Bella TS #15

 Date: 17th August 2023

Tutee: Marcela

Summary:

Today, Marcela and I continued our lesson on the Present Tenses in English. We quickly reviewed the Simple Present we learned last class and then we started on Present Continuous. Both of these tenses were easy for me to explain to her in the context of Spanish, they are similar. The only thing she had trouble with was the [ŋ] sound in words like 'cook-ing' and 'learn-ing'. We practiced it a few times and she was able to improve. I was able to finish teaching her about the tense but we didn't have enough time for in-context examples and practice so I will start our next lesson with that. I am including a sample of my lesson plan below for more context. 


Simple Present Tense:

  • Introduce the simple present tense by explaining that it is used to talk about habitual actions, general truths, and routines.
    • The simple present tense is used to talk about actions that happen regularly or habits. We use it to express general truths, facts, or routines. For example, "I eat breakfast every morning" means that it is something I do regularly. In this tense, we use the base form of the verb with no changes, except for the third-person singular form, which adds an "s" or "es" at the end of the verb.
  • Provide examples of simple present tense sentences on the board (e.g., "I go to school every day," "He likes to play soccer").
    1. a. I eat breakfast every morning.
      1. They play soccer on Saturdays.
      2. She reads a book before bed.
      3. We go to the park on weekends.
      4. He likes to watch movies.
  • Engage in a short dialogue with the student, asking questions and prompting them to respond using simple present tense. Ask her to make example sentence.
  • Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in simple present tense: a. She ________________ (study) English every day. b. They ________________ (play) soccer on weekends. c. I ________________ (like) to eat pizza. d. We ________________ (watch) movies on Friday nights. e. He ________________ (go) to the gym twice a week.

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