Making Choices

All levels57 minConversation StartersLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: talk through a choice out loud — “I'd rather…”, “I'm torn between…”, “On balance…” — and actually land on a decision.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Let's Chat About Making Choices

    3 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: How We Entertain Ourselves

    Read a 179-word text about How We Entertain Ourselves

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Entertainment and Choice Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Preference Sentences

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Fix the Preference Expressions

    Error-correction exercise, 5 items

  5. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Choosing Weekend Plans

    Role-play: Decide with a friend what to do this weekend. Practice making choices and explaining preferences. (4 lines)

  6. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Discussion Questions

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

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