#4020. Making Plans

Language, level: all
Posted Mon Aug 27 16:28:19 PDT 2007 by William Peters (wipeters12000@yahoo.com).
Suwon Foreign Language High School, South Korea
Materials Required: NONE
Activity Time: 50
Concepts Taught: Conversation models for making plans with someone.

Making Plans

Introduce new vocabulary and conversation models for making plans with someone.

Students will be able to make plans by
Ć Suggesting another day
Ć Setting the time and the place
Ć Adding to plans

Useful expressions to learn
A} Suggesting another day
ĆHow about Monday, then?
ĆMaybe we can do it another time then.

B} Setting the time and the place
ĆHow about meeting in front of the school?
ƒÜWhy don¡¦t we meet at the coffee shop?
ƒÜLet¡¦s meet at the park.

C} Adding to plans
ƒÜWhy don¡¦t we have dinner afterwards?
ĆDo you want to go to the beach after that?

Procedure
Show a picture and ask students to describe the person in the picture.

Invitations
To invite someone, you ask:
¡§Would you like to¡K.¡¨
¡§How about¡K.¡¨

To respond, you can say YES or NO.
YES: ¡§Sure, I¡¦d love to!¡¨
¡§That sounds fantastic!¡¨
NO: ¡§I¡¦m sorry, I can¡¦t. I have to¡K.¡¨
¡§I¡¦m afraid I can¡¦t. I¡¦m¡K¡¨

Schedule
To ask about someone¡¦s schedule, you say:
¡§Are you free at¡K?¡¨
¡§Do you have free time at¡K?¡¨

To respond, you can say:
YES: ¡§Yes, I am.¡¨
¡§Yes, I do.¡¨
NO: ¡§No, I¡¦m not.¡¨
¡§No, I don¡¦t.¡¨

Give students examples of completed sentences: ¡§would you like to come to my party?¡¨ ¡§Oh, I¡¦m sorry, I can¡¦t. I¡¦m busy that day.¡¨

Goals
There are three goals:
1. Suggest Another Day
2. Set the Time and the Place
3. Add to Plans

Students work with their conversation partners. Student A will invited Student B to do three activities. Student B adds an activity to the plan. Change roles.

Student A
Go for a walk Have dinner first
Play basketball
Watch a video

Student B
Meet downtown for coffee
Do some sightseeing afterward
Come over and play computer games
Order spaghetti for dinner

Pair-work Activity
Explain to the students that they should listen to the following dialogue, and pick out these five parts:

1. Invitation
2. Decline (busy)
3. Suggest another day (accept)
4. Set the time and the place
5. Add to plans

Dialogue

Tommy: Would you like to go to the Zoo with me on Saturday?
Jenny: Oh, I¡¦m sorry, I can¡¦t. I have to go to a birthday part on Saturday.
Tommy: Oh¡K that¡¦s too bad. Well, how about Sunday, then?
Jenny: Great! I don¡¦t have any plans for Sunday. Where do you want to meet?
Tommy: How about outside the Zoo at 3:00?
Jenny: Sure. And maybe we could have a picnic after that.
Tommy: Sounds wonderful. See you at 3:00.

Review

1. I asked my friend to go to swimming, but he said he is busy on Sunday. What should I say?
1) You¡¦re busy??! I hate you.
2) Get away from me.
3) Well, how about Saturday, then?

2. My girlfriend wants to meet me for a drink. To set the time and the place to meet her, what should I say?
1) That¡¦s too bad. Better luck next time.
2) Let¡¦s meet at Price Station at 8:00.
3) Why don¡¦t we talk about it another day?

3. I am going to see a play with my friend. I want to eat supper with him, too. What should I say?
1) Let¡¦s eat dinner instead of seeing a play.
2) What would you like to eat? I want steak.
3) How about eating dinner together after the play?