English le sson pla ns for Gra de 9 Le ssons in t his se c t ion

Spe a k ing a nd gra m m a r : 
a rguing a point of vie w for 
a hypot he t ic a l sit uat ion 
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Use the second conditional in positive and negative statements to discuss 
hypothetical future proposals and their consequences. 
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Present and argue a point of view to convince others. 
Set the scene 
S
how the class the headlines on OHT 9.1a. Make sure students understand what 
each one means and use them to discuss with students why, as countries develop, 
populations move from the countryside to the big cities. Elicit from students the 
following sequence of events, orally, using the simple word cues on the left. 
Presentation 
Word cue 
Students say 
no money 
Farming doesn’t bring in enough money. 
no farms 
Because there isn’t enough money, the farms go bankrupt. 
no shops, 
cinemas, cafes 
Because the farms go bankrupt, the local shops, cinemas, and cafes 
close down. (There aren’t enough customers.) 
no jobs and 
nothing to do 
Because the shops, cinemas and cafes close down, there are no jobs 
and there’s nothing to do. 
no young people 
Because there are no jobs and nothing to do, the young people leave 
the village and go to the big city. 
no savings 
Because the city is expensive (they’re no longer living at home), 
young people have no savings. 
no visits home 
Because they have no savings, they don’t go back home to the village 
to visit their families. 
no help for 
the old 
Because they don’t visit, there’s no help or support for the old people. 
no community 
Because there’s no support for the old, the community breaks up. 
no village life 
Because there’s no community, village life disappears. 
Get students to go through the cause-and-result sequence in pairs as an oral drill. 
They can take it in turns to run through the sequence or do it by question and 
answer, starting at the end and tracing the causes back. 
Why is there no village life? Because there’s no community. 
Why is there no community? Because there’s no help for the old people. 
Etc.