First conditional lesson plan for secondary level students
1. Lesson Plan
Main Objective: To identify structures of the first conditional in English.
To recognize and use key vocabulary, clauses, structures and information in short,
simple texts related to the Lesson Topic (Election Day).
Subsidiary aims: Students will demonstrate knowledge of the “First conditional” Form of English and
demonstrate knowledge of its structure and variations by writing a short proposal,
making promises, offers, deals and warnings in the context of “Election day”.
Key Activities: Fill in the gaps, Writing a Proposal Text
Contents
Skills/procedures:
Writing
Lexis Grammar
First Conditional Form
(Future with “Will”)
Function
Making deals, promises,
warnings, and offers
Expressing Future Intentions
Assumptions:
Stages Interaction Materials-Timing
(Warm up)
Presentation
(T-S) The teacher greets the class, and
asks the students the plans they have for today,
tonight, this weekend, etc. The teacher can also
talk about his own plans, as to set the mood for the
lesson and the topic.
(T-S) The teacher presents the topic of
the lesson (First Conditional) through a
“PowerPoint” presentation, and handing out a
factsheet, as a complementary aid for the class. He
describes the situations in which the grammatical
structure can be used. He exemplifies and
contextualizes a set of sentences, and states the
rules to form said sentences. He also explains some
variations (“If clause” written before the “main
clause” and vice versa).
Board, Marker.
5 minutes
Image Projector, “PowerPoint”
Presentation, Complementary Factsheet,
Board, Marker.
20 minutes
Practice (S-T) Through the same PowerPoint
presentation, the teacher conducts a controlled
practice activity. By asking for volunteers, or
naming someone randomly, a student will have to
complete the missing information on both clauses
of a “First Conditional” sentence. The student read
the sentence aloud, applying the grammatical rules
covered in the lesson, the teacher shows the
answer on the presentation, explains the answer,
and then, he requests another student to read the
next sentence.
Image projector, “PowerPoint”
presentation, Board, Marker
10 minutes
Production (S-S) - The teacher presents the writing
activity. In groups of three, students will have to
create a short text, using the content covered
during the lesson. In the context of “Election Day”,
each group will have to write a proposal text, in
which they make deals and/or threats, offers, and
promises to people, as if they were running against
another political party in the classroom. Using the
First conditional sentence, students will have to
state sentences such as “If you vote for us, we
will...”, to convince people to vote for them. 4
groups will randomly be selected to present their
texts in front of the class, and every group must
hand in their respective proposals by the end of the
lesson.
Image projector, “PowerPoint”
presentation
Activity Worksheet.
5 min (instruction giving)
25 minutes (production)
2. (Wrap-up)
(S-S) - The groups present their proposals
to the rest of their classmates. As a whole class,
students decide on what is the best “political
party”.
The teacher reinforces the content covered in the
lesson by asking students what the aim of the class
was; He elicits information from the students about
the topic seen in the lesson. Students answer the
teacher’s questions.
20 minutes
5 minutes