Permissions and Obligations
B2 UpperI-Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide fluency
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To provide clarification and practice
Subsidiary Aims
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To make use of concept checking and instruction checking questions.
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To include an ice-breaker physical activity
Procedure (44-47 minutes)
A simple this or that activity T labels the left and right side of the room. Reads out simple job-related either/or questions (e.g. "Would you rather work indoors or outdoors?"). Students move to one side of the room to show their preference. T asks 1 student per side to briefly explain their choice.
T shows the job images (Pilot, LEGO Builder, Forest Ranger, Stuntman). Asks: "What do you think this job is? Would you like it? Easy or hard?"
T asks SS to read 4 short quotes from people talking about their job training from page 47. Students decide: "Did they find the training useful? Why or why not?"
T returns to the quotes. Ask: “Did you notice any rules or things people had to do in the training?” Asks SS to underline short phrases like must, have to, can’t, don’t have to in their texts. T writes 4–5 examples on the board: Asks: "What do these phrases tell us? A rule? A choice? Something not allowed?"
Students work with a worksheet that includes: Matching: Gap-fill: Sorting
Structured Speaking: T asks SS to create and share rules for imaginary jobs using modal verbs Instructions: T gives each pair a job card. Models an example: “A zookeeper must feed the animals every day. He mustn’t sleep on the job.” Students write 3–4 sentences with modal verbs about their imaginary job. Then, they stand up and share their sentences with another pair.
T asks: What’s one new grammar word from today? Can you give me one sentence with “must” or “can’t”? Gives feedback on the lesson Asks SS to give feedback
