Lesson Plan Theme: Future
On this page, you will find lessons plans relating to "Future".
Young Learners
We're Going To Have FunTarget Language: 'Going to' future, positive and negative forms. Vocabulary: simple collocations.Description: The focus of this lesson is using 'going to' to talk about future plans and the lesson begins with a fun mime game using 'going to'. There is a simple collocation vocabulary exercise which focuses on free-time activities. The lesson finishes with an enjoyable speaking activity which gives practice at using the negative form.
Duration: 45 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: YL15 |
What's Going To Happen?Target Language: 'Going to' future, revision of Present Simple & Present Continuous. Vocabulary: motion verbs.Description: The start of the lesson sees a focus on using the 'going to' future to make evidence-based predictions ("he's going to fall in the hole!"). After a vocabulary exercise that teaches motion verbs such as 'run', 'dive' and 'jump', students do some work combining the verbs with 'going to'.
Duration: 45 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: YL16 |
Elementary
Coming To TownTarget Language: Talking about future plans using "going to" and present continuous.Description: Two friends have a conversation about a family member coming to visit. Students then look at the grammar of future plans and the lesson finishes with a speaking activity.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 1L7 mp3 file/info: Click here |
Pre-Intermediate
What Are You Doing On Friday?Target Language: Present Continuous tense for making future arrangements.Description: Lesson begins with some work on spelling with the present continuous tense. A reading leads onto a role play in which students use the present continuous to ask and talk about future plans.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2G6 |
I'm Going To Play TennisTarget Language: Planned future: "going to" as opposed to "will".Description: Speaking oriented lesson tackling the difference between going to and will future forms. First part of lesson sees some work on the difference between them but most of the lesson includes speaking activities based around going to.
Duration: 50 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 2S2 |
Intermediate
Trains Across AmericaTarget Language: Present Simple, SuperlativesDescription: Revision of superlatives, reading a travel ad, travel vocabulary, use of Present Simple for future events.
Duration: 50 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G1 |
Looking ForwardTarget Language: Future tenses.Description: After an exercise on time markers, we read about a company manager's plans for the coming month. A review of most of the future tenses in English is then followed by a Predictions speaking activity.
Duration: 70 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 3G6 |
Advanced
The New York Business TripTarget Language: Future continuous to talk about arrangements.Description: Cathy is going on a business trip and has a very hectic schedule! Students use the future continuous to talk about future arrangements and what they will be doing at a particular time in the future.
Duration: 60 minutes. Lesson Plan Code: 4G3 |