Lesson plan

Length of the lesson: 45 minutes

Theme: Dream big in life - Changing the past

Grammar: Mixed conditionals
Vocabulary: Words related to dreams and decision making.
Communicative objectives:
Talking about hypothetical situations in the present and in the past.
Talking about regrets.
Lesson objective: Review conditional forms in English, reinforce the topic and assess it.

Materials and
Activity Description of Activities and Setting
time

Students will be given different conditional clauses related to the

1. Focus and Review students’ interests, majors or recent experiences they will need to
5 min.
(Warm up) complete. Teacher will give immediate feedback on students'
answers as a way to review structures.

2. Statement of Objective After the warm up students will be given the objectives and
5 min.
for Student activities they are going to be developing that day.

Students will be introduced to the topic by answering second

conditional questions, questions about what they would do
if...They got their dream job, house, won the lottery etc.

Then, they will be given concrete hints based on their present

information that bring logical consequences to lead them to the use Activities
of the real conditionals. After introducing the topic they will be supported by
asked to give details about the structures they noticed we have been visual or
using. interactive
3. Teacher Input
smartboard
Next, they will be shown a Mr Bean video video where the main support.
character had a certain ending, they would be exposed to a model
third conditional statement, and later on they will be asked what the 30 min.
character could have done differently to change the outcome and
achieve his objective or get different results.

Students will be asked to reflect upon this last structure in contrast

with the structures of the other conditionals.

4. Guided Practice
Students will work on an AB communicative activity where they 15 min.
will be able to exchange information involving the three different
conditionals. (Mixed conditionals ´´Dare to answer´´ Board game:
where students will answer to hilarious and unusual hypothetical
situations)

Subsequently, they will be given short exercises related to the

theme topic where they will be able to use conditionals in context.
 Teacher will go around helping and resolving doubts.

In teams students will compete by writing the most creative story

using the first conditional on a poster (or an app for virtual books
writing). Later on they will share it with the other teams and decide
which is the winner.

The starting sentence could be:

5. Independent Practice 30 min.
If you work hard….you will...

Later on they could change some of the sentences in the story into
the second and third conditionals and see how the meaning of the
story changes in the different tenses.

Students will answer different questions involving 0-3 conditionals

in a forum in a virtual classroom, where they will also provide
answers to two of their peers. The forum can extrapolate the topic
7. Closure and
to their adult interest like politics or business. For instance:
extrapolation 30 min.
What would happen if Petro became President?
If coronavirus is not stopped…
If Italy had confined their population on time, they…

Written checklist where the teacher can take notes on students’

performance and use of the language during the speaking activities
and independent practice exercises. Formal feedback based on the
forums participation.
6. Assessment Methods:
Formal virtual game (Kahoot), written assessment or project based
on the topic.

Possible projects: *Writing a specific kind of essay based on a

hypothetical situation.
Student(s) & Differentiation:
Modifications/Accommodations: Teachers will assist groups and students during the activities
development. Students will be encouraged to collaborate and
As needed depending on students needs. cooperate, listen to each other before the presentation of their
stories.

References

Brown, H. D. (2001). Teaching by principles: An interactive approach to language

pedagogy. White Plains, NY: Longman.