Language Assessment - Future Perfect & Continuous

Language Analysis:
When teaching a grammar or function lesson, submit this LA sheet with your lesson plan.

|Target Language: (write the target sentence/s from the lesson here) |
|She will have cooked supper by the time I get home. |
|This time next month, I will be cooking a lot. |
|Meaning: (try to state this in student-friendly language) |
|To talk about future events, that will be completed before a definite time, or will be in progress at a definite time, in the future. |
|Context / Conveying Meaning: (state the context and how you will convey meaning) |
|Me – while on this course, my girlfriend has kindly said that she will cook every night, so, „by the time i get home, she... (try to elicit TL |
|but give it if no-one offers it) will have cooked supper.“ (Future Perfect) |
|When I have finished my course in a few weeks, I would like to repay her by cooking for her. So, „this time next month, I... (elicit TL) will |
|be cooking a lot“. (Future Continuous) |
|Checking understanding: (timelines, concept questions, etc) |
|Pair the correct timeline to each phrase |
|Future Perfect: |
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|now future |
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|or |
|now future |
|CCQ’s - Has she started making supper already? (possibly) When will it be ready? (by the time I get home) Will I have to wait for it? (no) |
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|Future Continuous: |
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|now future |
|CCQ’s - When will I be cooking? (this time next month) Will I be cooking before this time next month? (yes) When will I stop cooking? |
|(don’t know) |
|Pronunciation features: (phonemic script, weak forms, contractions, stress, intonation) |
|She will have -> She’ll have |
|I will be -> I’ll be |
|Form: (analysis as it will appear on the whiteboard or worksheet) |
|She will have cooked + subject + will + have + past participle |
|She will not have cooked - subject + will + not + have + past participle |
|Will she have cooked? ? will + subject + have + past participle + ? |
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|I will be cooking + subject + will + be + base+ing |
|I will not be cooking - subject + will + not + be + base+ing |
|Will I be cooking? ? will + subject + be + base+ing + ? |
|Appropriacy: (i.e. formal, informal or neutral) |
|Neutral |

Anticipated problems Ss will have with the target language (MPFA), and solutions

|Possible Problems |Proposed Solutions |
|Meaning: | |
|Future Perfect can refer to something that may or may not have already |Use CCQ’s and the timelines to establish that when something begins is |
|begun. |not important here. |
|Pronunciation: | |
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|Form: | |
|Future perfect uses a past participle, which may be confusing |Use the timeline to show that, from the future point, we are referring |
| |back to a previous time, albeit in the future from now. |
|Appropriacy: | |
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