Second Conditional Lesson
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of the second conditional in the context of review about reality show
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide accuracy and fluency speaking practice in discussion through asking each other several questions like "what would you do if you saw someone stealing bread in the supermarket?"
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To provide gist and scan reading practice using a text about a review in the context of pick of the month
Procedure (34-45 minutes)
Project different pictures for reality TV shows ask Ss about these reality TV and if they know one of them Ask them to tell each other about reality TV programme they like and what they like about it. give them 1 minute for it provide quick whole class feedback ..ask them which reality TV they like and what do they like about it?
Show SS the text ask them what do they think this text about? after you hear some prediction about the text Ask SS to read the text and check if they are right Give them 1 minute to read.
Tell Ss to unfold the handout and ask them to look at the four underlined sentences in the text and complete the rules with the words from the box ask them to check their answers in groups monitor them to see if they are finished give them answer keys and allow them to check their answers before going to the next stage
Show the handout to the SS and tell them they are going to listen to a conversations and I need them to complete the conversation. play the audio ask them to check their answers in pairs monitor them provide whole class feedback by asking them these questions: How do we pronounce would in the question form? Drill the question How do we pronounce would in fast spoken English in positive sentences? Drill How we pronounce the negative of would? Drill Ask them to read out the first question and its answer and write them on the board "what would you do if your laptop exploded?" "if my laptop exploded, I'd call for help" try to elicit the form from students and write it on the board use CCQs to check the meaning Is his laptop going to explode? ( we don't know) Is it impossible to happen? No so why does he say he would call for help? ( he is imagining what would he do if his laptop exploded)
Tell Ss that you are going to give them anther practice Read the first example with them and tell them that they might need to change the form of the verbs. let them check in pairs or groups first elicit the answers and drill the difficult sentences
Regroup students Ask them a question "what would you do if you saw an elephant walking down street? so they know the structure of the questions they are going to use + and prepare them for the this stage Tell them you are going to give them a list of questions and you want them to work in pairs asking each other these questions. monitor them provide delayed feedback