Teaching Objectives: Students should be able to use “be going to” to talk about future intentions.

Language Focus: some sentence patterns

be going to

Property: Overhead Projector

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Revision

1. To talk about the problems they have when going hiking.

2. Revise the time phrases by asking students randomly, What are you going to do the day after tomorrow/ next week/ this afternoon/ tomorrow, etc.

Step 2 Leading - in

Saying We know that the students in the class are going hiking. What are you going to do Tomorrow/ Next Sunday?

Ask students to write down phrases of future times on the blackboard.

Step 3 Practice

Students ask and answer questions in small groups to fill in the form in the book using their own names. Call one group to do it on the blackboard for later use.

After they finish the table, change partners and talk about the form. Use different question words and different question patterns: “What…going to …?” How…going to…?

“Where/When/Why/Who … going to… ?”

“Is she (he) going to… ?”

“Are they going to… ?”

“Is she (he)/Are they going to …or … ?”

Step 4 Reading and matching

Students do the matching themselves, then check the answers in pairs and make them a dialogue.

Step 5 Exercises in class

1. The students are going to have a party in the meeting- room next Friday, because it’s their teacher’s birthday.

Ask questions:

①Who …? ②What …? ③Where …? ④When …? ⑤Why …? ⑥General question ⑦Negative sentence ⑧ Whose …?

2. Complete the dialogue.

 A: What ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ next Sunday?

 B: I don’t know ____ ____ you?

 A: I ____ ____ ___ see a nice film .Do you want to go with me?

 B: Yes. I’d love to. But the cinema is far. How ____ ____, ___ ____ go there?

 A: Let’s go by bus.. I _____ ____ ____ buy the tickets tomorrow. Then I’ll call you.

 B: OK. Bye!

 A: Bye!

 Answers:

 1. ① Who is going to have a party in the meeting - room next Friday?

② What are the students going to do in the meeting - room next Friday?

③ Where are the students going to have a party next Friday?

④ When are the students going to have a party in the meeting - room?

⑤ Why are the students going to have a party in the meeting – room next Friday?

⑥ Are the students going to have a party in the meeting - room next Friday?

⑦The students aren’t going to have a party in the meeting - room next Friday.

⑧ Whose birthday party are the students going to go have a party in the meeting - room next Friday?

2. are you going to do/What(How) about/am going to/are We going to/am going to…?

Step 6 Homework

1.Use “be going to” to write a short article

2.Finish off the workbook exercises.