LESSON PLAN

Date:
Grade: VII A
Number of students: 30
Time: 50 minutes
Level: Pre-Intermediate
Lesson: If I had the money...

Unit 13: If I had the money...

Textbook: Snapshot Pre-Intermediate

Type of lesson: communication of new knowledge

Aims of the lesson:

 to introduce vocabulary related to imaginary situations

 to talk about asking and giving advice
 to develop the student’s reading, listening, writing and speaking skills
Objectives: By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to:
 to ask and give advice
 to use personality adjectives in sentences
 to employ the correct verb tense in the conditional sentence (second type)
Vocabulary: personality adjectives;
Function: Talk about personal dreams and ambitions, express personal opinions
Skills: reading, listening and speaking.
Teaching methods: explanation, conversation, exercise.

Resources required: students’ textbooks, blackboard, CD player, CD-s, worksheets

Evaluation of pupils’ learning:
- Initial: Homework check-up
- Continuous: Through activities and error correction
- Final: Through oral and written feed-back and homework
Anticipated problems:
Ss may have problems in expressing their hopes and dreams in English.
 ACTIVITY/ INTER-
PROCEDURE TIME
AIM ACTION

Activity 1: T greets the pupils;

Checking homework T checks homework – Ss read their 3’ T – Ss
homework aloud.

T writes the example „If I were you I’d buy a

mountain bike” on the board and checks the
Activity 2 meaning by asking “Is it possible I can be 5’ T – Ss
you?” “What are we doing here?”(Imagining)
Introducing the
“What time are we thinking
second conditional
about?”(Future/Present). T also points out the
contraction “I’d/I would”. T also writes some
other example on the board eliciting from the
Ss the rules of building the conditional clause.

Activity 3 T gives Ss a matching exercise: cut up 7’ T – Ss

sentences, so that Ss have to match the “If
Matching sentences clause” to the result clause. Ss match these Pair work
sentences in pairs. Ss read their answers
aloud.

Activity 4 T hands out worksheets explaining the Ss they 5’ T – Ss

have to put the words in order to obtain
Practicing the second correct conditional clauses. Individual
conditional
work

Activity 5 T writes on the board „Your hopes, dreams 7’ T – Ss

and ambitions” and checks vocabulary. For a
Speaking few minutes Ss think of their own hopes/
dreams and compare ideas.
 Activity 6 T asks Ss to read the text at pages 76, 77. The 10’ T – Ss
text is a dialogue. Ss read it pairs. T explains
Reading and writing the unknown words, if any. Ss have to Ss – Ss
complete a chart regarding Amy and Mel’s
Comprehension Pair work
dreams.

T writes “time capsule” on the board and

explains the idea to the Ss. T also asks Ss
Activity 7
Do you know about any time capsules?
Listening 10’ T – Ss
What would you put in one? T tells Ss they
are going to listen to a radio program in which
Helen and Phil talk about things they would
put in a time capsule. T hands out worksheets
with a chart where Ss must make notes about
the two characters. Ss listen to the CD and T
checks the answers with the whole class.

Activity 8 T assigns homework. Ss have to solve 3’ T – Ss

exercises from the Activity Book page 53.
Assigning homework

WORKSHEET

(1) (2) (3)

If what that car won if would had
you I would new I buy the chickens if
you loved say I
lottery I ’d a they lips talk
you told ?
(4) (5) (6)

you me buy were wouldn’t If I I’d go

loved if me I you kiss France had
last you alive helicopter
you’d it for
if the man
my to own
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Choose the correct number from column A to form a complete sentence with column B:

Column A Column B

1 If we had enough money he would be fighting a war

2 If he were a young man we would travel to another country

3 If she were a fish they could say what they want to eat.

4 If smoking were allowed in a bus he would be able to walk faster

5 If I were a baby I would give everyone free health care

6 If dogs talked I would have a cigarette

7 He is so crazy! If he were an animal They would be on the beach

8 If they were in Brazil I would sleep all day

9 If I were president she would swim in the ocean.

10 If Napoleon were alive he would be a sheep