Didactic Sequence Simple Past

DIDACTIC SEQUENCE
TITLE OF THE DIDACTIC SEQUENCE: Talking about my last vacation
Teacher’s name: _____
Subject: English III
Purpose of the subject: To be able to use the Past simple question and negative forms.
Module’s number: 1
Module Purpose: at the end of the unit, the student will be able to express situations that
happened in the past or activities that he/ she used to do.
Learning’s description: To provide Ss with controlled and semi-controlled practice in

speaking, listening and freer practice in writing in the context of reporting about past events
using the past simple in questions and negative forms.
Contents:
Simple past (aux. Did)
Estimated class time: 2 hours
START PHASE
Activity: Who and where?

Purpose of the activity: Introduce Ss to the topic, set context
Description of the activity:
The teacher writes this question on the board
Where did you go last vacation?
Elicit some Ss to answer the questions

Writes the Ss’ names on the board and the place he / she visited last vacation
Activity: Where did you go last vacation?

Purpose of the activity: Make Ss infer grammar from sample sentences, To introduce the
past simple in the context of vacation
The teacher writes sample sentences in simple past from the previous activity.
Evaluation: Ss work in groups to share their ideas (sentences) about the places they visited
last vacation
Activity: What did you do in your last vacation?

Purpose of the activity:
To elicit the function of talking about past events using the past simple
To elicit the form of verbs in the past simple (regular and irregular)
Evaluation: Get students write sentences by using the simple past pattern.
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DEVELOPMENTAL PHASE
Activity: How was your trip? (video)

Purpose of the activity: To provide listening practice (for specific information)
Get the students identify different expressions in simple past
Ss Unscramble the sentences according to the sentences they identify on the video How was
your trip? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieoxdz6weWo&t=23s
Get the missing sentences to complete the format given
Answer the exercises from the attachments
Evaluation: Get the students share the correct sentences from the video
Activity:
Purpose of the activity: To focus Ss’ attention on the simple past pattern for affirmative,
negative and interrogative sentences
The teacher divides the board in 3 columns: Affirmative negative and interrogative
Places the correct unscrambled sentences in the right column
Evaluation: Students identify simple past sentences pattern
Activity:
Purpose of the activity: To provide Ss with practice in transforming affirmative sentences in
the past simple into negative sentences and questions.
Students write questions in simple past and rewrite sentences in negative form
Evaluation: students correct anwers
POST ACTIVE PHASE (Evaluation and feedback)
Activity: Traveling around the world.

Purpose of the activity: To provide Ss with freer practice in writing about past events using
the past simple
You are on a trip around the world. Write an e-mail to a friend or your family about your trip.
What country/places did you visit? What did you see? What did you do? How was it? Where
are you now? and ask to a partner about his/ her trip
Evaluation: Get the students write a paragraph about his/ her trip
Learning evidence Paragraphs written by the students
Description of expected learning evidences:
References
Rivers, Wilga M., Temperley, Mary S. A Practical Guide to the Teaching of English as a
Second or Foreign Language. Oxford University Press, 1978. 110.
Programa de la Asignatura de Ingles III, Colegio de Bachilleres. México 2019.
Anticipated Problems: Students may use statements without using the auxiliary verb.
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E.g. You went out yesterday? Instead of, ( Did you go out yesterday? )
Students may use a past form of the verb to make the question instead
of using the Simple form. E.g. Did you went?
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Last Vacation
Instructions:
1. Watch the video “How was your trip?”
2. Unscramble the sentences according to the information on the video
3. Write the correct sentences in the spaces provided
a) _______________________________________________________
b) _______________________________________________________
c) _______________________________________________________
d) _______________________________________________________
e) _______________________________________________________
f) _______________________________________________________
g) _______________________________________________________
h) _______________________________________________________
i) _______________________________________________________
j) _______________________________________________________
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Instructions: Write the questions in simple past
Example : Anna / the window / open Did Anna open the window?
1. she / home / walk
2. you / in the garden / work
3. you / a song / sing
4. she / on a chair / sit
5. you / the castle / visit
6. Jenny / the door / lock
7. Greg / the ball / kick
Instructions: Rewrite the sentences in the negative form

Example : They collected postcards. They didn’t collect postcards
1. You jumped high. __________________________________________________________________

2. Albert played squash. _______________________________________________________________
3. The teacher tested our English. _______________________________________________________
4. Fiona visited her grandma. ___________________________________________________________
5. He washed the car. _________________________________________________________________
6. He had a computer. ________________________________________________________________
7. You saw the house. _________________________________________________________________
Scrambled sentences:
a. Did you visit lots of museums?
b. Did you eat in some good restaurants?
c. Did you see any plays or concerts?
d. Did you take some nice walks around London?
e. I went to London for business.
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f. You didn’t see the city.
g. I didn’t visit any.
h. We talked about new medicines.
i. I met doctors from all over the world.
j. I gave two speeches.
Tapescript:
Dr. Anderson discusses her trip to London with Marie.
Marie: Well, hello, Dr. Anderson! Welcome Back.
Dr. Anderson: Thank you very much.
Marie: How was your trip to London?
Dr. Anderson: It was fine thank you.
Marie: Did you visit lots of museums?
Dr. Anderson: No. I didn’t visit any.
Marie: Did you eat in some good restaurants?
Dr. Anderson: No. I ate in the same bad restaurant everyday.
Marie: Did you see any plays or concerts?
Dr. Anderson: No, but I watched TV in the Hotel room at night.
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Marie: Did you take some nice walks around London?
Dr. Anderson: Actually, no. I sat in a chair for four days.
Marie: Dr. Anderson, that doesn’t sound like a very nice vacation.
Dr. Anderson: Vacation? I went to London for business, not for vacation. I met doctors from all over the world.
We talked about new medicines and I gave two speeches. I always ate at the hotel restaurant. So
I actually never left the hotel.
Marie: But, Dr. Anderson, you were in London and you didn’t see the city.
Dr. Anderson: No. But it looked nice from the airplane.

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DIDACTIC SEQUENCE

TITLE OF THE DIDACTIC SEQUENCE: Talking about my last vacation

Teacher’s name: _____

Subject: English III

Learning’s description: To provide Ss with controlled and semi-controlled practice in

Estimated class time: 2 hours

Activity: Who and where?

Elicit some Ss to answer the questions

Activity: Where did you go last vacation?

Activity: What did you do in your last vacation?

Activity: How was your trip? (video)

POST ACTIVE PHASE (Evaluation and feedback)

Activity: Traveling around the world.

Learning evidence Paragraphs written by the students

Description of expected learning evidences:

Instructions: Rewrite the sentences in the negative form

1. You jumped high. __________________________________________________________________

a. Did you visit lots of museums?

b. Did you eat in some good restaurants?

c. Did you see any plays or concerts?

d. Did you take some nice walks around London?

e. I went to London for business.

g. I didn’t visit any.

h. We talked about new medicines.

i. I met doctors from all over the world.

j. I gave two speeches.

Dr. Anderson discusses her trip to London with Marie.

Marie: Well, hello, Dr. Anderson! Welcome Back.

Dr. Anderson: Thank you very much.

Marie: How was your trip to London?

Dr. Anderson: It was fine thank you.

Marie: Did you visit lots of museums?

Dr. Anderson: No. I didn’t visit any.

Marie: Did you eat in some good restaurants?

Dr. Anderson: No. I ate in the same bad restaurant everyday.

Marie: Did you see any plays or concerts?

Dr. Anderson: No, but I watched TV in the Hotel room at night.

Dr. Anderson: Actually, no. I sat in a chair for four days.

I actually never left the hotel.

Dr. Anderson: No. But it looked nice from the airplane.

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