Irish Irish

Revision: Unit 7
Grade 5 level

Description

This revision lesson reviews three ways to talk about the future and daily life. Students practice using “will” for predictions to say what they think will happen, the present continuous for future plans and arrangements, and the present simple for schedules and timetables. Through speaking and sentence activities, students learn how to choose the correct tense to talk about predictions, plans, and fixed times with confidence.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • By the end of the lesson, students will be able to correctly use “will” for predictions, the present continuous for future plans, and the present simple for schedules in speaking and simple sentence tasks.

Subsidiary Aims

  • By the end of the lesson, students will have improved their speaking confidence by discussing future predictions, plans, and schedules with partners and groups. They will also develop their listening and reading skills through short activities that present the target grammar in context. In addition, students will practice forming correct sentence structures using common future time expressions and build greater accuracy and fluency in choosing the correct tense based on whether they are talking about a prediction, a plan, or a timetable.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

Students play a quick speaking game. The teacher shows time prompts on the board (tomorrow, this weekend, at 7:00 a.m.). In pairs, students make sentences for each prompt. A few answers are shared to activate prior knowledge of future forms.

Exposure (3-5 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

Students read or listen to a short dialogue/text that includes examples of will for predictions, present continuous for plans, and present simple for schedules. They answer gist questions such as “Which sentences talk about plans?” and “Which talk about predictions?”

Highlighting (2-3 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

Students look at selected sentences from the text. The teacher underlines the verb forms and asks students to notice the differences between will, am/is/are + verb-ing, and present simple verbs.

Clarification (5-7 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

The teacher explains the meaning and use of each form using a timeline and clear examples: Will → predictions or guesses Present continuous → arranged future plans Present simple → fixed schedules or timetables Concept-check questions are used to confirm understanding, along with quick form drills.

Controlled Practice (4-5 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

Students complete a structured activity such as gap-fills or sentence matching, focusing on choosing the correct tense. They work in pairs, and answers are checked as a class.

Semi-Controlled Practice (4-5 minutes) • To concept check further and prepare students for free practice

Students work in pairs with prompt cards (e.g., weather forecast, diary plans, school timetable). They create sentences using the correct future form with some teacher support.

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

Students talk about their own future using all three forms: one prediction, one plan, and one schedule. Volunteers share with the class. The teacher monitors and notes errors for feedback.

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