I Will Be There

Lead-in

  • What does trust mean to you?
  • How can a person get your trust?
  • What do you need to trust people?
  • What happens if you lose trust in a person? Why?
  • Who do you trust the most? Why?

Presentation

Pre

  • In your opinion, what is the best way to learn something? Why?

Top Down

  • What is the text about? Read it and find out.
  • Humility and success
  • Tips to be rich
  • How to become a writer
  • Humility and success
  • Tips to be rich
  • How to become a writer

One of the most harmful traits in life is the opposite of having the drive to learn. If you think you know it all, don’t listen to feedback, and are stubborn, I don’t think you can ever be truly successful.

If you’re like that, you’re making life very hard for yourself. Why would you go through life with so much resistance? Because that’s what it comes down to. When you kick against every wall, you’re resisting outside perspectives.

Every successful person stands on the shoulders of other successful people. As Sir Isaac Newton famously wrote in a letter:

“If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants”

It’s a sign of humility. Adopting that mindset shows one has the drive to learn. To me, this has been the key aspect of my development as a writer, thinker, and person. 

We all learn from each other. When you have the humility to learn from others, you will not only learn faster, but you will also become a better person. That’s how generations should work.

The current generation should be better than the previous one. That might not be always true across the world. But on a personal level, we should all aspire to be better than the ones who came before us. Not because we want to beat them, but because we respect them.

Modified from source

Bottom Up

  • True or False
  1. One of the most harmful traits in life is the opposite of having the urge to learn.
  2. Every successful person stands on the backs of other successful people.
  3. The key aspect of the author’s development as a writer, thinker, and person was to resist people’s opinions.
  4. When you have the humility to learn from others, you will not only learn faster, but you will also avoid becoming a better person.
  5. The current generation should be better than the previous one. 
  1. One of the most harmful traits in life is the opposite of having the urge to learn. True
  2. Every successful person stands on the backs of other successful people. False
  3. The key aspect of the author’s development as a writer, thinker, and person was to resist people’s opinions. False
  4. When you have the humility to learn from others, you will not only learn faster, but you will also avoid becoming a better person. False
  5. The current generation should be better than the previous one. True

Post

  • What do you think about the quote mentioned in the text? 

“If I have seen further, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants”

Target Language

Will for predicting the future

Affirmative

  • I will be successful.
  • You will get into university.

Negative

  • I will not work as a teacher.
  • She won’t travel next summer.

Questions

  • Will you get divorced?
  • Will they come to our party?

Short answers

  • Yes, I will. / No, I won’t.
  • Yes, they will. / No, they won’t.

Controlled Practice

  • Change the following sentences to the interrogative form.
  1. I will become a doctor and work with kids.
  2. She will join a book club next year.
  3. They will stop eating junk food.
  4. We will enroll in a dance course.
  5. Kate will start to write books and become successful.
  1. I will become a doctor and work with kids. > Will I become a doctor and work with kids?
  2. She will join a book club next year. > Will she join a book club next year?
  3. They will stop eating junk food. > Will they stop eating junk food?
  4. We will enroll in a dance course. > Will we enroll in a dance course?
  5. Kate will start to write books and become successful. > Will Kate start to write books and become successful?

Freer Practice

  • Use the target language and complete the sentences according to your own ideas.
  1. I hope I will … by the end of the year.
  2. I won’t … No way!
  3. I don’t want to … but I think I will do it anyways.
  4. My best friend will … and I think it’s a great idea.
  5. My parents will … but I won’t …

Production

  • Use the target language to make predictions about the following: 

Example: I think it will be good if…

    • Technology
    • Medicine
    • Your school/work
    • The way people communicate
    • The future in general

Homework

Transform the sentences into questions.

Example: She will run a restaurant. > Will she run a restaurant? 
  1. We will not work on Sunday.
  2. I will not drink from that well. 
  3. He will see me next Saturday.
  4. They will play against the Ravens.
  5. The Bat-signal will shine in the sky.
  1. Will we not work on Sunday? 
  2. Will I not drink from that well? 
  3. Will he see me next Saturday? 
  4. Will they play against the Ravens? 
  5. Will the Bat-signal shine in the sky? 

Complete the sentences with the bracketed options.

Example: The Starks / forget / the agreement. (not/will) > The Starks will not forget the agreement.
  1. teach / English? (not/will/you)
  2. be there / for you. (will/I)
  3. Charles Dickens / write / another book? (will)
  4. My son and I / watch the first season of Ozark. (will)
  5. Marilyn / save / the dog? (will) 
  1. Will you not teach English? 
  2. I will be there for you.
  3. Will Charles Dickens write another book? 
  4. My son and I will watch the first season of Ozark. 
  5. Will Marilyn save the dog? 

Order the words. 

Example: I / you. / will / remember > I will remember you. 
  1. won’t / tell / We / anything.
  2. and / be / the / will / airport / Josh / Alisson / at / tonight.
  3. will / class / tomorrow. / my / observe / Mabel
  4. next / will / computer. / build / Otavio / a / new / week.
  5. not / win / this / Russians / war. / awful / The / will
  1. We won’t tell anything. 
  2. Josh and Alisson will be at the airport tonight. 
  3. Mabel will observe my class tomorrow. 
  4. Otavio will build a new computer next week. 
  5. The Russians will not win this awful war. 

Transform the Present Tense sentences into Future Tense sentences. 

Example: I’m sleepy. > I will sleep.
  1. She’s hungry. 
  2. We are thirsty.
  3. They run at night. 
  4. You hear me. 
  5. She plays the flute.
  1. She will eat.  
  2. We will drink. 
  3. They will run at night.
  4. You will hear me. 
  5. She will play the flute. 

Based on the following text, are the sentences true or false? 

Emily lives alone in an apartment. She works at a museum from Tuesdays to Sundays. She arrives home at 8 p.m. every day. On Thursdays, she goes to the open market to buy fish. She cooks, but she doesn’t like to cook. Emily likes to prepare smoothies. Every Monday, she only drinks smoothies. On Sundays, she sleeps at her boyfriend’s house. Her boyfriend lives in a small house with a cat. The cat’s name is François. François likes Emily. But Emily is allergic to cats. 
  1. Emily will cook François. 
  2. The museum will open on Fridays. 
  3. Emily’s boyfriends will sleep at her apartment. 
  4. Emily will prepare smoothies. 
  5. Emily’s boyfriend will cook fish. 
  1. Emily will cook François. > False
  2. The museum will open on Fridays. > True
  3. Emily’s boyfriends will sleep at her apartment. > False
  4. Emily will prepare smoothies. > True
  5. Emily’s boyfriend will cook fish. > False

Writing

Write a short text about your plans for next year.

Example: One of my goals for 2024 is to study more. I will start my Italian classes and…