Prompt Discussion: “What’s a small decision that had a big effect later on?” “What would’ve changed if things had gone differently?”

Group Case Building and Analysis Each group receives a brief case prompt Task: Reconstruct the event using past perfect (what led up to it) Use third conditional to reflect on missed or better actions Add a mixed conditional to explain a current consequence Output: Each group presents their case as a report to the class or another group using 3 key sentences: “What happened before” “What should’ve/could’ve happened” “What the result is now”

One student plays a vet going off-shift The other plays a colleague taking over the case The first explains: What had happened What the client did or didn’t do What they wish had gone differently What now needs to be done Language Use Encouraged: “Had we caught it sooner, we wouldn’t be dealing with this infection.” “If I had insisted on X-rays, this would’ve been resolved already.” “Because we didn’t follow up, we’re still trying to stabilize her.”

Instructor elicits examples of each structure heard today Students write one example sentence that combines all 3 tenses in a short summary