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THEME 2 PLANS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Describing future plans and arrangements
10 GRADE F2 Expressing one’s ideas in unplanned situations
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F3 Making oral presentations on a planned topic
1 Think and Create

The activity aims to have students write about their future plans and arrangements in a literary way.

Materials and Preparation
The sample poem Word categories which will be used in students’ writings. Copy and hand out the sheet
with the sample poem on, the word categories and the notepad on page 37.

Procedure

1 Ask students to study the words given and think about them.
2 Then, tell them that they are going to write a story/letter/poem/song, etc. using the words given.
3 Put the sample poem on display and discuss how the words are used to create a literary item.
4 Monitor and guide them while they are carrying out the task.
5 As the final step, have volunteers present their works.

2 Listen and Spot

This is an intensive listening activity focusing on future plans and arrangements of different people. The
activity requires students to spot the correct picture based on the activities mentioned in the recording.

Materials and Preparation
As a preparation, the teacher photocopies the handouts on pages 38-42 for each group.

Procedure

1 Divide students into groups of four or more depending on the size of the class.
2 Give a handout with pictures on to each group and ask them to look through the pictures swiftly.
3 Tell them that they will listen to different people describing their future plans and arrangements in
the recording.
4 Point out to students that there are four pictures in a combination for each choice on the handouts
and they should spot the correct picture by listening to each person’s future plans and arrangements.
Remind them that details matter.
5 After the first listening, let them listen once more in order to check their answers.
6 Once students have finished the activity, check and elicit the correct answers with the class.
7 Award 5 points for each correct answer. The group(s) having the highest score will be the winner(s)
of the activity.

Suggestion for extension: After the groups have finished the activity, they could draw their own
pictures depicting their future plans and arrangements and then, they could build up their own texts
related to the pictures.

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