Universite d’antananarivo ecole normale superieure

3.1.2.1- Experimentation N° 1

Class: Terminale A

Lesson: WISHES AND REGRETS/ 1^st session: WISHES Duration: 2 hours

General objective: Students will be able to express wishes and regrets Specific objective: Students will be able to express wishes

FIRST PART OF THE LESSON:

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  Step 1: Presentation of the second conditional (20 minutes) Objective: Students will know the form and understand the use of second conditional.
  

Language skill: READING

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  Teacher asks the students to read these two short dialogues:
  

Dialogue 1:
Ruonan: What should I do? I’m really bad at Mathematics.

Nandi: If I were you, I would buy some Math books with exercises and keys.

Ruonan: Oh, right! That’s a good idea! Thanks, Nandi! Will you come with me to look for the books?
Nandi: Sure!

Dialogue 2:
Maya: What are you doing here, Jeff? Are you daydreaming?

Jeff: Yeah! I’m tired of going on foot to work every day. I’m tired of paying the rent every month.

Maya: What do you mean?

Jeff: If I were rich, I would buy a car and a nice house.

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  After a short comprehension checking, teacher asks the students to compare the meaning of these two sentences(what they express):
  

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   If I were you, I would buy some Math books with exercises and keys. advice
   

2. 
   If I were rich, I would buy a car and a nice house. wish/unreal situation
   

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  By eliciting from the students, teacher reminds them that both of the two sentences are second conditional sentences. Then, they draw the form of second conditional sentences: If+ S+ Past Simple , S + would + V (-to)
  
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  Teacher explains the two possible clause orderings and what the two clauses express: If clause condition
  

Main clause result

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  Teacher asks the students to give other examples of wishes by using second conditional sentences:
  

If I had a brother, I would play basketball with him.
I would attend Beyoncé’s show if she came in Madagascar.

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