Lesson plan

Age of students: 13-14-year-olds

Number of students: 12-18

Level: A2+/B1

Materials:

 PDF Booklet “Explaining Coronavirus to kids”

https://education.qld.gov.au/curriculums/learningfromhome/explaining-coronavirus-to-kids-
booklet.pdf
 YouTube video “The next outbreak? We’re not ready|Bill Gates” https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6Af6b_wyiwI
 Handout for each student (a table with 1&2 conditional sentences and a vocabulary exercise)
Aims for the students:

 To revise the 1st and 2nd conditional.

 To practice listening and taking notes during a listening activity.
 To practice speaking
 To develop creativity
 To learn new vocabulary about epidemics
 To learn how to work in groups efficiently

STAGE ACTIVITY AIM TIME MATERIALS

Warm up The teacher asks the students for - To practice the 5 min. -
one sentence using the 1 or 2 conditionals
conditional while he/she checks the - To make checking
list. attendance more
interesting
Introduction The teacher shows the students the - To practice 10 min. The booklet
booklet “Explaining Coronavirus to vocabulary
kids” next, the students are divided related with an
in 3-4 groups and have to think epidemic.
about other things they know about - To work in groups
the Coronavirus (how to prevent, and talk about
what to do when you got it etc.) different
after that, they present their ideas experiences with
to the whole group. the Coronavirus.
Pre-viewing The teacher gives each student a - To practice the 5 min A handout
activity 1 table with 4 first conditional conditionals. with the
sentences and 4 second conditional - To warm up exercise
ones. The students have to choose before the
which ones use the 1st and which conditionals used
ones the 2nd . in the video.
Pre-viewing The teacher gives the students a - To learn new 5 min A handout
 activity 2 handout with vocabulary from the vocabulary with the
video they will watch next (eg. concerning an exercise
NATO, vaccine, germ etc.) the epidemic
students have to match the word
with its definition
While-viewing The teacher divides the class into 3-4 - To practice 15 min YouTube
activity groups, the students are going to listening for video
watch the video and each group has information
to answer a different question about - To practice taking
the video after watching it. notes during a
video
- To practice
working in groups
Post-viewing The teacher asks the student - To practice 5 min -
activity & whether we were ready for the next speaking and
homework pandemic (the Coronavirus), and argumentation
why or why not. Students then - To develop
answer the question, which leads students
the teacher to assigning a homework creativity
activity, in which the students have - To make the
to make a poster about how students aware
“normal” people can help to prevent of the pandemic
spreading the Coronavirus. problem

Pre-viewing activity 1:

Choose if the sentence is in 1st or 2nd conditional. Write your answer next to the sentence.

If I won the lottery, I would buy

a sports car.
If I see Peter today, I will tell him
the good news.
If I knew she was in town, I would have
invited her to the wedding.
Unless it snows, we will
go shopping.
If we lived near a lake, we would go fishing.

If he studied more, he would be in a better

school now.
If it is sunny, we will
go sunbathing.
Unless you want to be hurt, you will have to
learn how to use your oven.

Pre-viewing activity 2:
Match the words (from 1 to 6) with the correct definition (from A to F).

1. NATO A. Violent action using living matter, such as

2. Vaccine bacteria, to harm or kill people for political

3. Germ reasons

4. Epidemic B. North Atlantic Treaty Organization: an

5. WHO (World Health Organization) international military organization.

C. A very small organism that causes disease
6. Bioterrorism
D. A department of the United Nations that aims
to improve health all over the world and limit
the spread of diseases
E. A substance that is put into the body of a
person or animal to protect them from a
disease by causing them to produce
antibodies
F. The appearance of a particular disease in a
large number of people at the same time