| Body | by Krystal Sundstrom, CASLS Online Learning Specialist
Social activities play an important role in students’ daily lives. This activity provides students with the opportunity to plan a fun event, while exercising their language skills in an authentic and realistic context. Students will plan activities for a birthday or holiday party, and then create a written invitation and invite friends directly.
Outcomes:
- Learners will be able to plan an event and describe the event logistics (time, location, directions, and activities).
- Learners will be able to invite people to the event via written and verbal invitations.
Resources:
Procedure:
- Begin by having learners brainstorm activities for a party. This can be a birthday party, holiday party, or other special occasion.
- Then have students plan the logistics for their event. Logistics can include the time and date, the location including directions to get there, and activities at the party. (See the Party Invitation resource sheet). Students can work individually or in pairs or small groups.
- After students have planned their event, they can design a written invitation. The written invitation can include a request to attend the event, contact information, and event logistics.
- Once they’ve created the invitation, they can invite friends verbally. They can work in pairs or small groups to practice inviting each other to their event and describing the event itself.
- Closing activity: Post the written invitations around the classroom, and students can indicate their top 3 choices for which events they’d like to attend.
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