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Information Gap Handouts

a. Tell students that your friend John is going to have a very busy week nextweek. He has a lot of things to do. Make up a schedule for Johns week, butdivide the information between two different schedules. For example:

Schedule A:

Schedule B:

b. Divide the class into pairs. Give each member of the pair a differentschedule. Have students share their information and fill in theirschedules. For example:

Student A: John is going to clean his house on Sunday.Student B: Okay. [writes the information in Schedule B] On Monday hes

going to paint his fence.

c. The pairs continue until each has a filled calendar.

d. Have students look at their partners schedule to make sure that they havewritten the information correctly.

Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.

Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.

Pairs of students compare different information.

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clean

hishouse

plant

flowersin his

garden

wash the

floors and

vacuum

the

carpets

relax

andwatch

TV

painthis

fence

cook

spaghettiand bake

apple

pies

fix his

broken

front

steps