Sara Dehimi
Modals of speculations about the present - B1 level
Modals of speculations about the present
B1 level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification of modals for speculations about the present in the context of Justice and law
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review and clarification of Courtroom vocabulary in the context of a kidnapping trial
Procedure (69-94 minutes)
The T gives a short presentation to set the lesson's context and expose students to the lesson's vocabulary by showing a few pictures and eliciting the target words.
1. In pairs, the T asks students to complete activity 1 on p. 138. Then check the answers as a class 2. Ss are referred to Act 2, p.138, and have a class discussion. Ss are encouraged to justify their answers. 3. The T references the highlighted words and has Ss define them as best they can in their pairs. Check answers. Then have Ss work individually to read the text and complete the activity. - Ss to compare answers with their partners. Then answers are checked as a class. 4. Ss work in the same pairs to complete the activity. Check answers as a class. Ss are asked to explain how they got their answers
Ss play a Kahoot to assess their knoweldge on the learnt vocabulary
Divide the students into 2 groups and have them, and have 1 person at a time from each group explain the word in the cut-up without saying the word.
The T Elicits different modal verbs (have to, must, can’t, can, could). Then have Ss look at phrases 1–5 in exercise 5 -The T asks when the action is happening (present) - The T asks a few CCQs to check Ss' understanding: e.g, Is the person sure, unsure about what he is thinking?
- Explain that we can also use modal verbs to speculate in the present. - Have Ss complete the activity (5) individually. - Check answers as a class.
In exercise 6, the T refers Ss to the Grammar box and asks them to read through it individually and ask any questions if they do not understand something. - Check the meaning Then have Ss read the Watch out! box. Finally, the T gets Ss to complete the activity individually. Check answers as a class. - To check their understanding, the T asks a few CCQs and asks Ss to fill in the gaps of a few sentences.
In exercise 7, the T asks the Ss to complete the activity individually. Check answers as a class.
-In exercise 8. the T models the activity using the example given. -Ss are asked to complete the activity individually, then compare answers with a partner. -Then check answers as a class. - Ss play a Kahoot
In two groups, Ss play an online guessing game with zoomed-out pictures using modals to speculate about the picture
