| LESSON OVERVIEW
The main objectives of this ESL lesson on Past Perfect are to:
- talk about past events and preserving memories for the future;
- watch a video about a lost purse;
- understand and practise the Past Perfect tense.
With this lesson, students discuss things they carry with them, read a story and watch a video about a 63-year-old purse found in a school. They talk about memories and discuss time capsules. Students also learn the rules of Past Perfect and practise using it with Past Simple. They also read about the Crypt of Civilization and share their perspectives.
WARM-UP AND VIDEO
This ESL lesson on Past Perfect starts with a warm-up. Students list what they usually carry in their bag or pockets. They then guess what their teacher carries and compare lists. After that, students read the story about a lost purse. Next, they watch the first part of a video to complete the gaps in the story. Afterwards, students tick the things they think were found in the purse (e.g. photos of classmates, an address book). They watch the second part of the video and check their answers. Following that, students discuss questions about family history and personal connections to the past.
GRAMMAR AND DISCUSSION
In this part of this ESL lesson on Past Perfect, students look at sentences with the Past Perfect tense and do tasks. They explore the rules of Past Perfect and the order of past events. Moving on, students complete gaps in sentences about the video with the Past Perfect form. After that, they read the description of a time capsule and discuss questions about preserving memories for the future. Next, students learn about the Crypt of Civilization. They then use prompts and words provided (because, before, after) to write sentences using Past Simple and Past Perfect.
HOMEWORK/REVISION
This lesson plan also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students complete gaps using Past Simple and Past Perfect. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.
WORKSHEETS
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Great lesson. Thank you!!
Thanks so much for your comment!
Really cool lesson, I loved it even more than my students did 🙂
Thanks! So happy to hear that both you and your students had fun with the lesson. 🙂
A great story and really nice but this was too difficult for intermediate students. Maybe should be marked as B1.B2.
I would also consider it a challenge for students trying to get to B1, but it’s sometimes good to challenge your students 🙂 the grammar portion is a bit too easy for B2 on the other hand, so maybe it’s correct?
It’s a really nice story indeed 🙂 The past perfect might present a challenge to B1 learners. However, since the tasks are well scaffolded and contextualised, B1 students should be able to understand the tense and eventually put it to use. Thanks for your feedback!
Maybe yes, I think it was more the part with the sentence examples that had to be converted, the examples seemed a little heavy but other than that part the rest was really enjoyable thank you again 😉
Thank you!
This video brings up nostalgia that wants to make everybody participate. Great lesson plan!
Thank you! Glad to hear that!