Infinitive
pre-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of Infinitive "to" in the context of advices about meeting your partner's parents
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist, scan and detailed reading practice using a text about how to survive meeting your girlfriend's parents for the first time in the context of advices
Procedure (27-39 minutes)
In this stage, I will ask my students about two pieces of advice for somebody who is going to meet his her partner's parents for the first time.
In this stage, I will ask them to read the text quickly and tell me if their advices were in the text or not.
In this stage, I will ask them to read the text completely and fill the blanks with the verbs in the list. then checking together.
In this stage, I will ask them to read one of the advices in the text. I will write it on a board and teach them about when we use infinitive. I will also teach them its structure and negative form.
In this stage, I will ask them to do part b on page 140. then we will check together in the class.
In this stage, I will give them a topic to speak in their group. It is expected to use infinitive " to" while they are talking.