Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

The title The Importance of Being Earnest is a play on words based on the adjective earnest(meaning ‘serious and sincere’) having the same pronunciation the man’s name, Ernest. Do you know any other pairs of words which are pronounced the same but have different meanings? The following words are all part of such a pair. What is the other half of each pair write two too there see meet for weight week Example write --> right

The importance of Being Earnest.

Zero conditional...

Examples:

• If people eat too much, they get fat.
• If you touch a fire, you get burned.
• People die if they don't drink water.
• You get water if you mix hydrogen and oxygen.
• Snakes bite if they are scared.
• If babies are hungry, they cry.

Practice 1. on your notebook:Example:

he / get a headache / he / use the computer too much --> He gets a headache if he uses the computer too much.

1. (I / feel good the next day / I / go to bed early) 2. (lots of people / come / Jenny / have a party) 3. (she / buy expensive clothes / she / go shopping) 4. (my daughter / pass her exams / she / work hard) 5. (David / be sick / he / drink milk)

Practice 1on your notebook:Complete these sentences into zero conditionals.

6. If I ____________ (wake up) late, I____________ (be) late for work. 7. If my husband__________ (cook), he___________ (burn) the food. 8. If Julie_________(not/wear) a hat, she_________ (get) sunstroke. 9. If children________(not/eat) well, they________ (not/be) healthy. 10. If you ______ (mix) water and electricity, you _____ (get) a shock.

Practice on your notebook:Choose the correct clause to complete a zero conditional statement.

11. If you eat fast food, ___________________________________. a) you will gain weight. b) you gains weight. c) you gain weight. d) you gained weight.

Practice Choose the correct clause to complete a zero conditional statement.

12. If you study hard, _____________________________________. a) you get good grades. b) you got good grades. c) you getting good grades. d) you will get good grades.

First conditional...

EXAMPLES

- If you don't upload your activities, you will fail. - Don’t worry. If I see John, I won’t tell him about the surprise. (You can see that we can use a negative form of the future simple… won’t is a contraction of will not) - If I don’t feel well tomorrow, I won’t go to work. - If the weather is nice tomorrow, we will have a picnic at the park. - If he doesn’t arrive soon, we will leave without him.

Practice 2. Write the followinmg sentences on your notebook and complete the exercise. Choose the correct clause to complete first conditional statements.

1. If Henry __________ (pass) his exam, he ________ (come) home. 2. Mariah __________ (cook) lunch, if John _________ (buy) groceries. 3. If my mom ________ (have) enough money, she _________ (buy) me a gift. 4. You __________ (afford) a new cell phone, unless you ________ (save) enough money.

MODALS FOR PREDICTION Practice 3

Practice 3. Trip Day

In this may and might game, students use modal verbs of possibility to make sentences about things they are going to take on a trip. Divide the class into groups of four. Ask each group to cut a page in eight sections to have cards where they would draw the following items:a camera, an umbrella, sunglasses, a rain coat, a map, a cell phone, a passport, credit cards.Ask the students to shuffle the cards and place them face-down in a pile on the desk.

Follow the link to complete the practices. Check the evaluation instruments for you to know student’s expected performance. Practice 1: Have you ever had an argument? Category Does the student comply? Yes No Both students get involved in a conversation and share experiences. 30% Students are able to respond what is required in all three questions. 35% Students use tenses correctly in terms coherence and structure. 35% Total: Practice 2: Report inventions in the passive voiCe Practice 2 Checklist: Category (25%) Does the student comply? Yes No Students are able to hypothesize about the image set a coherent situation. Questions observe correct structure and tense choice. Students use vocabulary related to the situation they have made up. Student engages in guided correction by the teacher. Total: Practice 3: Role-play. Accomplishments and plans in passive voice. Teamwork (4 students). Choose a celebrity from any entertainment field. Imagine three members of the team are reporters and they are going to participate in an interview; they will be able to ask questions to know more about:  Celebrity’s most significative accomplishments  What are his/her short-term plans.  What are his/her long-term plans.  The responses must be expressed in passive voice.  Four members prepare the interview.  Research on the internet to get real information about the celebrity.  Once you’ve finished, assign roles.  Every team will play the talk/interview. Practice 3 Rubric: Category Excellent (25%) Good (20%) Needs improvement (10%) Delivery Students keep audience attentive to their interview simulation. Students keep audience attentive most of the time, they need support notes to present the content. They read the full presentation and audience gets distracted. Content and organization The presentation includes all four future plans required in the instructions. The content is well organized. The presentation does not include four future plans required in the instructions and/or organization could be improved. The presentation does not show organization and 2 or more plans are missing. Verb tense selection Plans are expressed in a proper future form; sentence structure is observed Most of the plans are expressed in a proper future form. There are minor details in sentence structure. Plans are not clear and/or they are not expressed properly in future forms. Speech Students speak in a proper volume; they use a suitable tone of voice. They have minor pronunciation problems but the show good diction. Students’ speech is not always comprehensible, but most of the time they show suitable volume, tone of voice and few pronunciations problems but the show good diction. Students show several deficiencies in their speech. Total:

Practice 3. Trip Day

Tell the students to imagine that they are going on a day trip and that they are going to say what they are taking with them and why. Write the following structure on the board: I'm going to... because I may/might... Students make a sentences using the structure on the board: e.g. I'm going to take a camera because I might want to take some photos Students then take it in turns to pick up a picture card and make a sentence about the object on the card.

Follow the link to complete the practices. Check the evaluation instruments for you to know student’s expected performance. Practice 1: Have you ever had an argument? Category Does the student comply? Yes No Both students get involved in a conversation and share experiences. 30% Students are able to respond what is required in all three questions. 35% Students use tenses correctly in terms coherence and structure. 35% Total: Practice 2: Report inventions in the passive voiCe Practice 2 Checklist: Category (25%) Does the student comply? Yes No Students are able to hypothesize about the image set a coherent situation. Questions observe correct structure and tense choice. Students use vocabulary related to the situation they have made up. Student engages in guided correction by the teacher. Total: Practice 3: Role-play. Accomplishments and plans in passive voice. Teamwork (4 students). Choose a celebrity from any entertainment field. Imagine three members of the team are reporters and they are going to participate in an interview; they will be able to ask questions to know more about:  Celebrity’s most significative accomplishments  What are his/her short-term plans.  What are his/her long-term plans.  The responses must be expressed in passive voice.  Four members prepare the interview.  Research on the internet to get real information about the celebrity.  Once you’ve finished, assign roles.  Every team will play the talk/interview. Practice 3 Rubric: Category Excellent (25%) Good (20%) Needs improvement (10%) Delivery Students keep audience attentive to their interview simulation. Students keep audience attentive most of the time, they need support notes to present the content. They read the full presentation and audience gets distracted. Content and organization The presentation includes all four future plans required in the instructions. The content is well organized. The presentation does not include four future plans required in the instructions and/or organization could be improved. The presentation does not show organization and 2 or more plans are missing. Verb tense selection Plans are expressed in a proper future form; sentence structure is observed Most of the plans are expressed in a proper future form. There are minor details in sentence structure. Plans are not clear and/or they are not expressed properly in future forms. Speech Students speak in a proper volume; they use a suitable tone of voice. They have minor pronunciation problems but the show good diction. Students’ speech is not always comprehensible, but most of the time they show suitable volume, tone of voice and few pronunciations problems but the show good diction. Students show several deficiencies in their speech. Total: