Success: Explain how changing “could” to “will” changes a claim's certainty and audience relationship.
- Notice · 3 min. Display Text A's “could tell us” and the hypothetical edit “will prove”. Which promise is larger?
- Model · 5 min. Show modal verbs as degrees of commitment. “Could” is cautious; “will” claims certainty the pilot cannot give.
- Try · 6 min. Learners locate “might”, “should” and “if” across A and B and annotate how each manages pressure or condition.
- Compare · 5 min. In pairs or solo, rewrite one sentence in stronger and weaker modality; discuss which version is ethical with the available evidence.
- Transfer · 4 min. Write two lines for a fictional board submission: one defensible claim, one evidence condition.
- Exit · 2 min. Ask which is justified now: “a pilot could help us learn” or “later hours will solve access”. Require a reason from the texts.