Have You Ever

© 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. Lesson Plan Level 2 Topic Aim Language Focus Skills Lesson 14 Have you ever … To enable students to talk about experiences Present perfect, past participle, experiences Speaking, listening Out There – real world Out There – VoIP Take students to a place where people are hanging out and not in a rush. They are generally more approachable if they are sitting down. Think parks, squares and civic spaces where people take a break from their busy day. Tell students to call conversation partners on the VoIP client using the school’s computers or at home # Details Task Sheet Minutes 1 2 3 4 5 To introduce the aim and task of the day, ask the students ‘Who has been to London/Paris/Rome (etc.) before?’ Write some answers on the board and highlight the correct form in the answer. Task Sheet 1. In pairs, students ask questions about the activities pictured: ‘Have you ever been water skiing?’ Monitor and then ask four pairs to demonstrate. Highlight different possible answers on the board and some adjectives to answer ‘What’s it like?’ A. Students answer questions relating to the grammar to elicit form and use. Elicit correct answers and highlight these on the board. This is to show present perfect with no specific past time reference. 1. Have + past participle. 2. Past simple for a specific time in the past. 3. At any time. Never. B. Students practice examples of the affirmative, negative and interrogative forms of the present perfect. Ask the students to fill in the past participles. Task Sheet 2. C. Exercises to practise using Present Perfect. Fill in the missing words in the conversations. The students then write and act out the conversations on the three other topics. Give details of the Out There task. 1 1 2 10 15 15 15 15 10 Out There Tasks 6 7 Real world Students talk the public about experiences. Students should work in pairs and while one student is speaking, the other should take notes of the conversation. Feedback Ask what went right/wrong? Any funny stories? Students report back their answers. Ask students if they feel confident with the language taught and get positive affirmation! VoIP Students talk their partners about experiences. Students should work in pairs and while one student is speaking, the other should take notes of the conversation. Feedback Same as real world when in class, but also think about having students do the task as homework, record it and email it to you as an assessment. 40 45 © 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. TD2.14 p1 Task Sheet 1 Have you ever … ? 1. 2. 3. 4. Yes, I did when I was … No, I’ve never … Have you? What’s it like? A Notice the time these activities happen past – present– future ? (circle the right answer) At a specific time? Yes /No ? 1. Which words do we use to express that? 2. What about the answers? Why do we have ‘did’ in the yes answer? (copy the timeline from the board) 3. What does ‘ever’ mean? What’s the opposite? B Write some examples (+) eg I have tried Cornish pasty. (-) eg He has never driven a car. (?) eg Have you been to China? Now look at the verbs and make the past participle. Verb (infinitive) Past participle Verb (infinitive) Past participle have go do visit be eat buy try © 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. TD2.14 p2 Task sheet 2 C Practice 1. Q: What was the best holiday you __________________ had? A: The best holiday I’ve ever had was in the Lake District! It was fantastic! Q: Where __________________________? A: 2. Q: Where is the best place you have ______________ in London? A: The best place I _____________ visited is Covent Garden market. Q: How was it? A: 3. Q: What is the best meal ____________________________? A: The best meal___________________________________ Q: Where_________________________________________? A: Now write similar conversations about these topics with your partner. • best film • most expensive purchase • worst illness © 2007/2008 Languages Out There and its licensors. Reproduction in whole or in part prohibited except as may be provided under the terms of a Licence Agreement. TD2.14 p3 Out There Task Real world – Speak to at least five people and ask these questions. Write down the answers. Remember to say, ‘Excuse me. I am learning English. Can I ask you some questions. please?’ VoIP – Call some conversation partners and ask them these questions below. Then tell your conversation partners your answers. Make notes and record the conversations so that you can listen again later. Can you tell me about … 1. the best holiday you’ve ever had? How /where was it? 2. the best place you’ve ever been to? How /where was it? 3. the best meal you’ve ever had? How was it? 4. the best film you’ve ever seen? What was it about? 5. the worst health problem you’ve ever had? How did you feel? 6. the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought? How much was it?