conti?
It has got three heads (am, is, are) and one tail (-ing). 
Lets practice the pronunciation of the ending -ing. Pupils say the rhyme chorally:
2) Teacher: Lets sing the song Brother John!
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping,
Brother John? Brother John?
The morning bell is ringing,
The morning bell is ringing,
Ding, ding, dong. Ding, ding, dong.
II Teacher: Now boys and girls lets remember how we make -ing forms. Most verbs take -ing:
play - playing
Verbs ending consonant + drop e and take -ing:
write writing
Verbs ending one vowel + one consonant, except -y or -w, double consonant +ing:
snorkel - snorkelling
Writing
1)Teacher: Lets play a game. Your class is divided in two teams. Players of the each team should go to the board and write the correct -ing form of the verbs(1 point for each correct answer):
do drive
swim walk
read run
make go
sleep meet
2)Teacher: Now lets remember how we form affirmative sentences in Present Continuous. Dragon Conti will help you.
How many heads has it got?
What are their names?
How many tails has it got?
What is its name?
Teacher: Write sentenses using the Present Continuous (GB: p.34, ex.) The team that completes the exercise first gets one point + one point for each correct sentence:
1) she / write / a letter 4) he / skateboard
2) they / watch /TV 5) we/ do / an exam
3) he / wait / at the bus stop 6) I / swim
Speaking
Teacher: Your next task is to make the sentences in exercise 1 negative. What word do we add to am, is, are to make sentences negative? (not) One team reads aloud the affirmative sentence in exercise 1, another team makes it negative and gets one point for each correct sentence.
Physical exercises
Pupuls sing and do Head, shoulders, knees and toes
4.Checking h/w
Teacher: Your homework was to ask and answer questions about Annie, Jen, Molly, Sarah and Liz. Ask and answer in teams.
Control of grammar material
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Teacher: Your last task is to do grammar exercises using computers.
III Summarizing
Teacher: your homework is to do GB: ex. 2,3, p.34. Now count your points and get marks.
Teacher: Our lesson is over. Goodbye, boys and girls!
