MASTER PLANNER FOR CONVERSA SCHOOL

LEVEL: Book 11 DAY: MONDAY BOOK PAGES: 43, 44.

UNIT: 44 OBJECTIVES: Culture shock. SECTIONS: Students book, follow the dialog.

STEP ACTIVITIES MATERIAL DYNAMICS TIME SKILLS

Ice Breaker Have students talk about their weekend among them. Flash Cards Whole class 8 min Speaking
and then they have to report to the group.

Feed back Role play: Students have to create a conversation in which there Pictures Pairs 10 min Speaking
is going to be a new subway line in their neighborhood and an
interviewer is asking questions in the surrounding area.
Student A is a resident
Student B is the interviewer.
Teacher can use different pictures about construction and their
effects to help students create their conversation.

Warm up Prepare some images with the following situation on: Images Whole class 3 min. Speaking
A couple talking and the result of that talk (agree).
A window shopping boy (want).
A girl blowing off candles on a cake (wish).
Paste them on the board and ask students opinions about those
situations.

Vocabulary Teacher introduces verbs on page 43. Book Whole class 8 min Listening
Speaking

Presentation Taking advantage of the warm up give examples using the verbs Pictures Total class 3 min Listening
followed by infinitive as:
Frank and Jessica agreed to work together.

Sean wants to buy a bicycle.

Jeanny wishes to have a nice vacation.

Drill Have students work in pairs to make their own examples. Book Pairs 3 min Speaking

Drill Have students practice with exercise 1 on page 44. Book Pairs 5 min Speaking
(Oral practice)
MASTER PLANNER FOR CONVERSA SCHOOL

LEVEL: Book 11 DAY: MONDAY BOOK PAGES: 43, 44.

UNIT: 44 OBJECTIVES: Culture shock. SECTIONS: follow the dialog.

STEP ACTIVITIES MATERIAL DYNAMICS TIME SKILLS

Warm up Prepare some pieces of paper with the following questions on: Pieces of Pairs 3 min Speaking
paper Trios
What do you think Americans are like ?
What do you think British are like ?

Vocabulary Measure, Civilized, Both, Entirely, Oblique, Share, Struggle, Pictures Whole class 5min Listening
Shouting.

Presentation 2 Play interactive DVD on unit 44 Follow the dialog section, DVD Whole class 5 min Listening
students can open their book on page 40, remember students
can not see the script.

Drill Teacher prepares some questions about the conversation to None Whole class 5 min Speaking
ask students.

Drill Divide the group in two teams, the American team and the British DVD Teams 5 min Speaking
team, then play the interactive DVD one more time and make
students repeat what the American or the British girls are saying.

Application Students will create a conversation where they have to talk about the None Pairs 10 min Speaking
difference between American and Mexican people..

Homework exercise 1 and 2 on page 84, 85.

MASTER PLANNER FOR CONVERSA SCHOOL

LEVEL: Book 11 DAY: TUESDAY BOOK PAGES: 45, 46.

UNIT: 44 OBJECTIVES: Preferences : Verbs+noun/pronoun+infinitive. SECTIONS: Students book

ACTIVITIES
STEP MATERIAL DYNAMICS TIME SKILLS

Ice breaker Prepare flash cards with some verbs followed by infinitive Verbs Teams 10 min Speaking
on the back of the card write an amount of money like $!00, $200, Flash cards
$500, a card that says Bankrupt and another one that says Donation
then stick them on the board make sure students don`t see the
money amount, divide the group in two teams after that students
have take turns to choose one of the flash cards, students have to
make a sentences using the verb shown on the card if they say it
correct they earn the amount of money written on the back of the card
but if the card says Bankrupt they lose all the money they have
earned and if the card says Donation that team donates all
all their money to the other team,

Feedback Students imagine one of them went to London for a year then None Pairs 10 min Speaking
he comes back to Mexico, a friend of his is asking questions
about the costumes and how different they are from Mexican culture.

Warm up Have students write the personal pronouns on the board then ask Board Teams 3 min Writing
them to write the corresponding object pronoun for each one.

Vocabulary Play interactive DVD to introduce verbs followed by noun/pronoun DVD Whole class 5 min Listening
infinitive on page 45.

Presentation Use the verbs and object pronouns already introduced to give Verbs Total class 5 min Listening
some examples: Flash cards
The teacher wants Patty to arrive earlier.
My father promised my sister to buy her a new car.
The teacher encourage them to keep studying.

Drill Have students work in pairs to give their own examples. Verbs Pairs 5 min Speaking
Flash cards

Drill Have students work with exercise 2 on page 45. (Oral practice) Book Pairs 5 min Speaking
MASTER PLANNER FOR CONVERSA SCHOOL

LEVEL: Book 11 DAY: TUESDAY BOOK PAGES: 33, 34.

UNIT: 43 OBJECTIVES: Preferences : I`d rather / I`d Prefer SECTIONS: Students book

STEP ACTIVITIES MATERIAL DYNAMICS min SKILLS

Warm up Write some questions on pieces of paper and give them to Pieces of paper Pairs 5 min Speaking
students to practice
What do you do when somebody sneezes?
What does people do when someone offers its help?
What do you do when you meet someone?

Vocabulary Shake hands, Parents in law, Highway, Nowadays, Meals Pictures Whole class 5 min Listening

Presentation Take advantage of the warm up to introduce it+infinitive expression: None Total class 5 min Listening
When you meet someone it`s polite to shake hands.
When somebody sneezes it`s polite to say bless you.
When somebody offers you help it`s common to say Thank you.

Drill Have students practice with exercise 3 on page 46. Book Pairs 5 min Speaking

Application Students have to create a conversation in which they imagine None Pairs 10 min Speaking
they are going to travel to another country, they are asking a friend
the way they should behave there.

Homework.
Exercise 3 on page 85.
Exercise 4 on page 86
MASTER PLANNER FOR CONVERSA SCHOOL

LEVEL: Book 11 DAY: WEDNESDAY BOOK PAGES: 47,86,87.

UNIT: 44 OBJECTIVES: expressions of advice. SECTIONS: Students book, Workbook.

STEP ACTIVITIES MATERIAL DYNAMICS TIME SKILLS

Ice Breaker Make teams then work with a set of cut out alphabet letters, Letters Teams 10 min Speaking
a student has to pick a letter then he has to show the letter
to the opponent, the opponent has to say a word with this letter and
the student who picked the letter has to make a sentence that
uses at least five words including the word which has been
selected by its opponent.
Example: Student A pick letter G.
Student B uses the letter G in the word Global.
Student A completes the round by making the sentence
The global warming has been racing many serious environmental
discussions

Feedback Have students create a conversation in which one of them is Verbs Trios 10 min Speaking
leaving to U.S.A. he/she is asking for the correct behavior Flash cards
they should follow there to their classmates.

Warm up Prepare some pieces of paper with the following questions on: Pieces of paper Pairs 8 min Speaking
What should you do before leaving your house?
What must you do when you are with your girlfriend/boyfriend?
What do we have to do to learn faster?

Presentation Use the warm up information to introduce expressions of advice. Pictures Total class 5 min Listening
Don´t forget to turn off the lights before leaving your house.
Make sure to be respectful when you are with your girlfriend.
Try to practice every day to learn faster.

Drill Ask students to create their own examples. Pictures Pairs 5 min Speaking

Drill Have students practice with exercise 4 on page 47(Oral practice) Book Pairs 5 min Speaking

Consolidation Students have to answer exercise 4 on page 86 Book Individual 10 min Writing
Exercise 5 on page 87.

Application Debate: Have students make question and answer in the chat corner Book Whole class 10 min Speaking
on Page 47, students have to give their opinion to the group.

Homework: Reading exercise 5 page 87 and exercise 6 page 88

MASTER PLANNER FOR CONVERSA SCHOOL

LEVEL: Book 11 DAY: THURSDAY. BOOK PAGES: 48,49,88.

UNIT: 44 OBJECTIVES: Reading, Body and gestures movements. SECTIONS: Students book, Workbook

STEP ACTIVITIES MATERIAL DYNAMICS TIME SKILLS

Ice Breaker Write down this question on the board: Board Whole class 5 min Speaking
What made you smile today?
Then students have to ask this question to each other after that
they have to report what the answer was to the group.

Feed back Students have to imagine one of them has a very important None Pairs 10 min Speaking
meeting with an American businessman and they don´t know how
to behave during this meeting so they call their friends for advice
students have to use expressions of advice in this conversation.

Warm up prepare pieces of paper with the following questions on: Pieces of paper Pairs 5 min Speaking

Do you know the meaning of body movements or gestures?

What do you know about body movements?
Do you know that body movements are not the same in all cultures?

Vocabulary Introduce the following words to students, Gestures, Towards, Pictures Whole class 5 min Listening
Shape, Index, Tap, Knuckles, Thumb, Childish, Hiss, Nosy. Flash cards

Presentation Have students read in silence Body and Gestures movements, Book Individual 8 min Reading
cultural differences on page 48 and 49.

Drill Prepare some question about the reading to ask students. None Total class 5 min Listening
Speaking

Drill Have students take turns to read, make sure to correct Book Individual 5 min Reading
mispronunciation.

Consolidation Have students work with after the reading section on page 49. Book Pairs 10 min Reading

Application Students have to write a composition on exercise 7 on page 88 Book Individual 10 min Writing
in the workbook, this composition can be used as oral exam.
MASTER PLANNER FOR CONVERSA SCHOOL

LEVEL: Book 11 DAY: FRIDAY BOOK PAGES:

UNIT: 44 OBJECTIVES: Exam SECTIONS: Workbook

STEP ACTIVITIES MATERIAL DYNAMICS TIME SKILLS

ice Breaker Play interactive DVD in follow the dialog section then ask students DVD Pairs 10 min Listening
to order the balloons as they listen to the dialog, students can Book
open their book to see the script on page 50 to make it easier to
them.

Feed back Students have to imagine they are watching a Japanese movie, Pictures Trios 10 min Speaking
then they have to tell all differences they found between Japanese
culture their own culture.

Application Apply oral exam with the previous composition on page 88. Book Individual
Have students pass to the lab to answer the exam. Computer