Lesson Plan: Making Plans

Lesson Level: Junior 2 Duration: 40 Minutes

Lesson Title: Using a diary to make plans

Grammar and Vocabulary

Making plans, talking about the future

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn expressions to use in making plans with other people.

Materials Required

Dialogue (two copies of dialogue OR a recording of two people reading it.)

Four partially completed one week diaries (see notes) in the form of large posters.

Sets of four unisex name tags: Ashley, Chris, Drew, Pat (enough sets for one per group)

Preparation

Prepare dialogue and posters.

Procedure

1

Write lesson title on board – “Making Plans”

Ask students what they did on Sunday.

Ask students what they will do next Sunday.

(Use ball toss to select students. )

Put vocabulary on the board.

forecast, shower, thunderstorm, turn heavy (with reference to rain), pass (with reference to rain), problem

Elicit meanings from class and write on the board.

2

Put students into groups of 4 or three.

Write questions for the dialogue on the board.

What are Alan and Brian's plans for Saturday if the weather is bad?

What are Alan and Brian's plans for Saturday if the weather is good?

Where will they shelter if the rain is heavy?

Why can't they play football on Sunday?

What subjects does Brian have to do for his homework?

Why do they hope it rains?

The weather forecast says that Saturday will be sunny. Who disagrees?

What is the difference between a thunderstorm and a shower?

If the weather is nice, where will they play football?

Put instructions on board.

In your groups

listen to the two people talking.

WRITE the answers to the questions.

3

Either play the pre-recorded dialogue OR get a strong student to come to the front and read it with you.

Groups must write the answers as they listen to the dialogue.

Read or play the dialogue twice with a two minute gap between for students to work on answers.

Elicit answers using ball toss around classroom.

4

Put ONE of the diary posters on the board and label it with one of the four names from the name sets.

Explain the layout and ask questions.

“What is he doing on Saturday morning? etc”

Put the other three on the board and label them.

5.

Distribute the name tag sets. Each student in group to choose a name tag.

Write instructions.

Each student look ONLY at your own diary.

Ask and answer questions.

“What are you doing on....?”

“I'm ......”/ “I'm free.”

Arrange a day and time for all the students in your group to go swimming together.

6

Monitor and assist with the activity.

At end get feedback by asking students.

“What is ..... doing on ...”

“When will you all go swimming?”

7

Extension activity.

Tell class to think back to the first activity.

What were Brian and Alan going to do on Saturday if the weather was bad?

What were they going to do if the weather was good?

Ball toss.

Alternately ask questions.

What else could they do if the weather was bad?

What else could they do if the weather was good?

Notes:

1. Dialogue

Alan What do you want to do at the weekend?

Brian I thought we could go to the park and play football.

Alan That depends on the weather.

Brian What's the forecast?

Alan According the radio it should be sunny and warm but my grandfather says that he thinks it will rain.

Brian Why does he say that?

Alan I don't know, but he's usually right, even when he disagrees with the weather forecast.

Brian Hmmm. So the radio says sunny, but your grandfather, who's usually right, says it will rain.

Alan That's right.

Brian Let's make two plans and then decide on Saturday morning.

Alan OK. If the weather is good we'll play football.

Brian And if there is a storm or a thunderstorm, we can stay at my house and play computer games. I have a great

football game on my computer.

Alan What if it's just a few showers mixed in with the sunshine.

Brian We'll play football. We can play in a little rain.

Alan OK. And if the showers turn heavy we can shelter in the changing rooms until they pass.

Brian OK. I'll call you at ten O'clock on Saturday morning and we can decide.

Alan What about on Sunday?

Brian I don't think we have a problem on Sunday.

Alan Why's that?

Brian Well I don't know about you but on Sunday I'll be sitting at home all day.

Alan Why?

Brian I have maths homework, English homework, geography homework, history homework and science homework.

Alan Oh, that's true. I have a lot of homework too. So we don't need to worry about the weather on Sunday.

Brian Actually, I hope it rains.

Alan You hope it rains?

Brian Yes. I hate doing my homework when the weather is good because I'd rather go out and play.

Alan Right. Me too. I hope it rains on Sunday.

2. Diary Posters

ASHLEY	morning	afternoon	evening		CHRIS	morning	afternoon	evening
Monday	Football with Chris		Going to music concert		Monday	Football with Ashley
Tuesday		shopping			Tuesday	Football with Drew
Wednesday	Tennis with Pat		favourite TV program		Wednesday		shopping	helping to clean the house
Thursday		piano lesson			Thursday		driving lesson
Friday	helping to clean the house				Friday			favourite TV program
Saturday			Going to Cinema		Saturday	violin lesson
Sunday					Sunday	Visiting Uncle John in hospital
DREW	morning	afternoon	evening		PAT	morning	afternoon	evening
Monday					Monday		taking dog for a walk
Tuesday	Football with Chris		chess club		Tuesday	helping father in garden
Wednesday					Wednesday	Tennis with Ashley
Thursday	shopping		Aunt Susan's birthday		Thursday		visiting Grandmother	visiting Grandmother
Friday	helping father in garden	playing computer games with Pat			Friday		plying computer games with Drew
Saturday			dancing lesson		Saturday	shopping
Sunday		piano lesson			Sunday			favourite TV program