2006/07 CONDITIONAL GRANTS AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE (THIRD QUARTER )
Lesson Plan Third Conditional
Transcript of Lesson Plan Third Conditional
Lesson Plan
Name: Racanel Armand Gabriel
School: Şcoala cu clasele I-VIII Fauresti
Class: the 8th
Date: the 25th of May
Textbook : Snapshot Intermediate
Unit 17 : Don’t panic!
Lesson: The third conditional
Type of lesson : fixation and consolidation knowledge
Lesson aims:
to raise SS’ attention upon the topic;
to practice vocabulary related to the topic;
to practice first type conditional;
to practice their speaking/writing skills;
to solve exercise from the worksheet.
Time: 50 min
Teaching techniques: dialogue, explanation, individual work, pair work, team work,
exercise.
Materials: textbook, worksheets, dictionaries, chalk, overhead projector ,
www.teachingenglish.org.uk
Bibliography: Abbs, Brian, Freebairn,Ingrid : “Snapshot Intermediate”- Teacher’s book,
Longman,2001
PROCEDURE
1. Tell the students about why you decided to become a teacher, and about another
possibility you had at that time.
For example:
‘I decided to become an English teacher when I was 25, because I wanted to be able
to travel around the world and work at the same time. If I hadn’t become an English
teacher, I would have moved to London.’
2. Tell the students that this was a third conditional sentence and ask them how it is
formed by putting prompts on the board:
If / I / not / become / teacher / move / London
After they have given you some ideas, write the full sentence:
If I had not become a teacher, I would have moved to London.
Elicit the form:
If + had + past participle + , would + have + past participle
3. Ask the students some concept questions to check understanding:
A. Did I become a teacher? (Yes)
B. Did I move to London? (No)
C. Is this situation real or are we imagining? (Imagining)
D. Are we talking about the past, present or future? (The past)
4. For the next stage you need to cut up the sentences on worksheet 1. Put the
words of each of the sentences into their own envelope and write the number of the
sentence on the envelope. If you have a class of 12, you’ll need 2 sets of sentences
to keep the activity flowing.
Divide the students into pairs and give each pair a cut up sentence (worksheet 1)
which they must re-organise into a third conditional sentence.
When they think the sentence is correct, they should call you over to check it. If it is
not correct, they must continue trying. If it is correct, ask them to write it down in their
notebooks, along with the number of the sentence. After that, give them the next
sentence to re-organise. The sentences can be given to the students in any order.
The activity can be set up as a race: write the names of each pair on the board and
every time they complete a sentence, you can write the sentence number on the
board next to their names. The aim is to complete all 5 sentences first, and so the
board will allow students to keep track of how many the other pairs have completed.
5. When all the pairs have finished re-organising the sentences, you can do some
feedback and write them up on the board.
1. If I had moved to London, I would have got an office job.
2. If I had got an office job, I would have become really bored.
3. If I become bored, I wouldn’t have been very happy.
4. If I hadn’t been very happy, I would have moved to Australia.
5. If I had moved to Australia, I would have become a surfing instructor.
Ask the students concept questions (like in stage 3) about each sentence, to check
comprehension.
6. On the board, write four beginnings of 3rd conditional sentences and ask students
in pairs to discuss how they would finish the sentences.
1. If I hadn’t come here today, I would have>
2. If I’d found £100 before school today, I would have>
3. If I’d won the lottery recently, I would have>
4. If I’d met an alien this morning, I would have>
Elicit endings from various students and write the best one for each sentence up on
the board. Read out the sentences and ask students to repeat. Point out the weak
forms of ‘had’ and ‘would have’ in the pronunciation. Ask students to read the
sentences again and to try to remember them.
Wipe off the beginnings, leaving only the endings visible on the board, and ask the
students to tell their partner what the beginning of each sentence was. Monitor their
pronunciation.
Ask the students what the beginnings were and then write them up again on the
board.
Next wipe the endings off the board and ask students to tell each other what the
endings were. Elicit the answers from various students.
7. Give students a copy of the chart (worksheet 2).
Either read out the tapescript (worksheet 3) or use your own recording of interviews
of your colleagues, using the questions in the chart, and ask the students to fill in the
chart with the information they hear. Read the tapescript/play the interviews twice.
Ask students to compare their answers in pairs and then check them as a class.
8. Write on the board:
Have you ever had to make a really big decision?
Can you imagine what would have happened if you hadn’t made that decision?
Ask students to discuss the questions in pairs and monitor carefully to see if they are
using the correct forms.
Worksheet 1
Cut up each sentence and put the words into an envelope. Write the number of the
sentence on the envelope
1 If I had moved
To London, I would have
Got an office job.
2 If I had got
An office job, I would
Have become really bored.
3 If I had become
bored, I wouldn’t have been
very happy.
4 If I hadn’t been Very
happy, I would have Moved to
Australia.
5 If I had moved
To Australia, I would have
Become a surfing instructor.
Worksheet 2
Jack Kate Sue
What decision did s/he
make?
Why was it a good
decision?
What would s/he have done if
s/he hadn’t made the decision?
Worksheet 3 tapescripts
1. Ja ck
I think my biggest decision was to move back to the UK from Saudi Arabia. I worked
there for
6 years and saved a lot of money. My school offered me work for two more years, but I
decided to return to England.
I think it was a really good decision. I enjoyed working in Saudi Arabia very much
and had a really great time. I made loads of friends and loved the climate. But I also
missed home, and I think six years was a long time to be away.
If I hadn’t moved back to the UK, I think I probably would have stayed in Saudi for a
few more years, but then I wouldn’t have got this great job. I also wouldn’t have met
my lovely wife, we wouldn’t have got married and we wouldn’t have had our
beautiful baby!
2. Kat e
I had to make a huge decision when I was only 18. I didn’t really know what I
wanted to do with my life, so I applied to do lots of different courses. I was
accepted to start a course to become a chef, and was also offered a place at
university to study geography.
I really didn’t know what to do and couldn’t choose between the two courses. My
mum gave me some good advice and said: ‘Why don’t you just get a job for a year
and think about what you really want to do. You can decide which one to study next
year.’
So anyway, I got a job as a florist for a year and really thought about what to do.
Finally I decided that I was more interested in going to university. But I didn’t
choose geography, I chose French!
I’m really glad I decided to think about things for a year because I realised that I
really wasn’t that interested in cooking or geography! Studying French made me
interested in languages generally and that’s why I became an English teacher.
If I hadn’t had a year off, I’d probably have become a chef and I think I’d have
been happy, but I’m happy now anyway!
3. S u e
I made a really big decision on my 30th birthday. I decided to try to lose weight.
I’ve always really enjoyed eating and didn’t use to like healthy food. Anyway, I saw a
photo of myself on holiday and hardly recognised myself, I was so overweight. Well,
I joined a slimming club and managed to lose a lot of weight.
It was the best decision of my life and I feel like a different person now. I still can’t
believe I
used to eat so much junk food.
If I hadn’t joined the club, I think I‘d have continued eating unhealthily and putting on
weight. I
think eventually I would have got ill if I hadn’t made the decision.
Worksheet 4 answers to listening
Jack Kate Sue
What decision did s/he
make?
To leave Saudi Arabia and
return to the UK.
To work for a year before
choosing a course to study.
To lose weight.
Was it a good
decision? Why?
Yes, because he missed his
friends and family and felt that
he had spent enough time
away from.
Yes. Because she realised she
wasn’t interested in cooking
or geography.
Yes. It was the best decision of
her life. She feels like different
person now.
What would s/he have done
if s/he hadn’t made the
decision?
He wouldn’t have got the job,
met his wife or had his baby.
She would have become a
chef.
She would have continued to
eat unhealthily and to put on
weight. She thinks she would
have become ill.
Worksheet 5
1. If I had moved to London, I would have got a boring office job.
2. If I had got an office job, I wouldn’t have been very happy.
3. If I had worked in London I wouldn’t have been very happy.
4. If I hadn’t been very happy, I would have moved to
Australia.
5. If I had moved to Australia, I would have become a surfing
instructor.
Worksheet 6
1. If I hadn’t come here today, I would have.
2. If I’d found £100 before school today, I would have.
3. If I’d won the lottery recently, I would have.
4. If I’d met an alien this morning, I would have