telling time
elementary level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide clarification and practice of language used for functional language in the context of telling time
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist listening practice using a text about the time lexis
Procedure (6-18 minutes)
ask students about the time What is the time now?
Activity 1 T uses the photos of clocks, explaining the meaning of( hour, minute, morning, afternoon, evening, A.M, P.M, digital time, mid night, mid day, ordinary time, o'clock) ask Ss to read the time of each clock, drawing hands on the hands-out about digital clock to match the time at the bottom of each clock, answering the questions of( what time is it?) then, Ss will work in pairs to check the answers Use the clock applying the above criteria Activity 2 imagine clock as a cake which cut into pieces. Some of these pieces called (quarter- half- to- past)Minutes around the clock is starting with 5 and going up to 55. giving hands out about the ordinary time. Answering individually the exercise 2( what time is it?write two ways of telling the time) on page 3, then check in pairs. Ask students to listen to the track 64 and check answers. Ask Ss to listen to me of how I pronounce some words using in time with different sound, /i;/,/3:/, giving the same example. Ss listen and practice the sentences and complete the days of the week with the shortened forms in the box. T gives them another shortened forms of the day putting in sentences about time . work in groups
Ss will write the time twice one in digital way and another in an ordinary way