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Writing Skill: Making a Plan
Controlled Writing
Guided WritingFree Writing
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Technology in Language TeachingInstructor: Nguyen Ngoc Vu, MAPart 4, Unit 14By Trieu Giang, Xuan KhanhCopyright © 2008. All rights reserved.
Writing SkillWriting Skill
Activity 1
Controlled writing
Activity 2
Activity 3
Guided writing
Free writing
Practice
……Activity 1Activity 1The President Clintons’ plan…
MONDAY:5:00 pm: fly to San Francisco10:00 pm: check in at Nikko HotelTUESDAY:Morning: have breakfast at hotel near the Golden Gate BridgeAfternoon: Drive to Napa Valley, visit “Wine County”WEDNESDAY:Morning: have a meeting at Union SquareEvening: visit China town and Chinese AssemblyTHURSDAY:9:00 am: fly home
The President Clinton is planning a trip to San Francisco next week. Look at his plan and write sentences.
Example:On Monday at 5:00 he flies to San Francisco.
The boss’s schedule…
Activity 2Activity 2Now, practice the following conversation with a partner. Then work out schedule of the boss’s activities.
Boss: What’s the schedule for tomorrow, Ms Linn?Ms Linn: Well, you receive Mr. Long from UNICEF at
8:30, and have a meeting with the staff at 10:00. In the evening, you attend a reception at New World Hotel at 7:30.
Boss: Is Wednesday a busy day?Ms Linn: Yes, sir. The day after tomorrow is
Wednesday. You work in the office in the morning. In the afternoon, you give a presentation on our charity work to delegation from Korea.
BOSS’S SCHEDULETUESDAY WEDNESDAY
Morning:____________________________Evening:____________________________
Morning:____________________________Afternoon:____________________________
Activity 3Activity 3Activity 3: (course book-p.183)
THURSDAY8:00 – 10:00 Lecture by prof. Green10:15 – 12:00 Tour of school charity shops on HBT street12:30 Lunch at school canteen1:30 Departure for SOS Village Donation offer5:30 Back home
Work in pairs. Write a report on Mai’s schedule, using the provided facts.
Useful language materialsfor a report on a plan
Useful language materialsfor a report on a plan
Here are some notes in reporting
a plan
First, we need some
prepositions of time.
Second, we should use the simple present tense
to report a plan.
Tense: present simple is used to write a report on a plan, a schedule.
What time does
the staff meeting begin?
It starts at 7:00 pm on Monday
Simple present…Simple present…
ExamplesExamples
The football match will start at 8 o’clock.
The train leaves London at 7:30.
Don’t use Future Tense
Use Present Simple
starts
• Prepositions of time…
Prepositions of time…Prepositions of time…
• At: at 3:00 am…• at noon, at night, at dawn…• at weekend• Christmas, New Year…• On: on Sunday…• on October 26th,on February 13th
2008…• on Christmas day, New Year Eve…
• In: in October, in 2008• in summer, in winter• in the morning, in the
afternoon…• in the 21st century
Some examples…Some examples…
• The course begins on 7 January and ends on 10 May.
• I went to bed at midnight and got up at 6 the next.
• We traveled overnight to Paris and arrived at 5 am in the morning.
• Are you doing anything special in the weekend?
Practices…Practices…
1. Mr. Davis is 63. he’ll be retiring from this job __ 2 years’ time.
2. I have been invited to a wedding __ Feb. 14.
3. Do you fancy going to the cinema ___ Friday night?
4. Carol got married ___ 17, which is rather young to get married.
Put in the correct prepositions: In, On ,or At
(further practice in handouts)
PracticePractice
On Saturday morning, I come to English
club
Work in pair and ask your friend about his/her plan for this weekend. Then, write a report on his/her plan, using the facts you have had.
What is your schedule for
this weekend?
Example:This is Hoang’s schedule on this weekend. On Saturday morning, he comes to English club…
How about the
afternoon?
Well, in the after noon I go to
watch a football match.
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ReferencesReferences
Websites:
http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/adressen/eu.html
http://www,ncsu.edu/midlink/rub.mmst.htm
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us./schools/brisas/sunda/mystery/evaluation.htm
Books:
English Exercise book 12 (the advanced version)
English Grammar in Use (by Raymond Murphy)