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Teaching the World English
Chain of Events
Student ability: Beginner ~ Advanced
Approximate length of lesson: 30+
Number of students necessary: 2+
Preferred age/maturity: JHS ~ Adult
Type of lesson: Pair work / Small group activity
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Language Target: Working with future perfect
tense with conditionals. The object of this
lesson for pairs of students to create a long Chain
of Events.
Getting Started: In pairs, each student receives one
Setting Up: Copy and cut the worksheets into slips.
Prepare at least one slip from Worksheet A (First
Link) and at least four slips from Worksheet B
(More Links) for every student in class.
Also prepare either staplers, paste or tape
which the students will use to connect their links.
On the board, write the following: What
would have happened if you hadn’t …? To the
students, say: I’m so glad I set my alarm clock
last night.
The students respond by saying: What would
have happened if you hadn’t set your alarm
clock last night?
The conversation could develop like this:
Teacher: If I hadn’t set my alarm clock last
night, I would have overslept this morning.
Students: What would have happened if you
had overslept this morning?
Teacher: If I had overslept this morning, I
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would have been late for school.
Students: What would have happened if you
had been late for school?
Teacher: If I had been late for school, I
wouldn’t have had time to prepare for this class.
Students: What would have happened if you
hadn’t had time to prepare for this class?
Teacher: If I hadn’t had time to prepare
for this class, I wouldn’t have selected this
lesson.
Students: What would have happened if you
hadn’t selected to do this lesson?
Teacher: If I hadn’t selected to do this lesson,
we wouldn’t be having so much fun. That’s
why I’m so glad I set my alarm clock last
night.
(pre-cut) strip of paper from Worksheet A (First
Link) and at least three (pre-cut) strips of paper
from Worksheet B (More Links).
Student #1 (Barry) begins by making a
statement such as: I’m so glad I did my homework
last night. Barry writes this on the strip next to
Number 1 and hands the paper to Student #2,
(Naomi).
Naomi continues by writing: (What would
have happened if you hadn’t) done your
homework last night?
Barry takes a second strip of paper (from
Worksheet B) and writes No. 2 in the box (in the
top left hand corner). He then writes: (If I hadn’t)
done my homework last night, I would have
had to do it this morning.
The paper goes back to Naomi who writes:
(What would have happened if you had) had to
do it this morning?
Barry attaches the two slips of paper together
(staple, paste or tape) to form the first two links
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in the Chain of Events.
Barry then takes another strip of paper,
writes No. 3 in the box and scribes the answer:
(If I had) had to do it this morning, I wouldn’t
have had time for breakfast.
Naomi receives the paper and writes: (What
would have happened if you hadn’t) had time
for breakfast?
Barry takes another strip, writes No.4 in the
box and continues: (If I hadn’t) had time for
breakfast, I would have had to eat something
on the bus.
Naomi writes: (What would have happened
if you had) had to eat something on the bus?
Students continue adding additional links
to their chain. After a set amount of time, pairs
hold up their chains and the pair (team) with the
longest Chain of Events is declared the winner.
Variation 1: To add a little more action to this
lesson, each pair is given only one slip from
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Worksheet A (First Link). All the others are
kept on the teacher’s desk.
When teams finish one link and need another,
they must approach the desk and ask: May I
have another link, please?
With so many students doing this project
at the same time, there’s bound to be a constant
flow of traffic which adds a lot of energy to the
classroom.
Variation 2: Rather than doing this lesson in pairs,
it can be done as a whole class activity with the
teacher making the statements and all of the
students asking (and writing) the questions.
Variation 3: When finished, all pairs of students
could read their Chain of Events list. They could
change the statements into third person: She’s so
glad he / she didn’t … .
Similar Lesson:
Chain of Events 2
(Lesson Collection Set #4 – Lesson 11b)
Chain of Events 1 [Lesson Collection Set #4 – Lesson 11a]
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