This multimodal Conversation Analytic study of video recorded lesson planning discussions between English ‘native’ and ‘non-native speaker’ teachers who ‘team-teach’ together in Japanese schools , debates how interactants, by describing and showing the use of diverse objects to be employed in upcoming collaborative classes, engender a true and keen image of a potential future, informing actual planning talk and presenting a platform for other important actions, like proposing alternatives or making requests.