The Time Traveller's Mistake

B1 · Intermediate1 hrGrammar & FluencyLesson 2 of 5 · Outline

Aims

One small touch in 1998 changes everything. Repair the timeline and decide what you would change.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Talk About What Never Happened

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Wednesday, Twice

    Read a 216-word text about Wednesday, Twice

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Words from Laboratory 4

    7 items

  3. Framework6 min

    Framework: The Two Time Machines

    Two Time Machines, 3 steps

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Repair the Timeline

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Lena's Report to Head Office

    Gap-fill exercise, 7 items

  6. Practice7 min

    Practice: The Sentences Time Broke

    Word-ordering exercise, 6 items

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: What Would You Change?

    4 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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