1. Download the files of the activities suggested in the MED section and make copies for students.

2. Try this situation with students, set the scene, "Students, I need your help with something, is it possible for you to help me?" and wait for reactions.

3. Continue with the situation, I may need some help grading papers and checking homework...Could you....? complete the question with the words you want and wait for reactions.

4. Before they say anything else, tell them to make excuses, ask them to give you the most incredible excuses because they do not want to help.

5. Tell students they are going to work with some other situations to practice so distribute the worksheet and ask students to cut the cards that correspond to 8 different situations related to the topic of food, restaurants, table manners.

6. Ask your students to paste the cards in their notebooks and write under each one a polite request about each particular situation.

7. Remind students of the different ways they have learned so far for requests as well as the different levels of formality.

8. Ask students to swap their worksheet with another student and read the requests, are they the same or different?

9. Make a list of the different requests your students wrote.

10. It is probably that some of the expressions your students used and tried were using verbs, 'lend' and 'borrow'. 

11. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to focus on the box with the definition of ‘borrow’ and ‘lend’.

12. Discuss the effect of these verbs in requests and talk again about the levels of formality. Even when this is a controlled exercise for students to complete the sentences with the appropriate verb and learn the patterns, take the opportunity to substitute some words and try original sentences.

13. Ask students to complete the sentences and monitor and offer help as needed.

14. Ask students to work in pairs and choose 5 sentences from the list. Then, ask them to write one more sentence to complement the context. For example, 9. Peter won't _______his car to anyone…He loves his car very much and he is afraid somebody can crash or have an accident in it. It is a very expensive car

15. Ask pairs of students to share their sentences with the class and make corrections as needed.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the activity and play the track that accompanies the activity suggested in the MED section.

2. Download the file and make copies of the suggested activity as well.

3. Ask students how many more expressions they know when you ask someone for help. Make a list on the board and encourage students to participate even with expressions in Spanish.

4. Tel students that they are going to listen to a short conversation between Keiko and Carlos and they need to identify what the favor she is asking is from the list of 4 choices.

5. Check answers with the class and if necessary write down on the board some of the expressions used as requests.

6. Continue with the next exercise, students complete the favors asked with the appropriate expression by writing the sentences in their notebooks.

7. Ask students at random to share their answers with the class and make corrections if needed.

8. Do exercise 3, read the requests aloud with the appropriate intonation, and have volunteers choose the correct option and answer.

9. Choose six students at random to come to the board and unscrambled sentences as fast as they can as the rest of the class does the same in their notebooks.

10. Ask volunteers to share their sentences with the class.

11. Tell students they are going to review modals of ability and permission since they have been working with requests, it is a good moment to review and practice with them.

12. Distribute the worksheet and draw students’ attention towards the box with the different uses of modals numbered type 1-5

13. Read the examples and answer questions students may have.

14. Ask students to work in pairs, complete the sentences with the corresponding modal, and identify the type it is as well.

15. Check answers with the class and ask students to justify their answers on the type of sentences that is.