Talking about the future
Overview
In this intermediate-level lesson, students will take a closer look at discussing the future, focusing on the functional application of different future constructions. They will explore and practice using will, going to, and the present continuous for future events, enabling them to express plans, predictions, and planned events effectively.
The lesson plan includes a boardwork example, which provides a clear introduction to the future constructions. Following this, students will participate in a series of low-resource classroom activities where they will interview each other about their future goals and plans, applying the target language in meaningful conversations. Finally, to wrap up the session, we conclude with a group game that consolidates the learning objectives and offers students a fun way to practice and review the language concepts covered.
Lesson Outline
Classroom activities
Use of the board
The students review different future constructions with an emphasis on their functional application.
Step through the functional uses of each future construction by eliciting examples from prompts. For example, you could give them 'cinema' to get the first statement.
Using the rules
Students work in pairs to complete the following sentences and identify which usage rule they correspond to.
Ambition
For this speaking activity, the students will work in pairs to talk about their life goals.
Changes over time
A speaking and writing activity where students contrast different themes with their respective pasts.
Classroom games
Stopwatch challenge: Future forms
Two or three students are given an imaginary scenario and have to talk for as long as possible using the different future forms.
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