Dream & Reality
Upper-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification, review and practice of wishes and regrets in the context of memoirs and personal examples
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide fluency and accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of regrets
Procedure (42-56 minutes)
I will show photos on the projector and ask what do you think about these photos? discuss it with your friend elicit Memory, wishes, and regret.
Students will Match wishes and regrets with six memories in Reality check peer check Students will write the answers on the board Show the answers
Show the bold sentences on the board an tell them what are they? elicit word regret are they hobbies or regrets? regrets explain regret if needed (something that didn't happen/happened in the past. )
Look at the regrets in bold in HO1 work in pairs and figure out the structure for each. Monitor and check for errors. Give them ready for clarification MFP
I use CCQs to clarify meaning, form, and pronunciation by using language analysis sheet Show stress on: 1) wish 2) found 3) done 4) wasted 5) getting, hadn't 6) biggest Show connected speech of I'd (/aɪd/), should've (/ʃʊdəv/ shoul-uhv), if only (fonly), it's a pity (sapity) (pronoun drilling)
Hand out 2 Gap filling work alone peer check stick answers on the wall.
I will drow a person on the board with speech bubbles and tell them to write at least two sentences for each using the structure in HO 1 Peer check who has the funniest sentence?