English Lesson Plan

Talking about future events (Education)

1. Concept

There are many situations that students have opportunities to use the language in order
to talk about future events e.g. talking about their future plans and activities which will happen in
the future. Talking about future events is necessary for secondary school students to learn in order
to use the appropriate language correctly both in terms of the language use and cultural
concerns.

2. Content

2.1 A conversation between a teacher and his student

Situation: Sarah studies at an international school. Today her teacher, Mr. Gabriel, asked
to see her. Now Sarah is in front of his office.
Sarah: (Knock ... knock) May I come in?
Mr. Gabriel: Hello, Sarah. Please take a seat.
Sarah: Good morning, Mr. Gabriel. I was told that you wanted to see me.
Mr. Gabriel: How are you doing in your studies?
Sarah: Fine. I find every subject interesting.
Mr. Gabriel: Good. I know you always work hard. That’s why you get a good grade in
every semester. Would you like to join a competition? All the instructors
agree that you would be the right person.
Sarah: What kind of competition?
Mr. Gabriel: It’s a speech contest.
Sarah: Oh, I’d love to. But when and where is it?
Mr. Gabriel: Next month in Singapore.
Sarah: In Singapore?
Mr. Gabriel: That’s right. There’ll be contestants from several countries in this region.
Sarah: Will there be any other contestants from Thailand?
Mr. Gabriel: There might be some. Well, I have been assigned to train you if you are
willing to join the contest.
Sarah: Oh yes. I’m happy to do it. I promise to do my best.
2.2 Vocabulary
Known vocabulary
hello Good morning right happy Singapore
Thailand subject country train join

New vocabulary
interesting semester competition instructor contest
promise assign region agree contestant

2.3 Grammar focus: Future Simple Tense

The future simple tense is used to express an action that will happen in the future.
One way to form this tense is adding base form of verb (v1) after “will/shall”. The time line
below helps you understand the basic concept of future simple tense.
Past Present Future

Structure: S + will/shall + v1

Examples:
-Johnny will go to school next Sunday.
-I shall call my friend tonight.
-She will send a letter to her father tomorrow.

Note: -“Will” is used with second and third person forms (i.e. you, he, she, it, they).
 -“Shall” is most commonly used in sentences with "I" or "we," and is often found in
suggestions, such as "Shall we go?"

But, “will” is widely accepted for “I” and “we” also.

We actually use future simple tense with following adverbs of time:

tomorrow tonight next week

next year next month soon etc.

Types of future simple sentence

There are three types of future-simple sentence as follows:

1. Affirmative: S+will/shall+v1
Ex. -They will play soccer next week.

-I shall travel around the world soon.

-She will move to the United States next month.

2. Negative: S+will not+v1

Ex. -They will not/ play soccer next week.

won’t

-I shall not/ travel around the world soon.

shaln’t

-She will not/ move to the United States next month.

won’t Note: -“won’t” is contraction form of “will not”.

-“shan’t” is contraction form of “shall not”.

3. Question: Will+S+v1……….?
 Ex. -Will they play soccer next week?
-Shall I travel around the world soon?
-Will she move to the United States next month?

3. Lesson Objectives

After learning this lesson, students will be able to:

3.1 comprehend basic concept of future simple tense and use the verb tense
appropriately and correctly;

3.2 use future simple tense to express actions that will happen in their lives; and

3.3 create a conversation about future events.

4. Lesson Procedures

4.1 Warm up

Greet students and ask some questions such as…

“Do you have any plans for this summer?”

“Where do you plan to go?” etc.

4.2 Review

Brush up students’ known vocabulary by showing word cards with pictures. Then, give
them some time to think of the meaning of each word and ask individual student to speak it out.
Known words include:

right (adj.) = a suitable person, place or time

happy (adj.) = a good feeling for something

subject (n.) = knowledge taught in school or college

 Singapore (n.) = the name of country

Thailand (n.) = the name of country

train (v.) = to prepare someone for something

4.3 Presentation

Have students read the conversation silently from the knowledge sheet. Ask students
whether they have any unfamiliar words. Show the word cards with related pictures and let
students guess the meaning. New words (may) include:

Interesting (adj.) = arousing a feeling of interest

semester (n.) = a half of academic year

competition (n.) = an event for finding the winner

instructor (n.) = a person teaching in school or college

contest (n.) = an event for finding the winner

promise (v.) = willing to do something

assign(v.) = to give someone job

region (n.) = a part of country

agree (v.) = to have the same idea

contestant (n.) = people who join a contest

Let them read the underlined sentences aloud and identify what tense they are.

There’ll be contestants from several countries in this region.

Will there be any other contestants from Thailand?

Note: If the students cannot identify a type of sentences, give them some time to find the correct
answer on their own.

Tell students the basic concept of future sentence, explain how to use it and present three
forms of it. For clearer understanding, give some examples as they are shown on the knowledge
sheet and PowerPoint presentation.

4.4 Practice

Have students read the conversation aloud after the teacher/ the CD and by themselves.

Let students practice reading the conversation in pairs.

Ask a few pairs of students to read the conversation in front of the class.

Ask each student to give their own future simple sentence by writing on the board in front
of the class.

4.5 Performance

Have students do classroom activity.

Assign students to work in pairs and create on event in the future by using future simple
tense that they have learned from this lesson.

Ask for volunteers to present their tasks in front of the class.

4.6 Wrap up

Let students tell the use of future simple again together as a whole class.

5. Teaching and Materials

- Power Point presentation of future simple tense

- Word cards with pictures

 - Knowledge sheet

- Classroom assignment

- Homework sheet

6. Homework

Assign students homework and tell them to turn in their tasks next week.

7. Evaluation

Observe students’ participation and attention in classroom activity.

Check the students’ assignments and give them feedbacks.