How Good Are You at Planning?

Grammar: Learners will practice the use and structure of “be going to + verb” for expressing plans and intentions. This includes forming affirmative sentences, questions, and negations using "be going to." Examples from the lesson include "I’m going to go to Brazil," "We’re going to meet Sarah next week," and "They are not going to drive a car."

Listening: Students will enhance their listening skills through an audio clip discussing a work-related issue and plans to address it. They will practice identifying specific details about future plans mentioned in the conversation, such as "They’re going to have a meeting with the boss" and "George is going to take the boss to lunch."

Speaking: The lesson encourages speaking activities where students discuss their own plans for various scenarios, using "be going to" to express future actions. This encourages sharing personal intentions, such as weekend plans, vacation ideas, or academic goals, and discussing hypothetical situations like winning a lottery.

Vocabulary: Vocabulary related to planning and future intentions will be introduced and practiced. This includes verbs that commonly follow "be going to," such as "go," "meet," "take," and "eat," as well as nouns and phrases related to specific planning contexts, such as "vacation," "new year," "career," or "university."

Homework: Homework tasks will reinforce the lesson's focus on "be going to" for expressing future plans. Students will choose the correct options to complete sentences about making plans, fill in blanks with appropriate verbs to express future actions and use "be going to" with phrases to describe what different people are planning to do.