Weekend Plans

All levels50 minConversation StartersLesson 2 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: make weekend plans in English — suggest things, accept warmly, refuse kindly with “I'd love to, but…” — and give a Monday-morning weekend answer worth hearing.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: Are you free this weekend?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Making the Most of Your Weekend

    Read a 188-word text about Making the Most of Your Weekend

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Weekend Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Match the Weekend Expressions

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Making Weekend Plans

    Role-play: You are making plans with a friend for the weekend. (4 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Weekend Discussion

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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