Hanging Out &

Invitations

Freshman Oral English

Unit 1: Socializing on Campus
Class CEFR Level: A2-B1
Week 2, Lesson 3
Fall Semester 2015
Instructor: S. M. H.

Icebreaker: Birthday Partner (10 min.)

Materials

PPT/USB-stick

Handout: Dialog A Walk in

the Woods (Attachment A)
Music for circle activity

Students mingle and identify the person whose birth date (not year - just
month and date) is closest to their own. They should find out two things
they have in common.

Review & Check-Up (5 min.)

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Preparations

Homework: Dialog and discussion Where do you like to hang out?

Review pronunciation: /f/, /v/, /w/
Review functions: likes, dislikes, indifference

Handout: Invitations
(Attachment B)

Before Class write on the board:

Idiom: The icing on the cake (5 min.)

Meaning:
Something that makes a good thing even better.

Homework: Email invitations

Board (blank chart)

Goals

Examples:
We went out for dinner and dancing and the icing on the cake was when my
boyfriend asked me to marry him.

Students will be able to use language to

effectively and appropriately meet and
greet others in social situations
commonly encountered on campus.

I was excited when our teacher invited us to watch a movie with him. But when he paid
the tickets for all of us, that was the icing on the cake.

Intended Learning
Outcomes

My last trip to Beijing was fun and traveling there by plane was just the icing on the
cake.

TSWBAT

Pronunciation: /f/, /v/, /w/ (25 min.)

PP p. 149f
Review the sounds that have been covered in the previous classes so far
(/f/, /v/, /w/)
Introduce some key vocabulary that will be used in the following activity
o a heavy wool sweater
o squirrels
o and some other phrases (see p. 149 C.)
Display the dialog A Walk in the Woods (PP. 149) on the slide (see
attachment A).
Divide students into two groups and have group 1 read Wendy, group 2
read Valerie.
Ask students what this dialog was about.
Then have them work with their partner to read the dialog again.
Ask, whether they have ever gone for a walk in the woods. Do they ever

further strengthen their

ability to pronounce the target
sounds.
use the function of
extending an invitation,
accepting and refusing an
invitation.

Extending an Invitation
A. We are (e.g. having a
party). Would you like to join
us?
B. Would you like to come to ?

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go for walks? If yes, where?

Who do they like to do things with together?
Has someone recently asked them to do something with them (invitation)?
Have some students share their thoughts with the whole class.

C. How would you like to ?

D. Are you free this .? I would
like to invite you to ?
E. Would you by any chance be
interested in ?
F. Do you want to ?

Break

Accepting an Invitation

Function: Extending, Accepting/Refusing an Invitation

(10 min.)

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ask your students, whether theyve ever been invited by someone. By

who? To do what?
If you are planning to do something, how can you invite someone to
join?
Collect a few examples on the board (remind students to take notes).
Introduce the function. Go over each phrase and give examples. Tell
students to copy the function into their notebooks.

Declining an Invitation
a.
b.

Pair Activity: Two Circles (10 min)

c.

Divide the class into two groups of equal size. Each group forms a circle
an inner and an outer one, both groups facing each other.
If possible, play some music and have the students go around in the circle
until the music stops. Now every student from the outer circle should
have a partner from the inner circle.
First, have the students from the outer circle extend invitations to their
counterpart in the inner circle and the inner circle respond accordingly.
Whenever the music starts playing again, each circle begins rotating again
(one clock-wise, one counter-clockwise). When the music ends they
should be facing a new partner and should be extending and excepting/or
if they want refuse invitations again.
After five minutes roles change. The inner circle offers invitations the
outer one accepts/refuses.

Oh, that sounds like fun. I

would really like to, but
Im sorry. I would like to ,
but
What a pity! I cant make it to
your party, I

Review:

/f/, /v/, /w/

Invitations

Preview

Group Activity: Invitation to an Event (25 min.)

That sounds great/like fun.

Id love/like to.
Yes, that would be great!
Sure. When would you like to
?

Word stress

Making appointments

Homework

Explain the parts of a party invitation: who, what, when where, rsvp.
RSVP: (abbr. French) rpondez s'il vous plat, or please reply

Write an email (into your

notebook), in which you invite a
friend to do an activity together
with you. Make sure to include the
who, what, when, where, rsvp, etc.

Preparation Activity (10 min.)

Divide the class into groups of 3-4.

Assign taskmaster, timekeeper, presenter, everyone needs to take notes.

One person in each group is celebrating his/her birthday, and you are
helping that person make invitations to the party. Decide on the who,
what, when, where.
Inviting Activity (10 min.)

Students mingle around and invite their classmates (who are not in their
group) to come to their party.

All students go back to their groups and briefly compare how many people
said yes.

One student from each group will present. They tell the class about the
party and how many people said they would come. Compare, which party
had the most attending.

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Attachment A:

Dialog: A Walk in the Woods

Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy

Whats happening with William? Did you see him this week?
Yeah. I saw him on Wednesday. We went for a walk.
What did you do?
I said we went for a walk.
Where did you walk?
In the woods.
Where?
In the woods. You know, the woods near the highway.
Wasnt it cold and wet on Wednesday?
Well, it was cold and windy, but not wet. I wore a heavy wool sweater and we walked quickly to keep warm.
I love walking in the woods. Its so peaceful and quiet.
Yeah, it was very quiet once we got away from the highway. There were birds and squirrels everywhere.
Wow, it sounds wonderful. Did you spend the whole day in the woods?
No. William had to work in the afternoon. I went home around one.
What did you do for lunch?
We brought sandwiches with us. We stopped for lunch around twelve, and we sat and watched the squirrels
for a while, but it was too windy to sit long.
Well, it sound like a very nice walk, anyway.
It was.

Dialog: A Walk in the Woods

Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy
Valerie
Wendy

Whats happening with William? Did you see him this week?
Yeah. I saw him on Wednesday. We went for a walk.
What did you do?
I said we went for a walk.
Where did you walk?
In the woods.
Where?
In the woods. You know, the woods near the highway.
Wasnt it cold and wet on Wednesday?
Well, it was cold and windy, but not wet. I wore a heavy wool sweater and we walked quickly to keep warm.
I love walking in the woods. Its so peaceful and quiet.
Yeah, it was very quiet once we got away from the highway. There were birds and squirrels everywhere.
Wow, it sounds wonderful. Did you spend the whole day in the woods?
No. William had to work in the afternoon. I went home around one.
What did you do for lunch?
We brought sandwiches with us. We stopped for lunch around twelve, and we sat and watched the squirrels
for a while, but it was too windy to sit long.
Well, it sound like a very nice walk, anyway.
It was.

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Attachment B
Extending an Invitation
A. We are (e.g. having a
party). Would you like to join
us?
B. Would you like to come to
?
C. How would you like to ?
D. Are you free this .? I would
like to invite you to ?
E. Would you by any chance be
interested in ?
F. Do you want to ?

Accepting an Invitation
1. That sounds great/like fun.
2. Id love/like to.
3. Yes, that would be great!
4. Sure. When would you like to
?

Declining an Invitation
a. Oh, that sounds like fun. I
would really like to, but
b. Im sorry. I would like to ,
but
c. What a pity! I cant make it to
your party, I

Extending an Invitation
A. We are (e.g. having a
party). Would you like to join
us?
B. Would you like to come to
?
C. How would you like to ?
D. Are you free this .? I would
like to invite you to ?
E. Would you by any chance be
interested in ?
F. Do you want to ?

Accepting an Invitation
1. That sounds great/like fun.
2. Id love/like to.
3. Yes, that would be great!
4. Sure. When would you like to
?

Declining an Invitation
a. Oh, that sounds like fun. I
would really like to, but
b. Im sorry. I would like to ,
but
c. What a pity! I cant make it to
your party, I

Extending an Invitation
A. We are (e.g. having a
party). Would you like to join
us?
B. Would you like to come to
?
C. How would you like to ?
D. Are you free this .? I would
like to invite you to ?
E. Would you by any chance be
interested in ?
F. Do you want to ?

Accepting an Invitation
1. That sounds great/like fun.
2. Id love/like to.
3. Yes, that would be great!
4. Sure. When would you like to
?

Declining an Invitation
a. Oh, that sounds like fun. I
would really like to, but
b. Im sorry. I would like to ,
but
c. What a pity! I cant make it to
your party, I

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