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Grade 6 Lesson Plan 2: What people are doing now (present continuous)

What people are doing now (present continuous). Built on Activities 5 and 6 in the Grade 6 English Pupil's Book (2014 to 2019 edition).

  • Grade 6
  • Unit 2
  • PPP lesson plan
  • 40 minutes
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Grade 6 · 40 minutes

Plan 2: Unit 2, Leisure Lesson

At a glance

Book activity
Activities 5 and 6
Focus
What people are doing now (present continuous)
Learning outcome
By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to describe actions happening now with is / are + -ing.
Materials
The Unit 2 picture, verb cards

Presentation10 min

Mime writing and ask What am I doing? Write You are writing. Show the pattern am / is / are + verb-ing and spelling changes (swim – swimming, make – making).

Practice12 min

Mime-and-guess with verb cards: She is swimming. Complete Activity 5.

Production13 min

Pairs describe the Unit 2 picture aloud, then write four sentences (Activity 6).

Check and close5 min

Check three -ing spellings on the board.

Homework Write what five family members are doing at 7 p.m. tonight.

Grade 6, Unit 2: What people are doing now (present continuous). A 40-minute PPP lesson.

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This plan was written by RCF English. The unit and activity names refer to the government Pupil's Book so that you can find the right page; no textbook text is reproduced here.

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