When Things Don’t Go to Plan
Help your students navigate life’s unexpected twists with this comprehensive intermediate lesson pack. “When Things Don’t Go to Plan” provides a deep dive into the grammar of “Was / Were Going to” (past intentions) and “Was / Were Supposed to” (unmet expectations or schedules).
The lesson is built around a relatable travel theme, featuring a reading passage about a disastrous road trip across Italy where everything that could go wrong, did. Through this narrative, students are introduced to essential phrasal verbs and expressions for changing plans, such as fall through, call off, get held up, bail on, and sort out.
This multi-skill resource includes:
- Reading & Vocabulary: Engaging stories and matching exercises to master 10 key phrasal verbs.
- Grammar Practice: Clear explanations followed by sentence transformations and gap-fill activities.
- Listening: An audio-based activity (“The Nightmare Trip”) where students track a conversation about a vacation gone south.
- Speaking: A robust set of discussion questions to encourage students to share their own “comedy of errors”.
Exclusive Premium Features:
- Interactive “Retell the Story” Activity: A specialized task where students use visual prompts (such as a wedding disaster or a failed safari) to “up-level” simple stories using the lesson’s target language.
- Comprehensive Homework Pack: A multi-page reinforcement set featuring extra vocabulary puzzles, grammar correction tasks, and a cloze-test story.
- Full Teacher’s Answer Key: A detailed guide covering all lesson, listening, and homework tasks for easy grading.
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