Beverly Beverly

Second Conditional
Upper intermediate level

Description

In this lesson, students analyze the second conditional in the context of wishes hypothetical situations.

Materials

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Main Aims

  • To provide practice of second conditional in the context of wishes and hypothetical situations
  • To provide gist and deduction reading practice using a text about hypothetical and imaginary situations in the context of fake scenarios, unreal situations

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide gist and deduction reading practice using a text about wishes and hypothetical situations in the context of fake scenarios, unreal situations

Procedure

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

T. greets Ss. T. shows a meme to Ss. and asks them: does that happen to you? Ss. share thoughts. T. briefly explains how our overthinker brain starts creating fake scenarios. (hopefully) Ss agreed. OCFB

Exposure (8-10 minutes) • To provide a model of the task and highlight useful words and phrases

There are three little fractions of lyrics of songs. T. tells Ss. they have to read them. T. tells Ss, that each song has a different context, but all of them have a structure in common, and asks Ss. to guess what is that structure. Ss. read the lyrics (2 minutes) T. asks Ss. if they could guess the structure in common. Ss. answer. T. tell Ss. to have the structure in mind. T. shows a different slide with other two fractions of songs (differents). T. tells Ss, that each song has a different context, but all of them have a structure in common, and asks Ss. to guess what is that structure. Ss. read the lyrics (2 minutes) T. asks Ss. if they could guess the structure in common. Ss. answer. T. tell Ss. to have the structure in mind.

Language Analysis (6-8 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the task language

T. shows a slide with both structures: wishes (I wish, If only) and hypothetical situations (if...I would/could) and ask them to match each structure with its name, e.g., I wish = wishes T. clarifies MFPA CCQs. are these tenses in the present or in past? why do you think the verb is in past simple then? are these real situations or imaginary? Is this formal, informal or neutral? *uses contractions* what about now? T. checks sentence stress and linking T. uses visuals to explain what hypothetical situations are. T. gives a little guide for Ss. to know when using the second conditional.

Task (10-12 minutes) • To provide an opportunity to practice target productive skills

T. let know Ss. they are going to do an activity related to imaginary situations (wishes) T. tells students there are four pictures and they have to write a sentence about what they think people from the images are thinking, and that the sentence have to start with if, if only, I wish, or it's time. T. gives demonstration T. sends the link to Ss. and tells them it's an individual activity. Ss. do the activity (3 minutes) T. get Ss. in pairs or trios and sends them to BR to compare answers. (3 minutes) OCFB

Language Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with practice of the task language

T. let know Ss. they are going to practice Hypothetical situations. T. shows a list of hypothetical situations, e.g., What would you do if someone accused you of a crime you didn't commit? and tell Ss. they are going to choose a question or two (depending on the time) and discuss them with their classmates in BR. Before sending Ss to BR, T. sends to Ss a PDF with the questions and a little guide on how to answer these types of questions. Ss. discuss a couple 1 or 2 Hypothetical S. (6-8 minutes)

Report (3-5 minutes) • To allow students to report on how they did the task and how it went

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