WHAT WILL YOU DO?
Module:
Relationships
Unit:
Family
Key Stage 2 Learning Targets
To develop an ever-improving capability to use English
~ to converse about feelings, interests, preferences, ideas, experiences and plans (I.D.b)
~ to exchange messages such as writing simple letters and making phone calls (I.D.c)
~ to respond to characters and events in imaginative and other narrative texts through oral, written
and performative means such as making predictions and relating to one’s experiences (E.D.b)
Programme Outline
What will you do when your parents are not home? Will you play or study? Would you like to know
what Debbie wants to do? Debbie is an unhappy girl. She always gets angry with her parents. She
wants them to leave her alone so that she can do whatever she wants. One day, Debbie and her
brother, Dick cannot find their parents anywhere. Why? Lady Mirror makes their parents disappear
by magic. Lady Mirror is a fairy who wants to teach Debbie a lesson. At first, Debbie is so happy.
She plays and plays day after day. But things go wrong finally. Dick falls ill. Debbie’s teacher calls.
Debbie gets scared on a stormy night. She regrets being angry with her parents all the time. She
wants them back now. What will she do? Will Lady Mirror help Debbie bring her parents back?
Communicative functions
1. Express preferences, ideas and plans
2. Talk about future events, actions and processes
3. Make simple conditional questions
Pre-viewing Activities
1. Explain briefly the story. Ask pupils what they would like to do when their parents are not home.
Brainstorm ideas.
2. Introduce the main character, Debbie. Invite pupils to guess what she will do when the following
things happen:
i. Debbie’s parents disappear.
ii. Debbie gets frightened on a stormy night.
iii. Debbie needs help and wants her parents back.
3. For the language part, teacher introduces simple future tense in the question form, e.g., “What
will you do?”, “ What will she do?”. Explain to pupils the usage of the tense: to tell a plan and to
express willingness or unwillingness.
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4. Ask pupils to listen carefully to the sentences beginning with “ I’ll…”, “ She’ll…”, “I won’t.”,
“ We won’t.” in the programme. Encourage pupils to predict what is going to happen next and tell
their own thoughts.
While-viewing Activities
1. Watch and Listen
Get COPYMASTER 1 ready for the class. Ask pupils to listen carefully to the dialogue in two
scenes:
Scene A- Debbie is chatting to her friends, Steven and Patsy in a tent.
Scene B- The narrator speaking into the camera, asking what you will do when you parents are
not home.
Pupils have to answer the questions by circling the right answer.
Answers: Scene A 1. b
2. a
3. b
Scene B 4. b
5. a
6. a
2. To make the story more interactive, teacher can pause when the narrator speaks into the camera.
Teacher invites pupils to join in by predicting the next part of the story. There are five segments
on the narrator asking pupils the following questions:
i. What will Debbie do on Mother’s Day?
ii. What will you do when your parents are not home? Play? Or do homework?
iii. What will Debbie do? Play? Or study?
iv. Debbie needs help. What will Debbie do?
v. What will you do on Mother’s day?
Teacher helps pupils respond by using the sentence structure: “I’ll…” and “She’ll…”. Encourage
pupils to practise the target language verbally.
Post-viewing Activities
1. What will you do to tidy this room?
Pupils have to complete three sentences in COPYMASTER 2 (Part 1) with the help of the
pictures and phrases provided.
Suggested answers: a. I’ll pick up the socks and shoes.
c. I’ll put the toys back.
b. I’ll take the rubbish out.
2. What will you do on Mother’s Day? Fill in the blank.
In COPYMASTER 2 (Part 2), teacher encourages pupils to think what they will do to make
their mothers happy on Mother’s Day. They can write more than one sentence in the space if they
like.
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COPYMASTER 1
What Will You Do?
_______________________________________________________________________________
Watch and listen
Then answer the questions. Circle ( O ) the right answer.
Scene A- Debbie is chatting to her friends, Steven and Patsy in a tent.
1. What will Steven do on Mother’s Day?
a. He’ll cook for his mum.
b. He’ll go to Ocean Park with his mum.
2. What will Patsy do on Mother’s Day?
a. She’ll bake a cake for her mum.
b. She’ll give her mum a kiss.
3. What will Debbie do on Mother’s Day?
a. She’ll cook for her mum.
b. She won’t do anything.
Scene B- The narrator asks what you will do when you parents are not
home.
4. What will Patsy do when her parents are not home?
a. She’ll play.
b. She’ll finish homework first. Then she’ll play.
5. What will Steven do when his parents are not home?
a. He’ll study first. Then he will watch TV.
b. He’ll play.
6. What will Debbie do when her parents are not home?
a. She’ll play.
b. She’ll sleep.
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COPYMASTER 2
What Will You Do?
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Part 1 What will you do to tidy this room? Complete three sentences.
Will you take the rubbish out?
Will you make the bed?
Will you pick up the socks and shoes?
Will you put the toys back?
Things that I’ll do
a. I’ll ___________________________________________________________.
b. I’ll ___________________________________________________________.
c. I’ll ___________________________________________________________.
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COPYMASTER 2
What Will You Do?
________________________________________________________________________________
Part 2 What will you do on Mother’s Day? Fill in the blank.
I’ll give mum a big hug.
I’ll buy some flowers for mum.
I’ll I’ll______________________________________
_______________________________________.
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