P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6
Holiday plans in Hong Kong Lesson 6
Aim:
Language Focus

Planning a day trip

Ill (I will) - for discussing future plans

Writing goal:

Sequence adverbs
A day plan
A text message conversation

Workbook pages
Writing book

An information piece about a heritage site

17 - 24
9 - 12

pages
Need

Guide book, Disney map

Warm up - text talk activity. Let students try to figure out the meaning, maybe they
know most.
As an extension ask them to tell you what acronyms or word-replacements they
generally use.
1. to/two/too

2. you

3. kiss

4. for/four

5. why

6. your/youre

7. before

10. someone

8. late

11. great

12. sunday

16. laugh out loud

17. oh my gosh!

9. ok
13. anybody

14. see you later

15. tonight

18. message

19. Happy Birthday

20. talk to you later

21. I dont know

22. better luck next time

23. was sick, getting better

24. question for you

25. let me know please

26. good night, slept well

27. I dont want to!

A day trip to Disneyland, tell students that they will be planning a day trip to Disney to
celebrate their birthday or some other special event. If your class enjoys the back stories

you can explain that their messages have got all mixed up and they need to unscramble
the conversation. If they want to cut out the conversation and in order stick then they
can.
Tell students to turn to page 11 of the reading and writing book. Explain that this activity

is preparation for writing their own plans. Work through writing the email to Molly,
support students through it but allow them to work independently. Afterwards encourage
self-checking: spelling, grammar, sense.
Disney Planner, give students the map of Disney and the planning stepping stones. Ask

them to make a whole day plan including times, activities and how to get there. Explain
that the more detail they include in their plan the easier itll be to use it later.

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6
Return to the writing book, this time page 12. Explain that this page is Mollys response

to Tessa. They should have been practising this kind of writing for a while so allow them
to write independently and prompt them to self check when they finish.
Disney Details - tell students that in this email theyre going to be using the planning

they did on the previous worksheet to invite their friends to Disneyland with them. The
planning details can focus on times, places, what to bring etc. Remember to encourage
students to model the unit grammar, (we will).

Game - connect four, this is a further opportunity to practise using the unit grammar,
each counter requires a I will statement before it can be added to the board.
Reading and writing book - page 9. Ask students to read aloud the informative passages

about the Lam Tseun Wishing Tree and Aberdeen fishing village. Check understanding of
vocabulary and then go on to answer the questions on the next page.
Boxing up - explain this technique as a writing aid, (you can use the explanation on top
of the worksheet), get students to box up (pick apart), the text about the Wishing tree in
preparation for making their own.

Once students can see where to go when breaking down a text get them to use the
boxing up my brain worksheet in order to practise doing it the other way, (from idea to
finished project). There is also a teachers worksheet so that teachers can model using
this technique. Allow research if necessary.
Draw up a draft - explain that drafting is another key technique for writers and have them

10

use their box charts to draft out the article, (emphasise the roughness of this, it doesnt
need to be neat). After draft completion ask students to identify the changes they need
to make and tell them to mark out the corrections before...

11

...Homework, write out a polished version of the rough draft.

A quick text quiz

YL-READING AND WRITING
LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6
R u a techno-whiz or a dinosaur? Test ur knowledge of text-speak - do u no what these
mean?!

1. 2
_____________
2. u
_____________
3. x
_____________
4. 4
_____________
5. y
_____________
6. ur
_____________
7. b4
_____________
8. l8
_____________
9. k
_____________
10.
sum1
_____________
11.
gr8
_____________
12.
day
_____________
13.
nebody
_____________
14.
c u l8r
_____________
15.
2nite
_____________
16.
lol
_____________
17.
omg
_____________
18.
msg
YL-READING AND WRITING
LESSON 6

For questions 1-9 give

yourself 1 point for each
correct answer.
For questions 10-18 give
yourself 2 points for each
correct answer.
For questions 19-29 give
yourself 2 points for each
correct answer.
Once you have checked all of
your answers you can
calculate the total, how well
did you do?

0 - 19
Blackboard
Beginner
Youre new to this whole
technology thing arent you? I
think youre either too young to
have a tablet computer or too old
to know how to use one!

20 - 37
PC Pro
You know your way around a
computer and have all the useful
short-cuts already at your fingertips.

38-54
Smartphone
Superstar
Youre a child of the computer age
P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6

_____________
19.
hbday
_____________
20.
ttyl
_____________
21.
idk
_____________
22.
blnt
_____________
23.

_____________
24.
?4u
_____________
25.
lmk pls
_____________
26.
_____________
27.
12!
_____________

(or a robot with a computer for a

brain). You know so much textspeak that I would be surprised if
you can even read this!

Paper connect four

Think about what things you will do in
future, it could be something you will
later today, something youll do
tomorrow, next week, next month or
year. You could talk about what you
in school, what you will do on holiday
what youll eat for breakfast.

the
do
next
will do
or

Take it in turns to make sentences about what you will do. Each
time you make a correct sentence you can claim a square by
writing one word of your plan in that square. The first person to
connect four is the winner.

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6

A day-trip to Disneyland
A. These two friends were planning a day trip out but their phones storage
malfunctioned and now their conversation is all scrambled. Read through and
try to reconstruct the conversation.

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6

1
______
______

______

______
______

______
______

______

______

______

______
______

______
______

______
______

20
______

______

21

B. The person writing in the grey text bubbles seems to have a problem
with spelling and punctuation. Go through their messages and make
corrections. (Of course people do use lazy English to write texts but its always
good to know how to write correctly.)

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6

BOXING-UP
This technique for investigating and planning all types of text will soon have you mapping the
most intricate and intriguing of tales.
To investigate different texts you can split it into paragraphs/chapters/ideas and study what
each part is made of. This works just as well for persuasive arguments as it does for fairy
stories or instructional writing. Investigating texts is a great way to understand what different
kinds of writing need to include as well as what works well and what isnt so successful.

The Lam Tseun Wishing Trees

Look at the text again, what are the different components of the article? What is included in
each part?
What else could have been added? Just write notes.

Intro/
scene
setting

_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

Where

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

Box-up my brain
After checking out the example in the book now its your turn to plan out an informative text
using the boxing up technique. Choose a historical site or cultural practise that youre
interested in.

Remember:
- it is always much easier to write about something youre an expert in so
try to pick a topic that youre already interested in and something that you will
either be able to research or something you know loads about.
- think about the layout and flow of your article and let that help you
decide what your boxes will be, (you could include history/use/your experiences
etc).
- try to pick out some top-notch vocabulary that you want to use in the
final article.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Box-up my brain - Teacher copy

After checking out the example in the book now its your turn to plan out an informative text
using the boxing up technique.

Remember:
- it is always much easier to write about something youre an expert in so
try to pick a topic that youre already interested in and something that you will
either be able to research or something you know loads about.
- think about the layout and flow of your article and let that help you
decide what your boxes will be, (you could include history/use/your experiences
etc).
- try to pick out some top-notch vocabulary that you want to use in the
final article.
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Draw up a draft
Drafting, re-drafting and polishing are ESSENTIAL skills for any budding writer. Use this page to
draft out your article, dont worry about getting the spelling, order or grammar correct yet, just
get your ideas written down. You can always add more later too so try to use this page to write
down a few of the key sentences.

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6

Now check, put a tick after each as you check it:

Spelling

Grammar

Does it make sense

Capitals

Correct sentence joiners

Read back to yourself

..

.
.
.
.
YL-READING AND WRITING
LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6
.

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.
.

...

...

Disney Details

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6
Email your friend to let him/her know the plan for the day, (youre being very demanding

because its your birthday or something, Im sure you wouldnt normally tell your friends what
to do).

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3

P4B U3 HOLIDAY PLANS IN HONG KONG

LESSON 6

YL-READING AND WRITING

LESSON 6

P4B UNIT 3