Age: 8-9 years

Duration: 60 min

Objectives

• Form past continuous with was/were + verb-ing in affirmative and negative sentences.
• Combine past simple and past continuous using while and when in sentence frames.
• Describe what classmates were doing in a picture prompt activity.

Vocab

• was reading / were playing: "She was reading while he was playing."
• while / when / interrupt: "When the bell rang, we were talking."
• ongoing / finished: Meta-language for continuous vs simple past.

Warm-up (5min)

Freeze frame — teacher acts "was sleeping" — students say full sentence. Switch to were for plural: "They were running."

Main Activity (45min): "While & When Story Lab"

Sentence frame drill: "I was ___ when ___." — 8 oral rounds with picture cues. Picture prompt: busy park scene — write 6 sentences describing ongoing actions (was flying kite, were eating). Pair interview: "What were you doing at 7 p.m. yesterday?" — answer with past continuous. Combine task: match past simple interrupt cards to continuous background sentences. Writing paragraph: "The Storm" — 5 sentences mixing both tenses. Flyers listening simulation: teacher reads scene; students tick what people were doing. Error correction board: fix "I was play" → "I was playing" as class.

Wrap-up (5min)

One sentence on board: "At this time yesterday, I was ___ ."

Teacher Tips

• Flyers grammar includes past continuous in picture description — visual prompts essential.
• when + simple / while + continuous is useful chunk; avoid heavy timeline lecture.
• Builds on Lesson 03 past simple — check was/were agreement before adding -ing.