Writing Skill: Making a Plan Controlled Writing Guided Writing Free Writing 14 Technology in Language Teaching Instructor: Nguyen Ngoc Vu, MA Part 4, Unit 14 By Trieu Giang, Xuan Khanh Copyright © All rights reserved.

Writing Skill Activity 1 Controlled writing Activity 2 Activity 3 Guided writing Free writing Practice

… … Activity 1 The President Clintons’ plan… MONDAY: 5:00 pm: fly to San Francisco 10:00 pm: check in at Nikko Hotel TUESDAY: Morning: have breakfast at hotel near the Golden Gate Bridge Afternoon: Drive to Napa Valley, visit “Wine County” WEDNESDAY: Morning: have a meeting at Union Square Evening: visit China town and Chinese Assembly THURSDAY: 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 2 Now, 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 SCHEDULE TUESDAYWEDNESDAY Morning: ______________ Evening: ______________ Morning: ______________ Afternoon: ______________

Activity 3 Activity 3: (course book-p.183) THURSDAY 8:00 – 10:00 Lecture by prof. Green 10:15 – 12:00 Tour of school charity shops on HBT street 12:30 Lunch at school canteen 1:30 Departure for SOS Village Donation offer 5:30 Back home Work in pairs. Write a report on Mai’s schedule, using the provided facts.

Useful language materials for 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 meetin g begin? It starts at 7:00 pm on Monday Simple present…

Examples 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… At: at 3:00 am… at noon, at night, at dawn… at weekend Christmas, New Year… On: on Sunday… on October 26 th,on February 13 th 2008… on Christmas day, New Year Eve… In: in October, in 2008 in summer, in winter in the morning, in the afternoon… in the 21 st century

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… 1.Mr. Davis is 63. he’ll be retiring from this job __ 2 years’ time. 2.I have been invited to a wedding __ Feb 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)

Practice 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.

References Websites: valuation.htm Books: English Exercise book 12 (the advanced version) English Grammar in Use (by Raymond Murphy)