| 0 min |
- Greet your learner, then ask a few questions about how they’re doing (“How are you?” “How have you been?”)
- Ask your learner to greet you and ask you how you’re doing as well.
| Show slide 2 |
| 3 min |
- To warm up, ask your buddy to fill in the two missing blanks on slide 3 (past, future).
- Then, read each discussion question on slide 4 to your buddy and ask him/her to answer it in a complete sentence. Feel free to add on to your buddy's responses.
| Show slides 3-4
Key vocabulary: pessimistic, optimistic, time machine |
| 5 min |
- Tell your buddy that today you will discuss the future simple. Explain that this tense is used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet.
- Go over the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms of the future simple tense using the tables on slides 6 and 7.
| Show slides 5-7
For each form of the future simple (affirmative, negative, interrogative), explain the grammatical structure using the formula in the purple banner at the top of each table.
Then, ask your buddy to read the example sentences in the tables out loud. |
| 2 min |
- Tell your buddy that you will practice applying the future simple tense in three different scenarios.
- For each scenario, ask your buddy to read the prompt and then all four options out loud. Then, have them choose the option that would be the best solution to the situation.
| Show slides 8-10 |
| 3 min |
- Explain to your buddy the difference between “will” and “going to” using the chart on slide 11.
- Then, practice using the “going to” construction by filling in the blank spaces in the table on slide 12.
| Show slides 11-12
Your buddy may need a quick reminder on how to conjugate “to be” to complete the second column of the table on slide 12. |
| 5 min |
- Tell your buddy that it is time for a quick pop quiz on the future simple.
- Share your screen and complete the quiz together.
| Show slide 13 and the quiz
Use “will” for questions 1-5 and “going to” for questions 6-10. |
| 3 min |
- Ask your buddy to define the term “career” in their own words.
- Have your buddy name the careers shown in the picture on slide 14.
- Together with your buddy, brainstorm a list of at least 10 different careers (different from the ones in the picture).
| Show slide 14
Key vocabulary: career |
| 3 min |
- Ask your buddy to define the term “dream job” in their own words.
- Complete the matching activity on slide 15. Ask your buddy to implement the future simple in their responses:
Name *will become a *job title. | Show slide 15
Key vocabulary: dream job |
| 3 min |
- Next, ask your buddy what their dream job is. Have them give three reasons why they believe this job is a perfect fit for them using the sentence stems on slide 16.
- On slide 17, have your buddy create a 4-step action plan that they will follow to get their dream job.
- Feel free to provide an example with a different dream job than that of your buddy if your buddy is struggling.
| Show slides 16-17 |
| 3 min |
- Read the wrap-up questions on slide 18 to your buddy and ask him/her to answer them in complete sentences. Feel free to add on to your buddy's responses.
| Show slide 18 |