The document is an English lesson plan about future plans. It discusses different ways to express the future tense in English using will and be going to. It provides examples of their uses and differences. The lesson includes exercises for students to practice using will and be going to. It also includes a role-playing activity where students interview famous people and discuss their future plans.

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Área: Idiomas Asignatura: Inglés LB Curso: 4-5
Fecha: 14/05/12 Periodo: II Nº Horas: 6hr Semana: 7
Docente: Evelin Trinidad Peña Jerez
Tema: Future Plans
Indicador Students are able to talk about future plans.
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Exploración Talk about Future Plans
Contextualización
In English the Future Time is expressed in a number of ways. The most common are with will and be
going to. See examples from the following sentences.
I will finish my homework in an hour.
I'm going to finish my homework in an hour.
With be going to, make sure the verb be agrees with its subject.
I'm going to eat a whole watermelon.
She's going to eat a whole watermelon.
Actually, we're going to eat a whole watermelon together.
EMOCIÓN
What's the difference between will and be going to?
Both can be used interchangeably in some cases. (Predictions and guesses)
My prints will be here tomorrow.
My prints are going to be here tomorrow.
Be going to is preferable for strong intentions or for describing the inevitable.
I'm going to give her a piece of my mind.
There's no way they can score 21 points in 2 minutes. We're going to win!
Will is the preferable form for making offers or expressing pop decisions.
A: Who will help me finish this chocolate cake?
B: I will.
A: I have two tickets left for the front row.
B: I'll take them.

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Sometimes future time can be expressed with either the present or present progressive tense. In
such cases, time words must be expressed or clearly implied.
I fly to Beijing tomorrow.
I'm flying to Beijing tomorrow.
Sorry I can't attend the picnic on Saturday. I'm flying to Beijing .
Conceptualización
Watch the presentation, and let’s practice the use of should.

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The Future
1. I’m going to travel to the beach.
2. I’ll have fun at the beach.
3. I’ll have a diet coke, please!
Which is a plan? 1st Sentence
Which is a prediction? 2nd Sentence
Which is a decision? 3rd Sentence
Producción
Exercises on line…
Click on the different boxes!!
Future with…
WILL + Infinitive
Future with…
GOING TO+ Infinitive
GOOD WORK!...
ACCIÓN
Taller: (estas son preguntas o actividades del tema o temáticas de la clase)
EVALUACI
1. A Role-play Interview a Star
Student’s Wordsheet A-B
Each student picks a famous person and then the other students interview
ON
him/her as that person. It is assigned to do research for homework first.

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This activity follows a simple format of an introduction and discussion,
followed by a role-play activity.
Lectura Complementaria :
Plataforma virtual:
File: Future Tense
Bibliografía :
American Cutting Edge. Level 2. Logman
Essential Activator. Logman Corpus Network

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