📋 Builders: Section Drafting I
A fully interactive B1.1 project lesson (Builders' Studio, ages 10-13) in which teams draft advice sections for a real Survival Guide written for next year's new students. The writing toolkit teaches three ways to give advice: the first conditional (If + present simple, will/should + base verb, with the comma rule and the 'never if... will' warning), should and shouldn't for strong tips and gentle warnings (base verb, no 'to', no -s), and imperatives plus unless for short, clear, kind warnings. Ten key words are taught with B1 definitions and examples (guide, section, advice, tip, draft, deadline, editor, audience, welcome, settle in), six revisited as flashcards. The reading shows Aylin, Marco, Priya and Sam each drafting a named section, with advice structures in natural context and hover-tooltip glosses. Practice has 8 single-word fill-in-the-blanks on if/unless/will/should/shouldn't and base verbs with live validation, hints and a running score; speaking gives five pitch prompts and a six-line model dialogue; the writing task asks learners to draft a 40-70 word advice section with a four-point checklist and live word counter with auto-save; and an 8-question quiz mixes advice grammar with two reading-comprehension questions, with a progress bar, per-question explanations, a conic-gradient result circle and localStorage persistence.
Lesson Plan
- 4 questions about first-week experiences and useful advice
- Silent thinking or team-share format
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- First conditional for advice: If + present simple, will + base verb
- Should / shouldn't + base verb for strong tips and gentle warnings
- Imperatives (do / don't) for short, clear advice lines
- Unless = if not, for quick warnings
- Comma rule: when the if-part comes first, use a comma
- Keep advice honest but kind, one idea per line, addressed to 'you'
