Age: 9-10 years

Duration: 60 min

Objectives

• Form first conditional (If + present, will + verb) for real future possibilities.
• Form second conditional (If + past, would + verb) for imaginary situations.
• Create cause-and-effect scenarios about school and environment in pair tasks.

Vocab

• if / will / would: "If it rains, we will stay inside." / "If I were taller, I would reach."
• condition / result: "The if part is the condition; the other part is the result."

Warm-up (5min)

Real vs imaginary — teacher says situations; students hold REAL (first) or IMAGINARY (second). Model one of each on board.

Main Activity (45min): "Conditional Sentences"

"Conditional Scenario Lab" — Sort 16 sentence halves — match if-clause to result; label 1st or 2nd. First conditional drill: 8 school/environment prompts (If we recycle more, we will...) — oral chain. Second conditional: "If animals could talk..." / "If school started at noon..." — creative pairs, share best. Writing: two columns — 3 first conditional sentences about environment project; 3 second conditional "dream school" sentences. Error clinic: *If it will rain → If it rains. Connect to debate/research: "If we find reliable sources, we will write a stronger report." Partner quiz: transform first → second for one sentence — discuss meaning shift.

Wrap-up (5min)

Exit: one real future sentence + one imaginary sentence on sticky notes.

Teacher Tips

• Keep second conditional as pattern chunk — avoid heavy subjunctive lecture at G4.
• were for all persons in second conditional is optional challenge for strong groups.
• Conditionals link research (Lesson 13) and environment debate topics naturally.