Using conditionals
Overview
In the second lesson of our series on society, students will concentrate on the functional uses of the second and third conditionals. This lesson will guide them through the nuances of these conditionals, helping them understand how to express unreal or hypothetical situations and their possible outcomes.
The lesson plan kicks off with a boardwork suggestion that highlights one way to review the target language. Following this introduction, students will then work on several low-resource classroom activities. These will involve collaborative grammar exercises and speaking tasks, providing ample opportunities for them to practice and internalise these conditionals. The lesson culminates with a creative classroom game designed to reinforce the concepts learned in a fun and engaging setting.
Lesson Outline
Classroom activities
Use of the board
Compare and contrast the functional uses of the second and third conditionals and try to elicit examples of each.
Improbable probability
Students work to create a list of interview questions for their partner that use conditional structures.
On one condition
In pairs, the students will now take turns interviewing each other using the questions they made during the previous activity.
If only
Students will work in pairs to create third conditional statements from prompts.
Suggested homework
Students have to summarise an online article on preventable disasters.
Classroom games
Press conference: Making excuses
A role-playing game where students pretend to be part of a post-disaster press conference.
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