CEP Lesson Plan

Teacher: Joy Dong

Level: Pre-Intermediate 2

Theme: Invitations(~50mins)
Goal: learn to invite people, accept and decline invitations
Objectives:
Students Will Be Able To
1. learn the expressions of invitations
2. invite people to the real-life events appropriately
3. accept or decline other peoples invitations

Aim/Skill/Micro-skill Activity/Procedure/Stage Interaction Time

Linking & Transitioning to rest of lesson:
Review or Preview 1. Did you receive any invitations recently?
2. What were these invitations about? From whom?
3. Did you accept or decline the invitations? T-S 5
S-S mins
--Students talk to each other in pairs, then come back to the
class as a whole
--T writes the events on the board
Pre-Stage: I. Brainstorming
i. What are the possible events that you can invite T-S 8 mins
other people to? S-S
ii. Among the events, which of them are formal?
Which are less formal?
--Students talk to each other in pairs, categorize the events,
then come back to the class as a whole
--T writes the results on the board

II. Read the events. which of them are formal? Which

are less formal?
1. Turn to page 76
2. Read the information, categorize them individually
3. Talk to each other in pairs, compare the answers
4.
iii. Personal Response
Have you been invited to any of these events?
Did you accept or decline the invitation?
--Students talk to each other in pairs, then come back to the
class as a whole
--T writes the expressions on the board if needed
During Stage: Listen to two conversations about invitations
--listening 1. Listen to two conversations between two friends. T-S 5mins
2. Listen for the general ideas.
i. What is the event about?
ii. Does the person accept or decline the invitation?

Listen again for details, and answer the questions

1. Read the questions carefully in NO.2, predict the
 answers T-S 4mins
2. Listen again, and check if your predictions are right

Listen for expressions. (page 171)

1. Read the scripts & listen again
2. Underline all the expressions that you think are T-S 7mins
helpful in terms of inviting, accepting and declining
invitations
3. Categorize the expressions that you underlined:
which are more formal? Which are less formal?
4. Check your answers (No. 3, page 76)

During Stage: Roleplay

--Role Play First, students read the scenarios by themselves.
1. Each of you have three event-cards and three T-S 3mins
answer-cards, read them carefully; You have to
invite your partners to see if they can come to the
event.
2. If your partner can come, then its a match. You
win! If they cant come, you have to keep asking till
you find someone who can come.

Second, students do the role play T-S 5mins

(Teacher walks around, take notes of students
mistakes or brilliant points)

Third, volunteer presentation

3. Anyone pair wants to present one of your role
plays? S-S 8mins

Forth, summarize the language points, praise the good

points, and point out the mistakes or errors.

Emphasizing the words

How to be polite and sincere? By stressing different
words in English.
1. Play the audio, underline the words that are stressed. T-S 5mins
2. Repeat after the audio S-S

Do they sound Polite?

Play a video about invitations between two native
speakers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPB0ms02W3A
1. Watch the video. Pay attention the stresses. Jot
down language points you think are useful.
2. Repeat after the audio

Tangible outcome and Students will be able to invite their friends politely, accept
assessment or decline the invitations politely.
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It won lots of Oscar awards Fifty Shades of Grey 2 It has lots of good reviews

Where: AMC Theatre Where: Empire Theatre Where: AMC Theatre

When: 3pm, 6pm When: 3pm, 6pm, 9pm When: Saturday / Sunday
3pm, 6pm, 9pm

You would love to watch a You have watched Fifty You would love to watch a
Oscar-winning movie. Shades of Grey already and good movie on weekends.
6pm suits you best. watch to watch its second Only 9pm works for you.
film. Anytime works for you.

The Lion King Wicked The Phantom of Opera

Musical Musical Musical

Where: Minskoff Theatre Where: Wicked New York Where: Majestic Theatre
When: everyday 8pm When: Monday-Friday 7pm When: Monday-Friday 7pm

Youd like to go to the theatre Youd like to go to the theatre Youd like to go to the theatre
to see a musical, preferably at to watch a Broadway show, to watch The Phantom of
the weekend. You love preferably during weekdays. Opera. But You are a bit short
Broadway shows. of money now.

Manchester United NYC Ballet Concert

VS Maria Carey
Liverpool Where: Lincoln Center
When: 7:30pm Where: Radio City Hall
Where: Old Trafford
When: May 10, 5pm
Youd like to go to a football
match. Youre a Manchester
United fan. Any time works
for you.
Concert
Rihanna
Where: Miller Theatre
When: May 10, 8pm
Youd love to go to a rock
concert. You are usually free
after 7pm everyday.
You love ballet very much!
Picnic
Where: Central Park
When: Friday, 12pm
You would love to have lunch
with your friends in the City,
but you have to work during
the day time. Any time during
the weekends works for you.
When: April 10, 6pm
Youd love to go to a rock
concert. You dont like Maria
Carey.
Dinner party
Where: Toms restaurant
When: Saturday, 6pm
You love Central Park a lot.
You are Free on Friday. You
love hanging out with your
friends.