1. Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción
English Teaching Program
Professional Practicum
LESSON PLAN PPP
Unit: 3 Level: Date: Length: Student-Teacher
We used to have 1st grade April 25th, 2012 90’ Pamela Sanhueza C.
horses and carts highschool
Aim: At the end of the lesson students will be able to write about past habits and past situations.
Categorize vocabulary related to farming life. (written)
Assumed knowledge: Simple Past, personal pronouns, verbs (regular/irregular) Aids:
Pictures
Target Language: Subject + used to/didn’t use to + main verb + object Computer
He + used to/didn’t use to + jump + the rope Datashow
Ss’ book
Board
Anticipated Problems: Ss might get confused about the structure of the sentence. Markers
Solutions: S-T writes examples on the board.

2. Stages Procedure Instructions Objectives Time Interaction
What am I going to do? What am I going to say? (min) T-Ss;Ss-Ss;etc
Lead-in Ss-T shows some pictures of things in Look at these pictures. Call Ss attention. 7’ T-Ss / Ss-T
different phases (e.g a seed/a tree, etc) What is this picture Make students associate
Ss deduce that the first picture shows the showing us? past and present.
“past” of the thing shown.
Presentation Ss-T shows a ppt presentation called “the You are going to watch a Introduce the Ss into the 8’ T-Ss
secret life of a butterfly” presentation about a life topic.
Ss-T writes the aim of the lesson on the of a butterfly.
board. Today we are going to Inform Ss what they are 1’
Ss-T presents new language. learn how to express going to learn.
Ss-T makes Ss to repeat (drilling things that happened in
exercise) the past with a new
Ss-T writes examples on the board using expression.
previous pictures. Used to is used to express 12’
CCQ’s facts that happened in the
past and that no longer
exist.
E.g: S + used to + verb + object.
Didn’t used to is used to
express the negative form
of this new expression, so
it is used to express things
or facts that did not
happen in the past.

3. E.g: S + didn’t use to + verb +
object.
Repeat after me: used
to… didn’t use to…
Look at the front and pay
attention to the examples: Confirm if Ss learnt or not. 3’ T-Ss/Ss-T
E.g: It used to be a seed, etc
Is there any doubt? Do we
have to put the verb in
past?, etc
Practice Activities from Ss’ book (based on a What do you think the Make Ss infer from title. 2’ T-Ss/Ss-T
reading piece) text is about by reading
just its title?
Is there any word you
don’t know?
Highlight new words and 3’
the new structure in the
text (book)
3’
You have to write yes or
no to the following
statements (book)
Ss-T asks some Ss to give their answers. 4’ T-Ss/Ss-T
- Checking -
5’
You have to read the text
again and answer the next
questions (book)
Ss-T asks some Ss to give their answers. 5’ T-Ss/Ss-T
- Checking -
6’
You have to look at the
pictures and complete the

4. sentences with the
affirmative or negative
form of used to (book)
Ss-T asks some Ss to give their answers. - Checking - 5’ T-Ss/Ss-T
You have to complete the 3’
chart with the words given
(book)
Ss-T asks some Ss to give their answers. - Checking - 3’ T-Ss/Ss-T
Production Write five sentences about Ensure Ss learnt. 8’
Ss-T instructs Ss to produce some
sentences yourselves by using used
to/didn’t use to.
Checking. 8’ T-Ss/Ss-T
Ss-T asks some Ss to share their
sentences.
Adapted from University of Sussex
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