Show pictures of celebrations, festivities, birthdays...different kinds of events that people might plan for 2024. Show a picture of a 2024 calendar. Ask ss to look at the pictures and answer: "what do you see in the images?". Then ask ss: "what do you think we will talk about today?". Clarify the topic of the lesson: "today, we are going to explain events in your calendar (important dates you normally schedule in your calendar)". Ask ss: "Think about the next months (the beginning of the year 20024) can you tell me some important dates/special occasions you will schedule in your calendar? For example: "What are you going to do in January or February? do you have anything planned for the next months? - tell the class".

READING FOR GIST: Provide a handout with a conversation between 2 people who are talking about important dates in their personal calendars. The conversation will contain the target language ss will need to use later on the speaking practice. The exponents will be highlighted in bold in the text. Ask the ss to read the text quickly and answer this question: "What was the conversation about? What were the 2 friends discussing?" Time: 2 mins ICQ: do you need to focus on specific details of the text or do you need to understand the main idea of the conversation? Peer check (2 mins): ask the ss to share their answers with their classmates in small groups and see if they agree (Since in the previous session, there were 5 students in the class, there might be one group with 2 learners and another one, with 3). Feedback (1 min): ask ss to share their answers with the whole class. Ask them to mention a couple of clues they found in the text that led them to their answer ("Can you tell me a couple of expressions you found in the text that these people use to talk about their plans for 2024?")

MEANING Ask ss to complete a Google form. Share the screen and show the form. Give instructions: "Match the expressions with their functions. How did these friends use the expressions in the conversation? what is the objective of using each expression?" Let the ss know they can check the conversation quickly if they need to, to answer. Tell ss they will do this in groups. Send the Google form by chat. Give an example: do the 1st exercise with the ss. Time: 3 min OC Feedback: elicit answers from ss. Clarify errors. (1 min) CCQs: clarify a couple of challenging expressions. (2 min) FORM (3 min) Focus on the most challenging exponents. Ask ss to identify the fixed and flexible parts of these expressions. Provide examples: 1. In [Russia/ Mexico/etc], …is a very important date because… E.G. In Peru, July 28th is a very important date because it’s Independence Day. 2. In May we always go... E.G. In May we always go to the beach. (*) Clarify that “in” is always used to refer to months and years. Highlight the preposition on the slide. Ask ss to complete the grammatical rule of the following expressions. Provide the structures with gaps. 3. What is happening on/in…? 4. What do you usually do on/in… (*) Emphasize that the right preposition to talk about a specific day or date is “on”. Explain that “in” is used to speak about months or years. PRONUNCIATION (2 min) Display pronunciation slides Elicit key sound features (linking, stress) Read and drill sentences chorally and individually APPROPRIACY (1 min) Show the exponents on a slide and ask the ss to identify the informal ones ("3 of these expressions are more informal than the rest, can you say which?"). Then highlight the informal exponents.

Part 1: Tell ss they are going to work individually. Provide the instructions: complete the personal calendar with events, plans and special occasions. Include as many of these events as you can (provide the list: an important birthday or anniversary, an important day in your country, etc). Send the handout with the calendar by chat. Time: 2 min Part 2: Provide the instructions: you are going to tell the other ss about your calendar. Spend a minute planning what you are going to say. (1 min) Tell ss: "Look at the useful language how can you use these expressions to explain your calendar? - Write down some ideas". Show useful language A (to explain calendars). Part 3: Work in groups. Tell the other ss about your personal calendar. Ask each other questions. Tell ss they should use the useful language to explain calendars and the questions. Show all the exponents on the slide. ICQ: what do you need to use when you speak with your classmates? (the useful language) Send a screenshot of the language box by chat. Time: 8 min

1. Content-based feedback (5 min): ask ss to report what their classmates explained during the speaking task. Ask follow-up questions ("what was the most interesting thing you found out?"). Summarize some ideas mentioned by the ss. Acknowledge the use of the exponents in their conversation. Praise ss for asking questions and for keeping the conversation going. 2. DEC (5 min) Write words that were mispronounced on the slide. Highlight the syllables or sounds that were mispronounced. Elicit correct pronunciation. Write some sentences with mistakes on the slide. Elicit corrections from the ss. Suggest some reformulations. Clarify and correct the mistakes on the slide.