Lesson Plan

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Course Focus: Inviting: Accepting and refusing, planning a holiday
Course objectives: By the end of the course students will be able to:
- apply comfortable giving, accepting, and refusing invitations in
English.
Assumed knowledge: Students are aware of the sample dialogs, they will be
recorded and their short movies will be uploaded on the project site.
Possible problems: Students may have problems inviting someone in different
situations (formal, informal and more formal)
Material used: 1. a large photograph of a party
2. whiteboard/chalkboard and markers/chalk
3. 1 set of flash cards, one for students to invite others in the class to
do something (go to a movie, go out to eat ,have a picnic, go to a
party or at a travel agency dialog etc.)
4. 1 set for students to accept or decline the invitation. The latter set
of cards should say "Accept/Refuse" on them so that students have
to recall and use the lesson vocabulary.
Set: Put a picture of a party up on the board or on the wall where students can see it.
Ask students what they see going on in the picture. Then ask students how they
would invite someone to a party and what they would say if they wanted to go or
did not/could not go to the party. Write answers on the board.
Introduction: In this theme, the teacher will teach students about making, accepting,
declining an invitation and how to plan their holidays.
Samples of activities:
1. Write target vocabulary on the board, section titled To Invite.
2. Ask a student volunteer to come up to the front of the class. Ask the student if he
would like to go to a party with you using the target vocabulary. Encourage the
student to use one of the phrases to accept the invitation that you wrote on the
board.

3. Ask each student what he or she would say if an unpleasant person invited him or
her to go to a party or to the movies. Write answers on the board.
4. Ask a few students what their favorite ways to invite invitations are. Write answers
on the board.
Giving Invitations:
What are you doing on (day/date)?

Would you like to. . .?

How about. . .?

Do you want to. . .with me?

I'd like to invite you to. . .

Just a few key phrases that might be included in your lesson plan are:

Would you like to. . .?

Are you busy (on Tuesday/this weekend/etc.)?

What are you doing (Saturday night/tomorrow)?

That sounds like fun.

I'd love to.

Sure!

I'm sorry, but (excuse not to attend). . .

I can come, but I'll be a bit late.

I'm running late.

I'm sorry, but I'm busy (that day/Friday afternoon/etc.).

I have another appointment at that time.

What time (does it start/does it end)?

Where is it?

Inviting Someone to Come to Your House for Dinner (Informal)

Inviting Someone to Come to Your House for Dinner (More formal) t.

Accepting an Invitation (Informal)

Accepting an Invitation (More formal)

Declining an Invitation (Informal)

Declining an Invitation (More formal)