| LESSON OVERVIEW
The main objectives of this lesson are to:
- talk about toys from a critical perspective;
- review will and would for present and past habits;
- watch a video featuring a popular toy.
In this lesson, students reflect on varied types of toys, explore phrases for discussing desire and spending (e.g. fall for, get your hands on, keep someone hooked) and watch part of a video (to 02:14) about a popular toy called Labubu. They discuss trends in toys and consumer choices, share their experiences and practise will, won’t, would and wouldn’t structures for repeated actions. Students also work in pairs and prepare a short speech about toys.
C1 / Advanced60 minStandard LessonUnlimited Plan
WARM-UP AND VIDEO
This lesson covers will and would for present and past habits and starts with a warm-up. Students look at toy categories (e.g. an expensive toy) and think of examples. After that, they read sentences about toy marketing tactics. Students match phrases (e.g. fall for, get your hands on, keep someone hooked) with their definitions. Moving on, they read the sentences from the previous task again and say if they describe different toys (e.g. LEGO, Kinder Surprise, Pokémon). Students add details. Afterwards, they watch the first part of a video about the Labubu toy and list things mentioned about it. Next, students watch the second part of the video where young people share their opinions about the toy. They first predict what they’ll say, then watch to check their ideas and discuss their thoughts. Following that, students watch the second part again and choose the word they hear (e.g. disappointment/disappointed).
GRAMMAR AND DISCUSSION
In this part of the lesson, students continue discussing toy trends. Afterwards, they read sentences about toys (e.g. collecting toys). Students match will and would for present and past habits with their functions. Moving on, they look at statements and complete them with the structures from the previous task. Next, students continue sentences involving toys and collections (e.g. The kids I know love LEGO so much that they…) using will, won’t, would or wouldn’t and their ideas. Then, they work in pairs. Student A changes a sentence from the previous exercise so that it is true about them or someone they know and gives details. Student B asks a follow-up question using will, won’t, would or wouldn’t. They swap roles. Finally, students pick a topic about toys, take 30 seconds to make notes and speak for two minutes using the target structures and vocabulary from the lesson.
HOMEWORK/REVISION
This lesson also includes an additional task that you can use as homework or revision. In the task, students rewrite sentences using will and would for present and past habits. They then elaborate on them using linkers and the target phrases from the lesson. The task is available in the teacher’s version of the worksheet. You can print it and hand it out to your students. It’s also included in the e-lesson plan.
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I like to use this video as reference to show the use of WOULD for an action that was habitual in the past (here Viviane also uses USED TO) https://youtu.be/k-cOWuVutcE?si=5CzW2vnslul4VoH8
Another reference is the song of Adele “Fire to the rain” (all the things you’d say, they were never true, and the games you’d play, you would always win…)
For people whose native language derives from Latin, it’s a pretty unexpected use of would.
Thank you for your comment! We appreciate you sharing more ideas related to the grammar point of the lesson. 🙂
My students absolutely LOVED this lesson. They were buzzing from the first moment. Really excellent topic and comprehensive lesson plan. Thank you! More of these.
Thank you for your feedback! We’re happy this lesson appealed so much to your students! 🙂