LESSON PLAN

Teacher’s name: Staicu Denisa-Mihaela

School: Școala Gimnazială Nicolae Titulescu

Date: 12.12.2023

Grade: VII A

Textbook: Limba modernă Engleză. Editura ArtKlett

Unit: 4

Type of the lesson: Teaching lesson

Grammar: Second conditional

Communication: talk about imaginary situations

Time: 50'

Aims of the lesson:

⦁ to develop Ss listening, reading, writing and speaking skills

⦁ to introduce the new grammar structure

⦁ to develop Ss’ ability to identify unreal and imaginary situations

⦁ to develop Ss’ knowledge about the usage of the second types of conditionals

Objectives:

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be better able to:

⦁ use correctly the second conditional

⦁ recognise the second conditional form

Skills: Listening, reading, speaking and writing

Techniques: Explanation, conversation, exposing , dialogue, exercising

- some pupils might feel nervous and reluctant to participate in the activity, thus they may need
assistance;

- some students might need further help and extra indications in solving the tasks and they may also
need some of these indications to be given in Romanian.

STAGES OF THE LESSON

1. Warm-up
Objectives:

1. To organise the class

Teacher greets the class and checks if anyone is absent.

Students’ activity:

Pupils greet the teacher.

Strategies: Conversation

Materials: -

Interaction: T- Ss; Ss - T

Skills: Speaking

Time: 2’

2. Checking the homework

- to check whether the pupils have accomplished their task

Teacher’s activity:

The teacher asks the students what they had for homework. T. selects two children to read the
homework, making corrections when necessary.

Students’ activity:
The selected students read their homework

Strategies: Conversation

Materials: Textbooks

Interaction: T-Ss, Ss – T

Skills: Speaking

Time: 3’

3. Lead-in
Objectives:

- To spark Ss’ interest in the subject

Teacher’s activity:

T explains to Ss that they will be spinning a wheel and will have to respond to certain hypothetical
situations. T chooses a student, who in turn chooses another student and so on.

Students’ activity:

Ss listen T’s instructions and volunteer to come to spin the wheel. They answer the question and pick a
classmate to come to the wheel.

Strategies: explanation, dialogue, conversation, exposing

Materials: Wordwall

Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T

Skills: Speaking

Time: 10’

4. Presentation
Objectives:

- to introduce the new grammar structure;

- to develop Ss’ ability to identify unreal and imaginary situations;

- to develop Ss’ knowledge about the usage of the second type of conditionals.
Teacher’s activity:

T writes the title on the board and the following sentece:

If I could fly, I would always be in a different country.

T asks the Ss: Is it possible I can fly?

Then the T explains that second conditional is used in imagined situations.

If I won the lottery, I would buy a penthouse. (= I didn’t win the lottery so I can’t buy a penthouse).

Then proceeds to explain Ss how it is formed:

In the IF CLAUSE we use PAST SIMPLE.

In the MAIN CLAUSE we use would + verb.

Students’ activity:

Ss listen to the teachers’ instructions and take notes in their notebooks.

Strategies: Communication, explanation, observation

Materials: board

Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-T

Skills: Listening, speaking

Time: 10’

5. Practice
Objectives:

- to provide opportunity to use recently learnt material;

- to develop Ss’ ability to work in pairs.

Teacher’s activity:

T. tells the Ss that they are going to work in pairs to complete a worksheet with second conditional in
order to use recently learnt material. T. goes through the answers with the whole class.

Students’ Activity

Ss listen to the T.’s explanations and work in pairs to fill in the gaps.

Strategies: Exercising, Observation

Interaction: T-Ss; Ss-T; S-S, Pair work

Skills: Reading, Writing

Time: 10’

6. Production
Objectives:

- to produce and use explicitly the recently learnt material;

- to develop Ss’ writing skills.

Teacher’s activity:

Teacher tells the Ss that they are going to play a consequence chain story. T distributes worksheet on
each row and ask the Ss to continue the phrase. Then, another classmate continues what S had written
until they finish the worksheet.

Students’ Activity

Students listen to teachers’ instructions and give their answers.

Strategies: exercising, observation, communication

Materials: worksheet (Annex 2)

Interaction: S-S, T-Ss, Ss-T,

Skills: Writing, Speaking, Reading

Time: 10’

7. Feedback and Homework

- To get feedback from the pupils

Teacher’s activity:

T. assigns as homework exercises 3 and 4, page 39, grammar section. Then asks Ss how they felt during
the lesson.
Students’ activity:

Ss listen to the teacher and answer their question.

Strategies: Communication

Materials: -

Interaction: T-Ss

Skills: Speaking

Time: 5’

Annex 1
Second Conditionals - put the verb into the correct tense:
1. If I _________________ (be) you, I _________________ (get) a new job.
2. If he _________________ (be) younger, he _________________ (travel) more.
3. If we _________________ (not / be) friends, I _________________ (be) angry
with you.
4. If I _________________ (have) enough money, I _________________ (buy) a
big house.
5. If she _________________ (not / be) always so late, she _________________
(be) promoted.
6. If we _________________ (win) the lottery, we _________________ (travel)
the world.
7. If you _________________ (have) a better job, we _________________ (be)
able to buy a new car
8. If I _________________ (speak) perfect English, I _________________ (have) a
good job.
9. If we _________________ (live) in Mexico, I _________________ (speak)
Spanish.
10. If she _________________ (pass) the exam, she _________________ (be) able
to enter university.
11. She _________________ (be) happier if she _________________ (have) more
friends.
12. We _________________ (buy) a house if we _________________ (decide) to
stay here.
13. They _________________ (have) more money if they _________________
(not / buy) so many clothes
14. We _________________ (come) to dinner if we _________________ (have)
time.
15. She _________________ (call) him if she _________________ (know) his
number.
16. They _________________ (go) to Spain on holiday if they _______________
(like) hot weather.
17. She _________________ (pass) the exam if she _________________ (study)
more.
18. I _________________ (marry) someone famous if I _________________ (be)
a movie star.
19. We never _________________ (be) late again if we _________________ (buy)
a new car.
20. You _________________ (lose) weight if you _________________ (eat) less.
Answer Key:
1. If I were you, I would get a new job.
2. If he were younger, he would travel more.
3. If we weren’t friends, I would be angry with you.
4. If I had enough money, I would buy a big house.
5. If she weren’t always so late, she would be promoted.
6. If we won the lottery, we would travel the world.
7. If you had a better job, we would be able to buy a new car
8. If I spoke perfect English, I would have a good job.
9. If we lived in Mexico, I would speak Spanish.
10. If she passed the exam, she would be able to enter university.
11. She would be happier if she had more friends.
12. We would buy a house if we decided to stay here.
13. They would have more money if they didn't buy so many clothes
14. We would come to dinner if we had time.
15. She would call him if she knew his number.
16. They would go to Spain on holiday if they liked hot weather.
17. She would pass the exam if she studied more.
18. I would marry someone famous if I were a movie star.
19. We would never be late again if we bought a new car.
20. You would lose weight if you ate less.
Annex 2