T h e D i a r y L e s s o n P l a n

Planning

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By Sanj Saigal

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February

M T W T F S S

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22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Today

Tomorrow

This Friday

This weekend

1.The 15th to the 21st is this week.2.The 22nd to the 28th is next week or the following week.

Next Friday

Next weekend

Today is Tuesday the 16th of February.

Next Tuesday

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Text16.02 Meeting with Marco17.02 Training Course19.02 Blue project deadline21.02 Maria’s wedding24.02 Appraisal25.02 Grey project start date26.02 Moving office27.02 Paris trip

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Questions

1. When are having your appraisal?2. When does the Grey project start?3. When is your trip to Paris?4. When is Maria’s wedding?5. When is your training course?6. When are you moving office?

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Your Diary

Monday 15th

Tuesday 16th

Wednesday 17th

Thursday 18th

Friday 19th

Saturday 20th

Sunday 21st

10:00 Meeting with IT Dept.11:00 Finish Management report 4:00 Conduct job interviews 5.00 Phone Thomas in Germany

Take a look at your diary for next week and answer the questions on the next page

9:00 Presentation on Project A11:30 Call Andrew Smith12:00 Report preparation

4:00 Leave work5:00 Doctors appointment7:00 Take kids to football

10:00 Conference call Germany11:00 Appraisal with Andrew3:00 Team briefing

10:00 Meeting web designers12:00 conference call Paris4:00 Meeting Thomas

10:00 Take children to parents11:00 Get garden cleared4:00 Pick up the kids

Free day

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10:00 Meeting Jennifer 11:00 Conference call with Italy3:00 Management meeting

Monday 22nd

Tuesday 23rd

Wednesday 24th

Thursday 25th

Friday 26th

Saturday 27th

Sunday 28th

Your diary for next week

10:00 Air conditioning repair12:00 Service pack update2:00 Lunch with Samantha

12:45 Flying to France3.00 Meeting France4:45 Shopping

1:00 Return flight3:00 Stop of at the office5:15 Go home

10:00 Meeting Re: France11:45 Deadline for project A3:00 Leave for home

4:00 My parents visiting

2:00 Garden centre

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• Yes I can

• No I can’t

• Could we meet at.... instead?

• I have a meeting at that time, could we meet an hour later?

• That's fine see you then.

Respond to an email

You need to respond to a few text messages....here are a few suggestions. You can use them or invent your own response.

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Can you meet on Monday at 10 am?

Respond to your text messages, type a response into your Skype box.

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Are you free next Sat?

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Questions

1. When is your conference call with Germany? which week?

2. When are you meeting the Web designers? which week?

3. When are you conducting the interviews? Which week?

4. When is your Doctors appointment? Which week?

5. When is your Appraisal with Andrew? Which week?

6. When are you getting the Garden cleared? Which week?

7. When is your free day? Which week?

e.g. When is your presentation on Project A?Answer: On tuesday the 16th at 9am this week.

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1. When are you going to France? Which week?

2. When are you meeting Jennifer? Which week?

3. When do you return from France? Which week?

4. When are you going to the Garden centre? Which week?

5. When is the deadline for project A? Which week?

6. When is your management meeting? Which week?

7. When is the Air conditioning machine being repaired? Which week?

8. When is your conference call with Italy? Which week?

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Matching

The following week

Fortnight

Next month

Schedule

Bi monthly

Reschedule

In one months time

Diary/ plan

Next week

Changing an appointment

Twice a month

In two weeks time

Match the text in green with a similar meaning in the pink text.

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A. Hi ........ it’s Jennifer how are you?

B. Fine thanks and you?

A. Yes great..... the reason for the call is that unfortunately I need to move our appointment for 10am on Monday the 22nd. Could you let me know if you are free later in the week.

B. No problem, let me just check my diary, we could have the meeting at 11am on Friday the 26th if it’s ok for you?

A . Yes that’s absolutely fine, ok see you then if anything changes just give me a call.

B. I will....see you soon.

A. Bye

1. What’s the purpose of the call?2. What did you suggest to Jennifer?3. Look at your Diary, what other diary entries do you have on the 26th?4. What did Jennifer say to do, should there be any changes to the new selected time?

Questions:

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Conversation

1. Do you maintain a separate diary for work and for home use? Why?

2. Is your Diary shared with others or is it private and only for your use?

3. Is your diary fixed or does it change on a day to day basis?

4. Do you prefer a physical calendar or do you like using a computerised system? Why?

5. How far in advance do you usually plan?

6. If you could change one thing about the system you use, what would it be?

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Convert the following Dates into

words

20.05.2013

05.07.2012

01.01.1967

14.03.1956

27.08.2013

02.03.2000

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