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Talking about the future

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Elementary+/A2
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Grammar
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45-60 min
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In this elementary-level ESL lesson plan, students will build on what they learned in our previous going to + infinitive grammar lesson. The lesson will examine using this construction and will, for predictions, plans, and intentions, enhancing their ability to discuss the future.

The lesson includes a boardwork example demonstrating one way to introduce the target language. Students will then participate in several low-resource activities, engaging in speaking and writing tasks that apply this future tense form. As usual, the lesson wraps up with an entertaining classroom game, providing a lively way for students to apply what they've learned and end the session on a high note.

Lesson Outline
Activities
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Boardwork
1Use the future
2Party planners
3Role play
Games
1Stopwatch challenge
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Classroom activities

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Use of the board

The students review the functional uses of the going to + infinitive, and will structure for talking about the future.

Step through the functional uses of each future construction by eliciting examples from prompts. For example, you could give them 'Star Wars' to get the first statement.

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Use the future

A pairwork writing activity where the students create examples for each functional use of the future constructions.

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Party planners

For this writing activity, the students will work in pairs to prepare a dialogue for the next task.

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Party planners: Role play

The students act out the dialogues that they prepared during the previous activity.

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Classroom games

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Stopwatch challenge: Future tenses

Students are given a topic about the future and have to talk for as long as possible using the future constructions they have learned in this lesson.

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