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THEME 6 FAVORS

FUNCTIONS
F1 Making requests
12 GRADE F2 Accepting and declining requests
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F3 Asking for and responding to favors
11 Charity Organization

The overall aim of this activity is to have students ask for and respond to favors. More specifically,
in this activity, it is expected to make suggestions first, and then accept and refuse requests while
organizing a charity fair.

Materials and Preparation
Worksheet on page 150
The teacher photocopies the worksheet for each pair and hands them out.

Procedure
1 Put students into pairs.
2 Tell them that they are going to organize a charity fair thanks to a sponsorship from a big
company. Ask them to make, accept and refuse suggestions on each prompt written in the
table. Then, tell them to fill in the table by writing the jointly agreed-upon ideas for the fair.
Encourage them to use the phrases: Let’s …, We could …, Why don’t we …?, How about …?

E.g. Student A Let’s organize the charity fair in front of a shopping mall.
Student B That’s a good idea! Let’s write it. Or
I think it is not a good idea. Why don’t we organize it in a school garden?

3 Afterwards, have students make a group of four by joining with another pair. Tell them to discuss
their suggestions for the fair and write the best ideas in the second table. In the discussion session,
ask them to take it in turns to make requests to each other in order to complete the tasks for the
preparation of the fair. Encourage them to use the phrases: Can you …?, Could you …?, Would you
mind ...?

E.g. Would you mind going to the supermarket and buying thirty bottles of water?

4 Remind students that they should accept the requests only if they really wouldn’t mind doing.
When students accept a request, both their names and the tasks are written in the table. If they
decline the requests, they are asked to explain the reasons.
5 When all the groups have finished the tasks, ask them to share their plans and preparations by
giving each student’s name.
6 Finally, have the groups vote for the best charity fair organization.

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