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This was a fourth graders' class, and there were twenty students in the class. These students were on  intermediate level; in addition, they were very enthusiastic to tearn. The grammar point I tried to introduce to the students was the simple past tense and the past continous. furthermore, I tried to teach the students the difference between "while & when" while combining two sentences. what I wanted most was to make students practice a lot in a communicating way in the class. I enjoyed the lesson very much, and I felt as if I were their real teacher.
at the beginning of the lesson I showed some pictures about the main character of the story I would use. Then I distributed the story to the students and asked them to read it individually. After they have finished reading it, I asked some comprehension questions about the story. After that, I made groups of four, and gave each group a situation. I wanted them to make sentences using "when & while" and prepare a role-play using these situations. After this role-play activity, as the post activity I used two boxes in which there were sentences. I called on two students, asked them to choose a sentence from the boxes and show the sentence with their actions so that the class would guess what they were doing or what they did. they were supposed to make sentences with "when&while". this was my last activity, but there were three minutes left; therefore, as an extra activity,  I made them listen to a song which was about the actions. Students enjoyed these last activities, and the lesson finished.

Lesson plan for official 1

Pre-Activity: Reading the story “A Terrifying Experience”

Procedure: Teacher shows the pictures on the slides to the students, and wants students to talk about the pictures and guess what was happening in the pictures.T distributes the papers to the students and asks them to read the story.

Main activity: Writing the story from the view of John’s friends’ and dramatizing it

Procedure: T makes groups of five.T tells the students they are John’s friends on the shore, and asks them to write the experience from their points of view. Ss come to the board group by group and act it out.

Ss choose the group which acted their roles best.

Post activity: Choosing paper from the boxes and acting it out

Procedure: T chooses two students and asks each of them to choose a paper from the boxes.

Ss read the sentences on the papers they have chosen and act it out at the same time so that their friends can guess what they were doing using “when & while”.

Extra activity: Listening to a song and dancing

Procedure: T and the Ss listen to the music and Ss dance. T sometimes stops the song and asks the students questions about the actions they were doing.

ACTIVITY       & AIDS	INTERACTION	PROCEDURE	STUDENTS	COMMENTS	TIME
Pre-activity Reading the “A Terrifying Experience” Pictures on the slides A sheet of paper	T®C C®T	Teacher shows the pictures of a boy (JOHN) by using slides, and wants students to talk about the pictures and guess what was happening in the pictures. T distributes the papers to the student and asks them to read the story.	Ss look at the pictures on the board. Ss individually read the story. Ss answer the comprehension questions about the text.	Showing the pictures will activate Ss’ schemata about the story, and the Ss will have an idea about the story. This will improve their reading, comprehension and speaking skills.	5 min
Main Activity Writing the story from an outsider’s point of view and dramatizing it Pen Paper	T®C S ®S	T makes groups of five. T tells the students they were the outsiders who witnessed John’s incident, and asks what they were doing when John was drowning. T asks the groups to come to the board one by one and act their actions out. Ss choose the group which acted their roles best.	Students work in groups and listen to the T’s explanation. Ss write their plays in groups. Groups come to the stage and act their performances. The other groups watch them.	This activity will be effective in that the students like drama. Moreover, the students will be able to learn how to use the target form in a context. Students will improve their listening skills by listening to the other groups.	25 min
Post Activity Choosing a paper from the boxes and acting it out Flash cards	S®S  T®C S®T	The teacher uses two boxes in which there are sentences which show action, and calls on two students in the class. The students come; either of them chooses a sentence from the box and show the sentences by using their body language at the same time. The other students in the class try to guess what their friends were doing or did, and make sentences using “while & when”.	Ss read the sentences on the papers they have chosen and act it out at the same time so that their friends can guess what they were doing using “when & while”.	This activity will activate these Ss because guessing their friends’ actions is an enjoyable process. Moreover, this activity is a perfect opportunity for the students to practice “when & while”	10 min
Extra Activity Listening to a song and dancing song	T®C S®S	If there remains some time, the teacher makes the students listen to a song and dance. The name of the song is ‘freeze song” and there are lots of “stops” in the song. When the singer says stop, the teacher stops the song and asks the students what they were doing when the singer said “stop”. T and the Ss listen to the music and Ss dance. T sometimes stops the song and asks the students questions about the actions they were doing.	Ss listen to the T, their friend and make sentences one by one.	This will really make the Ss have fun because this class likes dancing very much. In addition, ending the lesson with a song will motivate the students.