English Grammar, pragmatics; passive voice

The purpose of this class is to guarantee that the students fully comprehend passive voice.

Present Perfect and Past Simple inactive sentence construction should be taught to students.

I’ll show the pupils how to compose passive sentences in this lesson.

The lesson also aims to ensure that the students can describe the differences between the active and passive voice.

Students should be aware of how the passive voice is put together.Class B2 levelStudent count 50 pupils50 minute session durationMaterials

Online grammar games, songs, grammar checker software, and interactive whiteboard exercises are all examples of online education resources.

This lesson will use the present, practice production (PPP) standard procedure. The presentation stages are stages 1 up to stage 10. The practice stages are from stage 11 up to stage 14. Stages 15 to 18 are the production stages.

Stage Aim Timing Interaction Teacher Activity Student Activity

Stage 1

Introduction/Review In this lesson I will review the listening lesson. I will explain the story to my students. 3 I will present a short story about animals to provoke the students’ reasoning. I will also ask the students to predict the aim of the story. According to Adams and Hamm (17), warm up stories are very helpful to students. I will start the lesson by reminding the students about the date, day and the weather.

Some of the questions I will ask in this lesson are:

Good morning?

What is the date today?

What is the weather? The students will respond to the teacher’s queries about the day, the date and the weather.

Stage 2

Warm up story The aim of this lesson is to provoke the student’s thinking. 2 I will narrate the story to the students. They will give their views on the story. I will give the students a story of Natasha, a child who was brought up by feral dogs and cats. The child lived in a Siberian town. Natasha was 5 years old as at 2009 when she was discovered by social workers. The girl communicated with barks and hisses. The students will be expected to listen to the teacher’s story.

They will also be expected to give their views on the story.

Stage 3

Passive Voice. Students learn about Passive Voice. 3 The teacher will explain some concepts as the students listen to him. In this stage, I will highlight some of the passive phrases encountered in the listening lesson. I will introduce the phrases in cards. Students will write notes as they are given to them by the teacher.

Stage 4

Passive formation. In this stage students will be introduced on how to form passive phrases.

The structure “to be + past participle” will be introduced to the students in this stage. 4 I will guide the students to ensure that they understand the use of “past participle” of a transitive verb and the verb of the form “to be” in forming a passive phrase. I will inform the students that:

When forming a passive sentence, they should take the past participle of a transitive verb, then combine it with the verb of the form “to be”. I will inform them that active is the opposite of passive. I will use examples to instil this knowledge in the students. The examples will be provided in the teaching materials. I will guide the students in working in forming passive phrases.

I will then require them to form passive voice phrases with the help of the teacher.

Stage 5

Formation of Past Simple Passive. In this step the students will learn how to change a sentence to Past Simple Passive.

3 I will guide the students in forming Past Simple Passive sentences. Students will be required to know that when making a sentence in an affirmative form, they should start with the object followed by the transitive verb in the form of was/were. The last part will be the past participle. Students will be required to take notes on sub topic.

Stage 6

Formation of Present Perfect Passive. This lesson will be aimed at introducing the students to the way of changing a sentence to the present Perfect Passive form. 2 Students will follow up on the teacher’s guidelines. I will give the guidelines for changing a sentence to the Present Perfect Passive in affirmative form. In this form the object is the first one. The object is followed by the transitive verb in the form of has/have. The next is the verb been and finally the past participle.

Stage 7

Structure Student will be familiarised with the structure of a passive sentence. 2 The teacher will give notes as the students write them down. The order of words in a passive sentence will be given to the students.

The sentence begins with the subject followed by causative verb. This is followed by the object and finally the past participle. Students shall take notes on the structure of a Passive Voice sentence.

Stage 8

Past participle The students will be introduced to the concept of past participle. 3 The teacher will introduce the new concept to the students. In this stage, I will highlight some past participles. Students will take notes as the teacher takes them through the new concepts.

Stage 9

Present Perfect Passive The aim of this lesson is to prepare the students on how to form passive phrases. 3 Students will form Passive Voice sentences which will be evaluated by the teacher. I will use examples in this stage to help the students understand how to form passive voice sentences. Formation of passive form sentences.

Stage 10

Break down of passive formation Students will have a better understanding of how to form passive phrases. 3 Students will be guided on how to form passive sentences. I will use simpler passive phrases to ensure that the students understand the topic as expected. Taking of notes will be the main activity in this stage.

Stage 11

Illustration Illustration of the concept learnt in this lesson. 3 The students will be given a quiz to test their understanding of the lesson. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the topic in this stage. The students will be taking a quiz given by the teacher.

Stage 12

Controlled practice Students apply the content learnt in class with the help of their teacher. 3 The students will be guided by the teacher on how to handle some tasks. In this stage, I will help the students to use the vocabularies above in forming sentences. The students will be taking some quiz with the help of the teacher.

Stage 13

Revision of Passive Present Simple This stage is aimed at revisiting everything learnt in the lesson. 2 I will ask the students what they have learnt so far in the lesson. In this stage, I will take the students through everything learnt in the lesson. The students will be revising what they have already learnt.

Stage 14

Examples of Passive Present Simple Students are given the examples of passive phrases. 3 I will give examples of passive phrases as the students write them down. I will provide more example of passive voice phrases to the students. Students will be taking notes.

Stage 15

Free practice Students apply the knowledge acquired in this lesson without the help of the teacher. 3 Students handle a number of practice questions without the help of the teacher. Students will be provided with an exercise to work on their own. In this stage students will be taking an exercise from the teacher.

Stage 16

Review stage The students understanding of the lesson topic will be evaluated. 3 The teacher gives an assessment test to the students. An evaluation test will be given to the students. Students will be taking an assessment task.

Stage 17

Homework Students will apply the knowledge learnt in class. 2 The teacher gives homework to the students. Students will be given some work to do at home. In this stage students will be receiving homework from the teacher.

Stage 18

Closing stage. The teacher gives the closing remarks as the lesson comes to an end. 3 Students will be required to explain their understanding of the lesson. Students with less understanding of the lesson will be accorded the necessary help. This stage will involve revision and summary of the lesson.

Works Cited

Adams, Dennis, & Hamm, Mary. Engaging eager and reluctant learners: STEM learning in action. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2017.