English lesson plans for Grade 9

9.1Speaking and grammar:arguing a point of view fora hypothetical situationObjectivesGrade 9 curriculumstandards 5.5, 5.2, 4.3,4.4, 4.5PresentationResourcesOHT 9.1aVocabulary(to) go bankrupt(to) close down(to) threaten(to) thrivesavings• Use the second conditional in positive and negative statements to discusshypothetical future proposals and their consequences.• Present and argue a point of view to convince others.Set the sceneShow the class the headlines on OHT 9.1a. Make sure students understand whateach one means and use them to discuss with students why, as countries develop,populations move from the countryside to the big cities. Elicit from students thefollowing sequence of events, orally, using the simple word cues on the left.PresentationWord cueno moneyno farmsno shops,cinemas, cafesno jobs andnothing to dono young peopleno savingsno visits homeno help forthe oldno communityno village lifeStudents sayFarming doesn’t bring in enough money.Because there isn’t enough money, the farms go bankrupt.Because the farms go bankrupt, the local shops, cinemas, and cafesclose down. (There aren’t enough customers.)Because the shops, cinemas and cafes close down, there are no jobsand there’s nothing to do.Because there are no jobs and nothing to do, the young people leavethe village and go to the big city.Because the city is expensive (they’re no longer living at home),young people have no savings.Because they have no savings, they don’t go back home to the villageto visit their families.Because they don’t visit, there’s no help or support for the old people.Because there’s no support for the old, the community breaks up.Because there’s no community, village life disappears.Get students to go through the cause-and-result sequence in pairs as an oral drill.They can take it in turns to run through the sequence or do it by question andanswer, starting at the end and tracing the causes back.Why is there no village life? Because there’s no community.Why is there no community? Because there’s no help for the old people.Etc.Model sentencesElicit positive and negative sentences with the second conditional through thequestions below. Get students to practise saying the sentences aloud, correctpronunciation and then write the model sentences on the board.254 | English sample lessons | Grade 9 © Supreme Education Council 2004