English Lesson Planner | Grammar Lesson - will / won't for predictions

Murat Turk

Grammar Lesson - will / won't for predictions - Pre-intermediate level

Grammar Lesson - will / won't for predictions
Pre-intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students will be introduced the to the modal verb will and its contraction won't in the context of predictions.

Materials

HO, WB, PC

Main Aims

To provide clarification, review and practice of will and won't in the context of predictions.

Subsidiary Aims

To provide practice of modal auxiliary verb 'will' and it's negative 'won't' in the context future events and predictions.

Procedure (38-50 minutes)

Warmer/Lead-in (5-7 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

* A short story about yourself re football. * Using images (source: Google Images) on the PC engage Ss with a discussion on football and Eurovision to introduce the lesson.

Highlighting (3-5 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

* Ss will work in pairs to ask each other who they think will win the soccer championship or the Eurovision. * They will take turns in asking and answering in either, yes I think/believe they will or won't.

Exposure (6-8 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

* Project three sentences on the WB and get a student or three to fill in the missing verb + infinitive to illustrate its function.

Clarification (6-8 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

* Write 'will' on the WB and clarify meaning, form and pronunciation. * Indicate tense and its contracted form - 'll and its uses with pronouns - I'll, you'll, they'll, we'll, he'll, she'll, it'll. * Ss will their predictions on the HO and peer check each others predictions.

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

* Ex 2 HO 'The pessimists phrase book'. * Ss will gap-fill using a word bank. * Ss will listen to audio 3.3 and check their answers.

Semi-Controlled Practice (5-6 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

HO * Ss will make up their own pessimist responses to given situations.

Free Practice (5-6 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

* Recap