Modals in Education & School Rules

🔹 PART 1: WARM-UP (5 minutes)

Task: Quick quiz: “What are the school rules at your school?”

  • “Can you use your phone in class?”

  • “Do you have to wear a uniform?”

  • “What mustn't students do during exams?”


🔹 PART 2: PRESENTATION – USE OF MODALS (10 minutes)

Board/Table Presentation:

FunctionModal VerbsExample Sentence
Obligation    must, have to    Students must do their homework.
Prohibition    mustn't, can't    You mustn't cheat in an exam.
Permission    can, may    You can borrow books from the library.
Advice    should, ought to    You should study regularly.
Possibility    might, may, could    There might be a test tomorrow.

✔️ Differences: “must” vs “have to”, “can” vs “may”, “should” vs “must”.

School Rule Scenarios

Let's think about school rules. Which modal verb fits best in the following situations?:

    • "Students are late for class." 
    • "Asking for permission to leave the classroom." 
    • "Speculating about school changes in the future." 
    • "Suggesting improvements to the school system." 
    • "Talking about past school experiences." 

🔹 PART 3: GUIDED PRACTICE (5 minutes)

Activity: Complete the sentences 

💡 Theme: International Schools & Rules Around the World

Example:

  1. In Japan, students ___ clean their classrooms every day.

  2. You ___ wear casual clothes at this school. Uniform is required. 

  3. In Finland, students ___ take national exams until high school. 

  4. You ___ bring your own lunch or eat in the cafeteria.

  5. In some schools, students ___ use their phones for learning apps. 


🔹 PART 4: COMMUNICATIVE PRACTICE (8 minutes)

Activity: “Create a School!”

🧠 In pairs or groups, students invent a new school and write 5 rules or features using modals.

Prompts:

  • What students must/mustn’t do?

  • What they can/can’t do?

  • What students should do?

  • What rules are different from Greek schools?

Education Discussion

  1. "Let's discuss. What should schools do to prepare students for the future?"
  2. "What might the education system look like in 20 years?"
  3. "What would you change about your school if you could?"

🔹 PART 5: WRAP-UP & EXIT TICKET (2 minutes)

Task: Mini quiz – students write 3 sentences using modals about:

  1. Their own school rules

  2. Something they should do more at school

  3. A possibility about next week (e.g., “We might have a test”)


🧠 EXTENSION / HOMEWORK:

Task: Write a short paragraph (6–8 sentences) about school rules in a country you admire or want to study in, using at least 5 different modal verbs.

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