Topic: Making Plans and Appointments
Mode: Interpretive; Interpersonal
Level: Novice
Students will look use schedule tables to complete activities about meeting times.
Instructions to the teacher
There are two versions of this activity below. In the first, students interpret a schedule and answer questions based on it. In the second, students have to use their own schedules and discuss with their classmates. Version 1 could be used to prepare students for Version 2
Version 1: Reading
Instructions to students
Everyone needs to meet for a group project for their economics class. Look at the schedule and answer the questions that follow.
| Tuesday | 6pm | 7pm | 8pm | 9pm |
| Sarah | work | work | ||
| Tuan | soccer | |||
| Prateek | class | class | homework | |
| Arjun | class | sleep |
- Sarah is available at the following times:
6 7 8 9
- Tuan and Sarah are both available at the following times:
6 7 8 9
- Arjun is available at the following times:
6 7 8 9
- Prateek and Tuan are both available at the following times:
6 7 8 9
- Arjun, Prateek, Sarah, and Tuan can meet only at:
6 7 8 9
Version 2: Interpersonal
Components of this activity: Schedule sheet
Instructions to the teacher
In advance, create tables like the one below. If you prefer, you could leave the table blank so that students also have to fill in the days of the week. Distribute them to the students and give them time to fill it out using information from their real life class and social schedules. Then, put the students into pairs or groups. They should talk to their partner or group members and find a time when they can both/all meet for two hours to engage in some kind of activity together without showing anybody their schedule. You can either set an imagined activity for them to do or leave it up to the students to decide what they’ll do together.
Instructions to students
You and your partner/group members are trying to find a time when you are all free to meet up for a couple of hours this week. Use your real class schedule as well as any social plans or appointments you have this week to fill in the table. Then, without showing anybody else your schedule, discuss with your classmates to find a time that works for you to meet.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| 8 a.m. | ||||||
| 9 a.m. | ||||||
| 10 a.m. | ||||||
| 11 a.m. | ||||||
| 12 p.m. | ||||||
| 1 p.m. | ||||||
| 2 p.m. | ||||||
| 3 p.m. | ||||||
| 4 p.m. | ||||||
| 5 p.m. | ||||||
| 6 p.m. | ||||||
| 7 p.m. | ||||||
| 8 p.m. | ||||||
| 9 p.m. | ||||||
| 10 p.m. |