English Pre-intermediate

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- OLGA ANDREA PEDROZA ROJAS-

TALKING ABOUT FUTURE PLANS AND ARRANGEMENTS

AGENDA

1. Purpose of the lesson 2. Warm-up activity: hobbies and plans 3. Listening activity about plans for the weekend 4. Vocabulary activity 5. Reading activity 6. Grammar explanation with some exercises 7. Writing activity 8. Feedback activity 9. Closure activity

To understand events that happen in the future using the present continuous and be going to .

PURPOSE OF THE LESSON

WARM-UP ACTIVITY

• YOUR PLANS

• YOUR HOBBIES

THINK ABOUT

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THIS WEEKEND?

Timing: 3 minutes

Which are the plans for the weekend?

Which are the museums chosen to visit?

Which is the city mentioned in the audio?

Note- taking

LISTENING ACTIVITY

Timing: 2 minutes

MATCH

Zip-wiring: to go along a wire through the trees or down a mountain. Canyoning: To jump and swim down a river canyon. Phew; An exclamation to express relief, surprise.

Dirtboarding: to stand on a board or deck and wheels. Risky: Dangerous. Snowboarding to slide downhill on a snowboard. Bungee jumping: to jump of a mountain on a long elastic band. White water rafting: to navegate a fast-flowing river in a raft. Wire: a thin piece of metal.

VOCABULARY

Timing: 3 minutes

Connect the ideas of the text to have the text entire. Each student will have a different line, one part of the story. Socialize it orally without showing your flashcards. Once you have socialized them, organize the story.

This image was taken from the Unit 7: tomorrow and beyond

READING

Exercises

Example: More and more american lion is becoming extinct.

For changing or developing situations

For temporary actions Example: I'm looking for some tickets to travel to Paris these days .

Always, constantly, continually, etc to express annoyance, irritation, or anger. Example: I am always meeting Michael when I go to the market.

Other uses of the present continuous

Adverbs used

Now, at the moment, these days, at present, tonight, nowadays, still,

Time expressions

We are travelling to London the next week. Sophie is writing an English article about Global warming at the moment. He is swimming at the Olympics game tonight. I am playing tennis at the new tennis court now.

Examples:

To talk about future plans and arrangements. We know the time and place involved.

Uses

Present continuous with future meaning

Talking about future plans and arrangements

EXERCISES

I'm going to sell my house next wek.

To talk about something we intend to do.

Look at the sky!, It is going to snow

For predictions when there is evidence that something will happen in the near future.

They are going to travel to Australia in two months.

Example:

For actions we have already decided to do in the near future

Example

For informal style

I'm going to become a famous translator one day.

Uses

For plans, intentions or ambitions

BE GOING TO

Timing: 3 minutes

Remember to use the present continuous and be going to

Write a short story about your dreamed holyday with ten of the following verbs: “decide, believe, stop, want, walk, swim, take, hand, tie, cut, squeeze, feel, taste, think, raise, smell, begin, look, offer, shout, start “ and ten words of this vocabulary “bizarre, astonishing, terrible, random, disgusting, odd, suddenly, surprise, unusual, funny, blood, healthy, merchant, risk, rope, afraid, lips, salty, dizzy, entire, response, tasty, laughing"

It's your turn

Timing: 2 minutes

Exchange the text it with your classmate. Highlight with a different color each tense and the vocabulary used in it. Write a comment about the story.

FEEDBACK

Resources

Prepare visual aids to show your "holyday dreamed". Don't forget to use all that you have learned today.

CLOSURE