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)