LESSON PLAN

SCHOOL: NO.7 PETROANI

DATE: APRIL 30TH 2010
TEACHER: STAN GABRIELA
CLASS: 7th B
COURSE: ENGLISH SCRAPBOOK
NUMBER OF SS: 22
TIME OF LESSON: 50 minutes
TYPE OF LESSON: ROUND UP
TOPIC: THE 1ST AND 2ND CONDITIONAL
FOCUS: integrated skills
METHODS: conversation, reading, explanation
Making conditional statements are an important part of fluency. This lesson focuses on
helping students improve their recognition of the structure and use it in conversation.
AIMS: - to improve recognition of the first and second conditional forms used in conditional
statements;
- to use the right tense and to translate correctly the statements.
AIDS: blackboard, markers, flipchart, coloured chalk
STAGES:
WARM- UP
Ss answer the teachers questions;
Who is on duty today?
Who is absent today?
What lesson do you have for today?
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss-T
Procedure:
T asks some Ss to present their homework, comments upon their homework and gently
corrects their mistakes (if there are any) or asks the other Ss to help their colleagues (peer
correction).

ACTIVITY 1:
T proposes the Ss to recognize the ways of forming 1 st and 2nd Conditional sentences.
On the board there will be some post it; Ss will have to join those different post it on
which there are written the tenses and to give some examples.
Interaction: T-Ss, Ss- Ss
ACTIVITY 2: READING A TEXT
Procedure:
While the text is read by Ss, they have to underline the conditional sentences and to
transform them (from the 1st into the 2nd). T will check the Ss understanding. .
Interaction: Ss- Ss; T- Ss
ACTIVITY 3: PRACTICING
Ss will receive individual work. They will have to use the correct form of the verb
given in brackets, to recognize the conditional and to translate them.
Interaction: Ss- T, T- Ss
ACTIVITY 4: Evaluation
T grades some Ss and accounts for them. Ss are assigned to write a short essay My Dream
Holiday using 1st or 2nd Conditional (6-10 lines).

ANNEX NO.1

SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE

SIMPLE PAST TENSE
IF

PRESENT CONDITIONAL
SIMPLE FUTURE
TENSE

SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE
IF
SIMPLE
IF

PAST TENSE
PRESENT
CONDITIONAL

THE FIRST CONDITIONAL

SIMPLE FUTURE
TENSE

THE SECOND CONDITIONAL

ANNEX NO.2

Read the following text, underline the sentences that contain a conditional
sentence and transform it into the other conditional:
Nicola: Good afternoon.
Louise: Good afternoon. May I help you?
Nicola: It's my birthday next month. I want to surprise my husband with a wonderful
vacation plan. Would you recommend some famous places?
Louise: Of course. If you go to Europe, you will have a wonderful time for your
birthday. If you go to London, you can go to Buckingham Palace and you might even see the
Queen's guards there. If you go to France, you can go and drink coffee or French wine with
your husband. And...
Nicola: Well, it's outside the U. S.
Louise: Oh. You want to stay in the U. S. If you go to California, you might go to
Yosemite National Park or Disneyland.
Nicola: Yosemite National Park? What will I see if I go to Yosemite Park?
Louise: If you go to Yosemite Park, you will see giant trees, mountains, bears ....
Nicola: But, I don't like bears.
Louise: If you go to Disneyland, you won't see any bears. You will see Mickey Mouse.
Isn't that interesting? Well, if you have children...
Nicola: Well, it's interesting, but....
Louise: O.K. What do you like doing in your free time?
Nicola: Well, I like skiing.
Louise: If you like skiing, you can go to Colorado.
Nicola: But my husband doesn't like skiing.
Louise: If your husband doesn't like skiing, probably he won't like to go there. What
does he like?
Nicola: He likes fishing.

ANNEX NO. 3

Use the correct verb given in brackets, write the type of the conditional
and translate:
1. If I come, I (see) you.
2. I (help) you, if you need help.
3. I (speak) English if I (go) to London.
4. If you clean your room, I (give) you some sweets.
5. If I had much money, I (buy) a new car.
6. I would be happy if Tom (visit) me.
7. If I were at home, I (feel) better.
8. He would catch the bus if he (hurry).

ANNEX NO. 4

RUNNING DICTATION
GROUP 1
IF YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHICH
COUNTRY WOULD YOU GO TO?
I WOULD GO TO THE U.S.A. - ANYWHERE IN THE U.S.A. I HAVE
ALWAYS WANTED TO GO THERE SINCE I WAS A CHILD. I WOULD
LOVE TO SEE THE GRAND CANYON AND TO GO TO SAN FRANCISCO.
THE U.S.A. WOULD BE MY FIRST CHOICE.
GROUP 2
IF YOU WERE PRIME MINISTER OR PRESIDENT, WHAT WOULD
YOU CHANGE FIRST?
I THINK I WOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT SCHOOLS. O WOULD
MAKE SURE THAT ALL SCHOOLS HAD GOOD TEACHERS AND I
WOULD GIVE SCHOOLS MORE MONEY, BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED A
GOOD EDUCATION TO GET A JOB.
GROUP 3
IF SOMEONE GAVE YOU 500, WHAT WOULD YOU BUY?
I WOULD PROBABLY BUY A NEW MOUNTAIN BIKE BECAUSE I
LIVE IN A MOUNTAIN COUNTRY IN NORTH DAKOTA AND IT WOULD
BE REALLY GREAT TO GO OUT AT WEEKENDS WITH MY FRIENDS. I
MIGHT BUY SOME COMPUTER GAMES TOO.