Grammar Unreal Conditionals
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of unreal conditionals in the context of Protests
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice of unreal conditional sentences in the context of protests
Procedure (33-46 minutes)
Show the video clip of the protest. Ask students questions about the video. "What do you think they were protesting?" "Do you think people were arrested?" "Was it a peaceful or violent protest?" Ask questions about protests in Turkey. What was the most recent protest? What do they tend to protest? Political? Violent?
Mention that the video was out of Virginia and they were protesting the removal of civil war statues. Refer back to the Bill Gates photo from previous lesson. Show video. Ask: "What would you do if someone threw a pie in your face?" Elicit answers and write on WB in unreal conditional form. Explain that this is an imaginary situation. Provide CCQ's. Provide another question and elicit responses.
Have to students refer to the reading they did in the previous lesson (provide handout if they don't have) and use the projector to display the texts. Have students read each of the sentences and then have two volunteers come to the WB and underline the unreal conditionals. Ask series of questions about its meaning and form. Present or Past? (present) Why do we use the past form of the verb? (because the situation is not real). Drilling of the concept.
Multiple Choice activity that allows them to choose between real and unreal conditionals. The students should be able to explain why it's real or unreal by referring to the likelihood of the event happening. Have them work in pairs to check their answers. Have a volunteer write one of the sentences reflecting an unreal condition onto the WB. Explain how the clauses can switch and make sure to note the comma placement.
Students will complete exercises 1 and 2 from the workbook. They will check their answers in pairs. Then I will elicit responses from the students regarding the answers. I will drill the intonation of the sentences (first clause rising, the second falling). Students will mingle to complete exercise 3 from the workbook. Elicit responses from students (who they spoke with, what their answer was).