*T reminds the Ss of the story they have just read in their previous lesson. *T hands out new copies of the text, if necessary. *T tries to engage Ss by asking their opinions about the story, if they liked it, if it was funny, etc.

*T writes the example from the text on the board ("If everything had gone according to plan, this would have been no joke.") *T asks CCQs (Did everything go as planned? No. Was it scary or funny? Funny. Was it supposed to be funny? No. Why was it funny? Their plan didn't work.) *T writes an event from the text on the board (The thieves left their bag on the bus, so they bought a toy gun.) and elicits the third conditional form (If the thieves hadn't left their bag on the bus, they wouldn't have bought a toy gun.) *T asks CCQs for both examples: "Did it happen in the past? (Yes.) Can we change the situation? (No.) Do we often want to change the situation when we use it? (Yes.) *With the examples boarded, T elicits form. *T uses back-chaining to help with natural pronunciation (including contractions).

*T has Ss work on the gap-fill individually. *Ss check their answers in pairs. *T gives the answer key to the pairs and they check their answers. *T monitors throughout the activity and looks for any common errors. *After the Ss check their answers with the keys, T boards one or two examples as necessary for clarification.

*Ss read the text for the gist and answer the question: "Why did the thief get caught? (Because he fell asleep.)" *With the correct answer, the TL is elicited.

*Ss then write five sentences about the story using the third conditional in pairs. *Ss check their sentences with another pair. *The early finishers are given board markers to write one example (perhaps their favorite) on the board, until there are about 5-6 examples on the board. *T has the students try to correct any errors.

*T writes some important life events on the board. *T tries to elicit what they are (important life events) *T uses the TL to say what would have happened if these events hadn't taken place. *Ss brainstorm individually five important events from their own lives and how things would have been different had they not happened. *Ss share their events in pairs. (If time, they can share their events with other Ss, with one partner in each pair moving on to another partner.) *T monitors for WCFB error correction, and boards some errors if time. *Ss share some interesting things they've heard before T has Ss correct boarded errors (if time).