LESSON PLAN

School: Liceul Teoretic Mihai Eminescu Barlad

Teacher : Topala Anca
Class: 12th Grade
Textbook: New Opportunities Intermediate
Unit: 5
Lesson: 18
Level: intermediate
Aims: (by the end of the lesson, students will be able to):
-differentiate among four forms of the future tense
-classify situations and examples according to the forms of future tense
-make predictions
-put verbs into correct future forms
Approach: communicative
Skills involved: speaking, reading, listening
Language Focus: Present Simple, Present Continuous, going to + infinitive, will +
infinitive.
Timetable Fit:
 In the previous lesson, the students have learnt about
advertisements.
 The next lesson, pupils will practise the vocabulary involving
shopping.
Aids: textbook, blackboard, handouts, video player.
Anticipated Problems: Some students may have difficulty in understanding four
different future forms right from the beginning.
Solution to the anticipated problem: Raising the awareness through the various
activities developed during the class.
Assumptions: The Ss already handle a satisfying level of language in order to
accomplish the requests of the lesson.
Teacher: Tudose Andreea Alexandra
Time: 50’
School: “Mihai Băcescu” Technical College
Date: February 16th, 2016

PROCEDURE
Time Stages Interaction
10’ 1) Warm-up: T-Ss
T initiates a discussion about horoscope and fortune Role play
telling. What is a horoscope? What is fortune
telling? What are the different ways of predicting the
future? T writes SS’ suggestions on the board.
(palmistry, card reading, crystal ball). Do you believe
in fortune telling? T role plays the “fortune teller”.
Ss volunteer to have their future told. T and Ss play
 the “chatterbox” or “paper fortune teller” in order to
learn about predictions. Ss get acquainted with the
will + infinitive future form in a funny way.
E.g.: You will run for the next President of the U.S
You will be hungry in an hour.
You will travel to China and meet Jackie Chan
Etc.
15’ 2) Lead-in: T-Ss
T writes a cross on the blackboard eliciting from the Pw
Ss the four future forms: Will+ infinitive, Going to +
infinitive, Present Simple and Present Continuous.
T gives strips of paper with sentences written on it.
(See Appendix 1)
Ss discover by themselves, in pairs, each and every
use of the future form by sticking the sentences in the
corresponding square at the blackboard. After seeing
the common elements in the sentences from each
square, T sticks on the blackboard four coloured
squares of paper with future form usages. (See
Appendix 2)
Ss write in their notebooks.

10’ 3) Practice activity: T-Ss

Ss do exercise 9, page 61, first in pairs, then together Pw
with the T.
4) Viewing/speaking activity:
Stop and predict activity. T shows three ads to the Ss, T-Ss
10’ stops the videos at one point and Ss have to predict
what follows.
1’ 5) Feedback: Ss-Ss
Ss sing the chorus from the song “We will rock you”.
2’ 6) Home assignment: T-Ss
Exercise 12, page 61.
2’ 7) Evaluation T-Ss
Teacher evaluates the level of satisfaction,
participation and cooperation of the students.
8) Up Sleeve Activity T-Ss
Appendix 1

I’m going to eat at my friends’ house this evening.

Look at that man on the roof. He’ll fall!

These black clouds tell me it’s going to rain.

I will always love you.

Romania will win the World Cup in 2016.

I’m washing my hair tonight.

This year I’m going to read more.

I’m never smoking again.

My TV show starts at 4 pm.

I think it will rain.

I’m going to take my driving test.

I’m having my first lesson tomorrow afternoon.

I finish classes at 3 o’clock.

I’ll take this road; it’s quicker.

My plane leaves in an hour.

She arrives at 6:00 Tuesday morning.

In 50 years, everyone will speak Chinese.

Appendix 2

PRESENT SIMPLE

 TIMETABLES

 OFFICIAL/FIXED ARRANGEMENT THAT WE CAN’T

CHANGE.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS
GOING TO + Infinitive
 PERSONAL ARRANGEMENT
INTENTION
SPECIFIC PLANS IN THE NEAR FUTURE
PREDICTION BASED ON
OBSERVING THE PRESENT SITUATION (EVIDENCE).

WILL + Infinitive

 SPONTANEOUS DECISION

 PREDICTION BASED ON INTUITION (MIGHT NOT HAPPEN)

 PROMISE