Building Itineraries: Mastering 'be going to'

Section role: supports the 'Building the Itinerary Framework' section while the teacher transitions students from informal guessing to formal grammatical structure. Slides: (1) Title — 'Building the Itinerary Framework'; (2) From Clues to Grammar — bullets: highlighting student sentences from the challenge like 'He visit the beach'; (3) The Formula — bullets: Subject + am/is/are + going to + base verb with color-coded breakdown; (4) Subject-Verb Agreement — bullets: I am going to, He/She/It is going to, We/You/They are going to; (5) Essential Travel Vocabulary — bullets: definition and examples of 'itinerary' and 'accommodation'; (6) Planned Intentions vs. Unplanned Actions — bullets: comparing 'be going to' plans with spontaneous choices; (7) Listening Preview — bullets: setting up the dialogue between Carla and Marco about their weekend trip to southern Chile; Closing slide: 'What are you going to do this weekend?' — hands control back to the teacher to start the listening activity. This material is part of a English foreign-language class for students in Chile learning English. Regardless of the material's language, the key terms and examples being taught must be written in English, not in the students' native language.

Lara de Teachy