Expressing wishes and intentions
Pre-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To contrast intentions and wishes
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy speaking practice in a conversation in the context of free time
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To provide clarification and practice of wishes and intentions in the context of free time
Procedure (37-49 minutes)
*Teacher greets students "Hello guys, how are you today?" Presentation 1, "okay guys take a look at this question, how do you usually spend your free time?" Teacher nominate students to for sharing their answers. Okay so let's keep talking about free time, I will give you some questions, and in breakout rooms I want you to discuss them with your classmates, you have 3 minutes for this activity. ICQ: are you working in teams or alone? How much time do you have for this activity? -Are you usually free at the weekend or do you have a lot of work/study? -How many weeks’ holiday from ar school do you have every year? Is it enough? -Do you think people in your country have enough free time, generally? (Think about people in different types of jobs)
"Nice job guys, you give very interesting answers", but now, I want you to think about the things you are planning to do or would rather do in your free time. So, are you a live wire or a couch potato? by looking at the pictures what do you think is a synonym for live wire? and what about couch potato? "excellent", "now lets take a look at this small test", "you will be reading this text and while you read I want you to identify which of the sentences is a live wire or a couch potato" *jamboard activity You will have 4 minutes for this activity and you will answer individually. ICQ: How much time do you have for this? are you working in pairs or individually? "perfect, so you may start reading now" After the 4 minutes are over "Okay guys so now you are going to be working with a classmate so you can compare your answers. You have 2 minutes for this. *Back in the main room discuss the answers in group.
"Great guys, now that you have identified each statement I want you to read the text one more time, and this time select 5 statements that you feel identified with, then, count them and find one if you are a couch potato or a live wire. You have 2 minutes for this." *Share some answers in the main room
*Language Analysis sheet*
"Okay guys now let's put what we learn into practice" "Here we have 7 incompleted phrases" "What I want you to do is to use the phrases below to make 7 good resolutions for the future with going to/ planning to" "here we have the first example" we have the phrase "keep in touch with my" So the complete sentence will be I am planning to keep in touch with my brother. You have 4 minutes for this activity and at the end, we will check it as a group. How much time do you have for this? Are we checking in group or in pairs?
"Okay guys, now we have some questions, but guess what? they are incomplete as well, you will have 3 minutes to complete them and then I will put you in breakout rooms so you can discuss your answers with your classmates." You may start working now