Birthdays, Clubs and Invitations
Aims
Answer the invitation on the kitchen table: say yes, say no kindly, sign your child up for a club, and send a warm thank you
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: Yes, No, and Thank You
3 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: The Invitation in the Book Bag
Read a 180-word text about The Invitation in the Book Bag
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Invitation Words
7 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: The Situation and the Sentence
Matching exercise, 6 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Fix the Message
Error-correction exercise, 6 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: At the School Office
Role-play: You are at the school office at half past three. You want to sign your daughter Mia up for the Thursday football club, and you also need to say no to a birthday party on Sunday because you are working. (8 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Let's Talk
4 discussion questions
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Target vocabulary
In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.
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