Simple Present Tense

1. Watch a video that reviews how to write third-person singular verbs. Engagement[ Pause during the video and ask students to answer before revealing the answers by either 1) writing in the chat or 2) saying the answer verbally. 

2.  (Think-Pair-Share) Give students a few minutes to write 3 sentences about their friend, spouse, children, etc. Then they will share it with a partner in a breakout room or in a pair  and eventually with the whole class

3. Have students work in breakout rooms or small groups to pronounce the third-person singular verbs and group them under /s/, /z/, or /iz/. ] Review answers as a class.

4. Have students work in breakout rooms or small groups to write down sentences with or without the third-person singular verbs. When students come back from the breakout rooms or their groups, have them do a poll to see which answers they marked.

Ask students to verbally share their daily routine. Give an example of your day.

Use this Quizlet to introduce new vocabulary. [Pause momentarily to have students pronounce the vocabulary and ask students questions using the vocabulary such as “Are you athletic?” or “ What concert do you want to attend?”]

Practice

Model activity and work together with learners: Review present simple questions with this video comprehension.

Talk about John's Day with this handout. Have students write the correct sentence for each day in the simple present tense.

After finishing the handout, have students listen to the recording to check their answers.

Individually:

Listening #2 Julie's Day: Students look at a series of pictures and need to listen and put the pictures in order. If remote, students can turn on their cameras and show their answers.

Listening #3: Students have a list of names of people and need to listen to a series of sentences and write down a sentence in the present simple based on what activity the different people do.   Have students divide up either into breakout rooms or small groups and practice making new sentences.

Listening #4: Students need to listen to a series of sentences and answer multiple-choice listening comprehension questions. They can write their answers in the chat if learning remotely.

Group: Engagement [Learners practice in groups: Students work together in breakout rooms to write questions using the present simple.]

Extension: Active listening (helps students focus on, understand and retain learning) Students will visit a website called Book Creator where students need to listen to a question and respond with an appropriate answer.

Ask students to write down 5 questions using the present simple then work with classmates to answer those questions.

Extension: Active Learning (learners fully participate in thinking, discussing, investigating, and creating) Students will work in groups or in breakout rooms to ask follow-up questions using the present simple. Have them practice using the questions used in the various listening activities.

Reflection: Allow students 3 minutes to remember what they learned in class and then ask them to think about how they would use this grammar point outside of class [when and with whom]

Speaking: Students will work in pairs to answer questions about food using the simple present tense.

Extension Active Learning (learners fully participate in thinking, discussing, investigating, and creating)

Students will be given a role-play (Bookcreator) with missing information. They will need to look at questions and verbally answer with an appropriate answer. Then they will need to practice playing the different roles.