Description
This unit not only reinforces time-telling skills but also encourages students to discuss and share their daily habits, promoting a practical use of English in discussing routines. Ready to tick-tock around the clock and talk about your day? Let’s get started! 🌞🌜
Learning to Tell Time:
🕖 O’Clock: Understand full hours, such as “It is 2 o’clock.”
🕘 Quarter Past/To: Learn to tell time at quarter past and quarter to the hour.
🕒 Half Past: Master telling time at half past the hour.
Daily Activities:
🛏️ I Get Up: “What time do you get up?” Discuss morning routines.
🍳 I Have Breakfast: Talk about typical breakfast foods and times.
🚸 I Go to School: Describe the journey and arrival time at school.
🍽️ I Have Lunch: Share common lunch foods and midday eating habits.
🏠 I Go Home: Discuss what time and how students return home.
📚 I Do My Homework: Explore homework routines and settings.
🛁 I Have Dinner/Bath: Talk about evening routines and family dinners.
🛌 I Go to Bed: Discuss bedtime and nightly rituals.
Classroom Tools:
🕰️ Clocks and Watches: Identify different types of time-telling tools.
📱 Alarms: Discuss the use of alarm clocks and alarms on electronic devices.
Engaging ESL Conversations:
Role Plays: Simulate conversations about daily routines, such as asking peers about their schedules or discussing bedtime.
Discussion Questions: What is your favorite time of day and why? How do you manage your time after school?
Vocabulary Games: “Time Match” where students pair up times with routine activities, or “Schedule Scramble” where they arrange a typical day in order.
Fun Activities:
Draw the Clock Hands: Students draw hands on blank clocks to show specific times for given activities.
My Ideal Day: Students create a poster of their ideal daily schedule, using English to label activities and times.
Time Telling Race: A game where students compete to show times on clocks as quickly as possible after hearing them spoken.
