W. A. Ward Dear English Teachers!

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2. 
Ask students to look at Jane‘s diary notes on the right. Ask them to write 
questions about Jane’s plans for Sunday. Have students work in pairs. Elicit the 
answers in a whole class discussion.
e.g.
: 1. where / go / sunday? 
Where is Jane going on Sunday? She’s going to 
Oxford.
answers:
1. how / go Oxford? 
how is she going to Oxford?
2. who / meet? 
Who is she meeting?
3. where / meet them? 
Where is she meeting them?
4. who / have lunch with? 
Whom is she having lunch with?
5. where / have lunch? 
Where is she having lunch?
6. when / go to the Mir exhibition? 
When is she going to the mir exhibition?
7. what / do / at 2.30? 
What is she doing at 2.30?
3. 
Ask students what these people are doing next week. tell students to make 
sentences. elicit the answers.
answers:
John 
is flying
to new York for an important meeting on Monday morning. 
sarah and Peter 
are visiting
italy next weekend.
nadia 
is staying
with her grandmother tomorrow.
You and your friends 
are taking
english test tomorrow.
pre- reading Time: 10 min.
aim:
Preparing students for the new topic, raising students’ critical thinking 
skills.
1. 
Ask students to answer the questions in pairs. elicit random answers in a 
whole class.
– Have you ever read someone’s diary? If yes, what was it about? 
students’ own answers.
While-reading Time: 15 min
.
aim:
reading for general idea.
2. 
Ask students to read the text and give a suitable title.
A diary is one of your most important organising tools. it is the only way of 
keeping track of what you need and want to do, scheduling your time effectively 
to do it and to balance your life. If you use your diary effectively it will become 
your professional and business guide, goal achiever and priority highlighter. 
So how do you use your diary effectively? Follow these simple steps.
 
Have ONE master diary which you are able to carry with you. 
 
Enter all your appointments and add extra time for getting ready and travel 
time. Record the details required for the appointment, like the address, phone 
number and directions.
 
Check your diary every morning.

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Teacher’s book
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Don’t schedule 100% of your day. You have to allow for unplanned events 
like interruptions and perceived emergencies.
 
if you promise to do something for someone, write a note in your diary on the 
day you intend to do it.
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schedule today, tomorrow. Create your to-do list at the end of each day for 
the next day and block schedule time blocks in your diary for you critical and 
high priority tasks – ensure that this will be uninterrupted time. 
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Carry it with you at all times.
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Check it several times a day, especially at night and first thing in the morning.
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Add new appointments straight into it.
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Write inessential appointments in pencil, so you can make changes easily.
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Organise entries so you can see at a glance which time is filled - to make 
sure you cannot double-book yourself.
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Use the diary’s year-planner.