Lesson plan (B2): I wish and If only
This EFL lesson plan is a recent activity that I used in an FCE class, which I found to work really well with Upper Intermediate (B2) learners. I think it could work equally well with Advanced/CAE learners as a review of the forms.
It could be a standalone lesson plan, or would supplement most courses well.
The inspiration for this comes from Lindsay Clanfield’s Global English textbook, and uses as its source SMITH Magazine‘s “Six-word memoir” feature, which you can see online here. The idea is that people distil their lives into 6 words, which throws up all kinds of interesting language in itself that you may want to exploit.
Aims:
- learners to understand and use wish/if only with past simple and past perfect to discuss hypothetical desires/regrets in the present and past.
- learners to practise summarisng and reacting to short, abstract texts.
Materials:
6 word memoir sentences and student worksheet
- extra controlled practise exercises (optional)
- post-it notes or similar
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