 Subject : Grammar
 Teaching point : Simple present tense
 Text type : Information report
 Class profile :
 Level : Grade 10
 Class size : 45
 Time : 45 minutes
 Objective :
 By the end of the lesson students will be able to know how to use simple present tense to create information report..
 Teaching aids : Handouts, pictures…

Building the field:
-Activity 1: Game ( broken sentences)
Modeling of text: ( 3 activities)
-Activity 2: Choose the correct answer.
-Activity 3: Replace the underlined word….
-Activity 4: Identify the text type and structures with verbs
Joint construction:
Independent construction:


1. Activity 1: Game ( Broken sentences)
You have to put together sentences which have been broken up into halves.
You have to arrange them into 10 sentences.
The groups get 1 point for each correct sentence.
Activity 1
Activity 1
Activity 1
-Use the present simple tense to express a repeated or habitual or customary action or condition.
Eg: He washes his hair once a week.
I always go to school late
- Use the present simple to express a general truth.
Eg:The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
*Adverbs of frequency are used:
Always, sometimes, often, rarely, never follow ‘Be’ and come before other verbs.
*Affirmative:
S + V/ Vs/es
S+ is/ are
*Negative:
S + don’t/ doesn’t + infinitive
*Interrogative:
Do/ Does + S + infinitive
*Note that have is irregular in the third person singular.
Eg: Tom has a new car.
1. Tuan (have/has) a new shirt.
2. Jerry and Linda (come/comes) to school on time.
3. Ms. Jones (teach/teaches) geography.
4. The cat (sleep/sleeps) on the sofa every day.
5. Milk (is/are) two dollars a quart.
Activity 2:
Underline the correct answer.
Activity 3: Replace the underlined word and phrase by the given word in brackets and carry out the changes if necessary:
1, You live here, don’t you? ( She)
2. This man often parks his car here. ( men)
3. They have a TV but they never watch it. ( My uncle)
4. The boss always gets angry with me whenever I come late.
( him)
5. Peter is always proud of his parents.( John and Ba)
Activity 4: Look through the text then identify the text type work and find out the structures with verbs
ELEPHANTS
Elephants are the largest of all land mammals. They are warm-blooded herbivorous vertebrates, whose temperature remains the same in spite of the changes of surrounding environment.
There are two types of elephants: African elephants and Indian Elephants. The African Elephant is classified as the Loxodonta Africana of Africa and the Indian one as Elephas maximus of South-central Asia. African and Asian elephants are both enormous, grey, four-legged creatures with almost hairless skin, a distinctive long, flexible, and prehensile trunk, and upper incisors that form long curved tusks of ivory. However, African elephants have large fan-shaped ears while Indian elephants’ ears are smaller. An adult African elephant can grow to between 10 and 13 feet and weigh about 15,400 pounds, while an Asian elephant reaches a maximum height of 10 feet and a weight of 11,000 pounds.
Elephants can live for up to 70 years. They can walk about 4 mph and swim for long distances. They eat mainly plants and grass. An elephant spends an average of 16 hours a day eating and consumes as much as 495 pounds of food per day.
At present, elephants are on the verge of extinction due to the introduction of exotic species, disease, pollution, over exploitation, and, especially, the ivory trade and diminishing habitat. Endangered species organizations such as the African Elephant Conservation Act and the Endangered Species Act, are making great efforts to conserve elephants, which are among the world’s most endangered species.
The table below gives some information about dolphins. Work in groups. Prepare a talk on dolphins, using the facts and figures provided in the table.
Write an information report about the natural disaster that you know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RByVCZoh0FE