-T will show her own pet's pictures to arise Ss' interest and set the context -T will ask students to discuss and make predictions about these pictures (How long do you think have I had them?) -Ss will work in pairs -T will elicit responses and write model sentences on the board

-T will give "complete the text" HOs -Ss will work individually and check in pairs WCF

-T will ask Ss to scan the text (The United States of animals-Ss will have already been given the text in the previous lesson) to find sentences with "for" and "since" -T will write them on the board to provide more examples about the TL -T will highlight target language through model sentences (written in the warm-up stage) focusing on meaning, form and pronunciation -T drills-choral-indv. repetition

-Ss will get into two groups -T will give two groups of strips of papers (one group with since/for, the other group with time expressions) to each group to match -Ss will work in groups (competition is avoided to get them to internalize the TL) -Answer key

-T will give three uncompleted sentences and ask students to complete them in different ways -Ss will work in pairs, (even mingle) ask and answer the questions (delayed error correction as necessary)

-T will ask Ss to find someone in the class whose life is most similar to theirs -Ss will mingle, ask questions and answer (e.g Are you married? Yes. How long have you been married? etc.) (Delayed error correction as necessary)

-T will give "find out which people..." HOs -Ss will mingle, ask and answer questions (Delayed error correction as necessary)