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Vietnamese Making Plans

Eighth graders make plans in Vietnamese (lên kế hoạch) — ask cuối tuần bạn làm gì? (what are you doing this weekend?), say tôi sẽ đi (I’m going), and invite a friend to do things cùng nhau (together).

Grade 8Making Plans50 minutes1 class periodACTFL / World LanguagesExplicit teaching4 StandardsACTFL
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Make plans.
  • ✓Use tôi sẽ đi.
  • ✓Invite someone cùng nhau.
  • ✓Talk about the weekend.
Essential Question

What are you doing this weekend? How do you make plans in Vietnamese?

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Interactive Task
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Vietnamese Plans Check

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The Lesson · Language Flow (Warm-Up · Present · Practice · Speak · Reflect)

50 minutes, five moves

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1

Warm-Up — This Weekend

6 min

How do you make plans in Vietnamese?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Ask “cuối tuần bạn làm gì?”
  • Mime going out.
  • Set the goal.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Watch.
  • Get ready.
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Present — Making Plans

12 min

Students learn.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send students to Plans Check.
  • Note tôi sẽ đi.
  • Note cùng nhau (together).

🎒 Student Actions

  • Answer.
  • Note it.
  • Note it.
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Practice — Practice

13 min

Students practice.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say where you’re going.
  • Invite with cùng nhau.
  • Name a weekend plan.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Invite.
  • Name.
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Speak — Speak

13 min

Students speak.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Say “thứ bảy tôi sẽ đi công viên”.
  • Invite a partner.
  • Make a plan together.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Say it.
  • Invite.
  • Plan.
5

Reflect — Reflect

6 min

Students close.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a plan.
  • Say where you’re going.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Say it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages (Novice-High).

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Communication 1.1

Interpersonal: make plans & invite.

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Communication 1.3

Presentational: describe plans.

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Communication 1.2

Interpretive: understand invitations.

ACTFL
Connections 3.1

Connect to social life.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Activity cards with pronunciation.
  • Frame: “tôi sẽ đi ___.”
  • Model inviting aloud.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with tôi sẽ đi & cùng nhau.
  • Use pictures.
  • Repeat aloud.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add times & days.
  • Write a weekend plan.
  • Invite two friends.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🗓️Activity cards
  • 💻Vietnamese Plans Check
  • 📅Weekend planner
  • 📓Notebooks
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

kế hoạchplanscuối tuầnweekendtôi sẽ điI will gocùng nhautogetherrạp phimcinemagặp nhauto meetngày maitomorrowthứ bảySaturday
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

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QUESTION 1
How do you say “I’m going to the cinema” in Vietnamese?
tôi sẽ đi xem phim.
QUESTION 2
What does “cùng nhau” mean?
Together.
QUESTION 3
How do you ask “What are you doing this weekend?”
cuối tuần bạn làm gì?

Reflect: making plans.

Have students write one weekend plan in Vietnamese (“tôi sẽ đi ___”). A printable Vietnamese plans sheet is in the World Languages library.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

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Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: cuối tuần, cùng nhau, gặp nhau, kế hoạch, ngày mai, rạp phim, thứ bảy, tôi sẽ đi
  1. Saturday
  2. I will go
  3. cinema
  4. tomorrow
  5. weekend
  6. plans
  7. together
  8. to meet

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. How do you say “I’m going to the cinema” in Vietnamese?
  2. What does “cùng nhau” mean?
  3. How do you ask “What are you doing this weekend?”
Answer key — Part A: 1) thứ bảy · 2) tôi sẽ đi · 3) rạp phim · 4) ngày mai · 5) cuối tuần · 6) kế hoạch · 7) cùng nhau · 8) gặp nhau
Part B: 1) tôi sẽ đi xem phim. 2) Together. 3) cuối tuần bạn làm gì?