This morning when my wife cleaned our bed room, I read some peace of her students’ worksheets and found about their daily schedule. I asked my wife why she should asked her students to write about it. She said that she wanted to explain the difference between “will” and “be + going to” in a sentence.
Look at these sentences:
[1]. I will watch a movie next saturday
[2]. I am going to watch a movie next saturday
Both sentences tell that the action of “watching a movie” is in the future. So what is the difference? In which sentence you should use them?
Okay..
The main difference is on the planning time.
When you are using “will” in the sentence, it means that you plan your action at the time you make/say the sentence.
When you are using “be + going to”, it means that you planned your action before.
Here is another example:
[1]
The Boy: “Girl, would you please have a dinner with me tonight?”
The Girl : “No, I won’t. I am going to watch a movie tonight”
or
[2]
The Boy: “Girl, would you please have a dinner with me tonight?”
The Girl : “No, I won’t. I will watch a movie tonight”
The difference between the two conversation above is:
Conversation [1], the girl planned to watch a movie before the boy asked her. But in conversation [2], the girl planned to watch a movie right before she answered the boy’s question. 
It will be useful if you are talking with a native speaker. Conversation [2] indicates that you are lying.
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