When drugs don’t work anymore

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B2 Upper Intermediate 30 min

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Lesson overview

The main goals of this ESL lesson plan are to:

– master future degrees of certainty expressions (be bound to/be likely to/be certain to) through detailed grammatical exploration and sentence rephrasing exercises that practice expressing various levels of probability;
– acquire addiction-related vocabulary through captivating true/false activities and reading comprehension tasks that explore substance dependency concepts and recovery themes;
– strengthen speaking and critical thinking abilities by watching a video about how addiction develops, engaging in targeted questions that improve verbal expression, and participating in diagram-aided comprehensive discussions about addiction topics.

This Upper Intermediate lesson is designed for students focused on enhancing their ability to use future degrees of certainty (be bound to/be likely to/be certain to). The lesson also incorporates addiction-related vocabulary.

Warm-Up

We’ll kick off the session with a captivating true/false activity about addiction. This serves as an engaging introduction to the topic and sets the stage for the rest of the lesson.

Video

Students will watch a video titled “How Addiction Happens.” Post-viewing, they’ll engage in a set of questions aimed at improving their speaking abilities.

Grammar

In this part, we’ll thoroughly explore the use of future degrees of certainty (be bound to/be likely to/be certain to). The explanation will be detailed and accompanied by examples to solidify students’ grasp of this grammatical concept.

Exercises

Here, the learners will rephrase sentences to express various degrees of certainty about the future using “be bound to” and “be likely to.”

Reading

The reading segment includes a short text on addiction. Following the reading, students will tackle questions that explore the key points and themes of the text, enhancing their reading comprehension.