Unit 8 Plans
Time 3*90’
Objectives
Focus
Warming up
8.1 Discussing arrangements
8.2 Making arrangements
8.3 Planning a trip
Sum-up
Assignment
Objectives
When the learners finish learning this unit,
they should be able to
make plans and arrangements
make appointments
Content
Focus
Making arrangements for a business trip,
Making arrangements for an appointment
on phone,
Content
Warming up
Introduce the activity by brainstorming the
arrangements that have to be made for a trip.
If your families are going to see you in WuHan
Q1,What would you like to arrange for them?
Q2,Where they are going to stay?
Q3:Where they are going to visit?
Content
8.1 Discussing arrangements
A Discussion
1,Students look at the photographs and
discuss what the situations are and
match the verbs to the nouns,Give
vocabulary for the various situations,
catching a plane,visiting a factory,
having dinner/a meeting.
Content
Suggested answers:
1) b
2) c/d
3) a
4) d/c
Content
B Listening
1,Students look at the requirements and
the diary and think what Susan Morris
might do.
2,Explain Diary is agenda,calendar or
datebook in American English.
Content
3,Play the recording for the first time,Learners
fill in as much information in the diary as
possible
4,Play the recording a second time and get
students discuss their answers before playing
the recording again,Pause the tape if
necessary after each of the answers,Write
these names on the board,Wong,Coh and Hu.
Content
Suggested answers:
October
Monday
14Arrive 17.30 (Mr,Wong)
a.m.,conference Tuesday15
p.m.,meet agent(Mr,Goh)
a.m.,inspect factory (Mr,Hu)Wednesday16
p.m.,dinner (Mr,Hu)
Tuesday17
free day
Friday18
all day,fair
Saturday19
Plane to Sydney
Sunday20
Free day in Sydney
Content
C Language focus
1,We have learnt the future as will +
infinitive,While in English a present
tense is often used to talk about the
future,in particular when an arrangement
has already been made.
Content
2.Students look at the examples,We can
see that there are the use of time
expression to indicate that the future is
being talked about,
Content
3,Students look at the diary and then
write sentences based on Susan's
schedule.
Content
Suggested answers:
She's having lunch with the director on
Tuesday.
She's having dinner with a new agent on
Tuesday evening.
She's meeting Mr,Enrique on
Wednesday afternoon.
She's flying to Melbourne on Thursday
morning.
Content
D Writing
1,Students look at the fax and decide
when Mr,Harold wants to see Susan,
They can suggest their own time.
2,Students write the fax from Susan to
Harold.
Content
Suggested answer:
Dear Harold
Thank you for your fax,I look forward to
seeing you on Friday,Is 11.30 oK?
Regards
Susan
Content
8.2 Making arrangements
A,Language focus
Learners look at the notes for Asad
Latif’s trip and elicit the first question,i.e,
Where is he flying to?
Learners write the remaining questions,
Content
Suggested answers:
Who is he meeting?
Which hotel is he staying at?
When is he having lunch with Mr,Vialli?
How many meetings is he going to?
How long is he staying?
Content
3,Work in pairs,Learner A and learner B
look at their respective files (File 24 on
page 117 of the Learner's Book and File
25 on page 119),Learners prepare their
questions,e.g,When are we,..?
Content
4,Learners exchange information by
asking a few questions to each other and
complete the notes and diary.
Content
5,Check the answers by asking
questions around the class,e.g,Where is
Asad Latff staying? When is he having
lunch with Mr,Iralli? When is he leaving
Rome?
Content
Suggested answers:
The note,Rome,Spinardi,Sheraton,Tuesday 9.
The diary:
MarchMonday 83.05 am,Alitalia flight AZ769 to Rome
10.30 a.m,Arrive Rome
Mr Conti meets us at the airport
Stay at Sheraton Hotel
Tuesday 9 9.15 a.m,Meet agent (Ms Spinardi)
1.00 p.m,Lunch (Mr Vialli)
3.30 p.m,Visit new factory
Wednesday 10 9.30 Attend production meeting
Thursday 11 Attend fair (all day)
Friday 1211.20 a.m,Alitalia flight AZ768to Bombay
Saturday 13 1.30 a.m,Arrive Bombay
Sunday 14
Content
B Listening and presentation
1,Play the recording and students write
the appointment in the diary (Wednesday
10 March,Meeting Mr,Alberti at 3.00
p.m.).
Content
2,Play the recording again and students
listen for Asad Latif's questions about the
day and time,These are going to be
used in the next section.
Content
C Language focus
1,Do some review about the language
used to make and confirm arrangements,
Write down the examples on the board.
Content
2,Students look at the examples and
practice speaking.
Content
D Speaking
In pairs,students role play the
conversation,They can do this face to
face or as a phone call.
Content
8.3 Planning a trip
A Reading
1,Read the letters.
Content
2,Students plan an itinerary for Frank
Shaw's visit to Europe,using the
information in their books,In pairs,they
fill in possible dates in the itinerary,They
should do this in pencil in case they need
to change anything later,
Content
B Speaking
Learners work out when Frank has time
for these appointments and fill in the
times on the schedule and then compare
their suggestions with each other.
Content
C Listening
1,Students listen to Frank Shaw
arranging to meet a Hungarian agent,
Gabor Dombradi.
2,Play the recording and give the details
of the arrangement
Content
Suggested answers:
Wednesday,16 October at 9.30 in
Budapest
Content
3,Students finalize the schedule.
Suggested answers:
Ininerary – European trip,October
9WednesdayArrive Prague
10 ThursdayPrague trade fair
11 Friday10 a.m,Jiri Svarc,Prague
13 SundaPrague trafe fair,fly to Warsaw
14MonayEwa Wajda,Warsaw (+ dinner)
15TuesdayEwa Wajda,Warsaw,fly to Budapest
16Wednesday9.30 a.m,Dombradi,Budapest
3 p.m,Kovacs,Budapest,fly to Prague
17Thursdayfree tims in Prague
18Fridayfree tims in Prague
19SaturdayDepart Prague
Content
D Speaking and Writing
1,Dates are generally written with the
month first in American English (August
16) but the day first in British English (16
August),4.10.2000 is 10 April 2000 in
American English but 4 October 2000 in
British English!
Content
2,Students role play a phone call
between Shaw and Wajda and write the
letter for homework.
Content
3,Write a short letter to Ewa Wajda to
arrange a meeting.
Content
Suggested answer:
30 Elm Street
Lakewood
CT 80215
Tel +1303 232 9696
Fax＋ 1 303 233 5869
e-mail fshaw@pcintl.aol.com
August 21 200-Ewa Wajda
Kielecka 30
02-530 Warsaw 12
Po1and
Dear Ewa
I am coming to Europe in October and would like to meet you to
discuss an agency agreement,We will need two days to discuss
the agreement,Can I suggest that we meet on October,14-15? I
would like to invite you out to dinner on the evening of the 14th.
Could you also book me a hotel for the night of the 13th and 14th,
please? I will be flying to Budapest the night of the 15th.
I look forward to seeing you.
Regards
Frank
Content
Sum-up
In this unit,we learnt:
1,How to make plans and arrangements.
2,How to make appointments.
Content
Assignment
1,Write a letter to arrange a meeting,
(The letter to Jiri Svarc can be used as a
model)
2,Role play,make a phone call to
arrange to meet.
Content
Time 3*90’
Objectives
Focus
Warming up
8.1 Discussing arrangements
8.2 Making arrangements
8.3 Planning a trip
Sum-up
Assignment
Objectives
When the learners finish learning this unit,
they should be able to
make plans and arrangements
make appointments
Content
Focus
Making arrangements for a business trip,
Making arrangements for an appointment
on phone,
Content
Warming up
Introduce the activity by brainstorming the
arrangements that have to be made for a trip.
If your families are going to see you in WuHan
Q1,What would you like to arrange for them?
Q2,Where they are going to stay?
Q3:Where they are going to visit?
Content
8.1 Discussing arrangements
A Discussion
1,Students look at the photographs and
discuss what the situations are and
match the verbs to the nouns,Give
vocabulary for the various situations,
catching a plane,visiting a factory,
having dinner/a meeting.
Content
Suggested answers:
1) b
2) c/d
3) a
4) d/c
Content
B Listening
1,Students look at the requirements and
the diary and think what Susan Morris
might do.
2,Explain Diary is agenda,calendar or
datebook in American English.
Content
3,Play the recording for the first time,Learners
fill in as much information in the diary as
possible
4,Play the recording a second time and get
students discuss their answers before playing
the recording again,Pause the tape if
necessary after each of the answers,Write
these names on the board,Wong,Coh and Hu.
Content
Suggested answers:
October
Monday
14Arrive 17.30 (Mr,Wong)
a.m.,conference Tuesday15
p.m.,meet agent(Mr,Goh)
a.m.,inspect factory (Mr,Hu)Wednesday16
p.m.,dinner (Mr,Hu)
Tuesday17
free day
Friday18
all day,fair
Saturday19
Plane to Sydney
Sunday20
Free day in Sydney
Content
C Language focus
1,We have learnt the future as will +
infinitive,While in English a present
tense is often used to talk about the
future,in particular when an arrangement
has already been made.
Content
2.Students look at the examples,We can
see that there are the use of time
expression to indicate that the future is
being talked about,
Content
3,Students look at the diary and then
write sentences based on Susan's
schedule.
Content
Suggested answers:
She's having lunch with the director on
Tuesday.
She's having dinner with a new agent on
Tuesday evening.
She's meeting Mr,Enrique on
Wednesday afternoon.
She's flying to Melbourne on Thursday
morning.
Content
D Writing
1,Students look at the fax and decide
when Mr,Harold wants to see Susan,
They can suggest their own time.
2,Students write the fax from Susan to
Harold.
Content
Suggested answer:
Dear Harold
Thank you for your fax,I look forward to
seeing you on Friday,Is 11.30 oK?
Regards
Susan
Content
8.2 Making arrangements
A,Language focus
Learners look at the notes for Asad
Latif’s trip and elicit the first question,i.e,
Where is he flying to?
Learners write the remaining questions,
Content
Suggested answers:
Who is he meeting?
Which hotel is he staying at?
When is he having lunch with Mr,Vialli?
How many meetings is he going to?
How long is he staying?
Content
3,Work in pairs,Learner A and learner B
look at their respective files (File 24 on
page 117 of the Learner's Book and File
25 on page 119),Learners prepare their
questions,e.g,When are we,..?
Content
4,Learners exchange information by
asking a few questions to each other and
complete the notes and diary.
Content
5,Check the answers by asking
questions around the class,e.g,Where is
Asad Latff staying? When is he having
lunch with Mr,Iralli? When is he leaving
Rome?
Content
Suggested answers:
The note,Rome,Spinardi,Sheraton,Tuesday 9.
The diary:
MarchMonday 83.05 am,Alitalia flight AZ769 to Rome
10.30 a.m,Arrive Rome
Mr Conti meets us at the airport
Stay at Sheraton Hotel
Tuesday 9 9.15 a.m,Meet agent (Ms Spinardi)
1.00 p.m,Lunch (Mr Vialli)
3.30 p.m,Visit new factory
Wednesday 10 9.30 Attend production meeting
Thursday 11 Attend fair (all day)
Friday 1211.20 a.m,Alitalia flight AZ768to Bombay
Saturday 13 1.30 a.m,Arrive Bombay
Sunday 14
Content
B Listening and presentation
1,Play the recording and students write
the appointment in the diary (Wednesday
10 March,Meeting Mr,Alberti at 3.00
p.m.).
Content
2,Play the recording again and students
listen for Asad Latif's questions about the
day and time,These are going to be
used in the next section.
Content
C Language focus
1,Do some review about the language
used to make and confirm arrangements,
Write down the examples on the board.
Content
2,Students look at the examples and
practice speaking.
Content
D Speaking
In pairs,students role play the
conversation,They can do this face to
face or as a phone call.
Content
8.3 Planning a trip
A Reading
1,Read the letters.
Content
2,Students plan an itinerary for Frank
Shaw's visit to Europe,using the
information in their books,In pairs,they
fill in possible dates in the itinerary,They
should do this in pencil in case they need
to change anything later,
Content
B Speaking
Learners work out when Frank has time
for these appointments and fill in the
times on the schedule and then compare
their suggestions with each other.
Content
C Listening
1,Students listen to Frank Shaw
arranging to meet a Hungarian agent,
Gabor Dombradi.
2,Play the recording and give the details
of the arrangement
Content
Suggested answers:
Wednesday,16 October at 9.30 in
Budapest
Content
3,Students finalize the schedule.
Suggested answers:
Ininerary – European trip,October
9WednesdayArrive Prague
10 ThursdayPrague trade fair
11 Friday10 a.m,Jiri Svarc,Prague
13 SundaPrague trafe fair,fly to Warsaw
14MonayEwa Wajda,Warsaw (+ dinner)
15TuesdayEwa Wajda,Warsaw,fly to Budapest
16Wednesday9.30 a.m,Dombradi,Budapest
3 p.m,Kovacs,Budapest,fly to Prague
17Thursdayfree tims in Prague
18Fridayfree tims in Prague
19SaturdayDepart Prague
Content
D Speaking and Writing
1,Dates are generally written with the
month first in American English (August
16) but the day first in British English (16
August),4.10.2000 is 10 April 2000 in
American English but 4 October 2000 in
British English!
Content
2,Students role play a phone call
between Shaw and Wajda and write the
letter for homework.
Content
3,Write a short letter to Ewa Wajda to
arrange a meeting.
Content
Suggested answer:
30 Elm Street
Lakewood
CT 80215
Tel +1303 232 9696
Fax＋ 1 303 233 5869
e-mail fshaw@pcintl.aol.com
August 21 200-Ewa Wajda
Kielecka 30
02-530 Warsaw 12
Po1and
Dear Ewa
I am coming to Europe in October and would like to meet you to
discuss an agency agreement,We will need two days to discuss
the agreement,Can I suggest that we meet on October,14-15? I
would like to invite you out to dinner on the evening of the 14th.
Could you also book me a hotel for the night of the 13th and 14th,
please? I will be flying to Budapest the night of the 15th.
I look forward to seeing you.
Regards
Frank
Content
Sum-up
In this unit,we learnt:
1,How to make plans and arrangements.
2,How to make appointments.
Content
Assignment
1,Write a letter to arrange a meeting,
(The letter to Jiri Svarc can be used as a
model)
2,Role play,make a phone call to
arrange to meet.
Content
