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frequency adverbs, night owl and morning bird
Elementary level

Description

In this lesson students practice frequency adverbs in the context of their sleeping and waking up routine habits.

Materials

Main Aims

  • To provide practice of frequency adverbs never, hardly ever, sometimes, often, usually, always in the context of of sleeping and waking up habits.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To provide clarification of two idiomatic expressions "night owl" and "early bird" in the context of sleeping and waking up habits.

Procedure

Warmer/Lead-in (3-5 minutes) • To set lesson context and engage students

T asks students to discuss in pairs these two questions: "Do you prefer the morning or the night? Why? Are you more active in the morning or the night?" Ss answer and share with the T and the whole group. T does, if possible, some follow-up on ss ideas.

Exposure (5-7 minutes) • To provide context for the target language through a text or situation

Before handing ss the questionnaire, T asks ss to put the adverbs on the cline individually. [pre-teach] SS share their answers. T provides feedback. (2-3 min) After pre-teaching, T tells ss they are going to find out whether they are a morning person or a night person ("an early bird or a night owl", provides the meaning of these two expressions by pointing out two images that explain the meaning of these two idiomatic expressions). "Complete this questionnaire to find out if you are a morning person or a night person" (2 min) SS share their results with the whole class

Highlighting (2-3 minutes) • To draw students' attention to the target language

T asks ss to identify and underline the adverbs of frequency in the quiz individually (2 min) Ss compare their answers (1 min), and then they share their answers with the whole group. T provides feedback and corrects if necessary.

Clarification (8-10 minutes) • To clarify the meaning, form and pronunciation of the target language

T draws ss attention to three sentences from the text and asks SS CQs "I’m sometimes happy, but I don’t have a lot of energy. CQ: Am I happy all the time? I hardly ever get up before 9 a.m. CQ: Is it something I do every day? I never answer the phone. CQ: Do I do it all the time?" T shows the next slide and asks: Where do the adverbs go? SS choose the rule individually and then compare their answers with the whole group. After providing feedback, T draws ss attention to pronunciation (slide 9), asks ss to drill individually and chorally.

Controlled Practice (8-10 minutes) • To concept check and prepare students for more meaningful practice

T asks students to individually put the words in order and form sentences. (2 min) Ss compare their answers and share them with the group. T provides the correct answers and elicits from students the rules they just reviewed. (2-3 min) T provides ss with more practice by asking the whole group to look at the sentences in the slide and decide whether the adverb goes before or after the verb (slide 12)

Free Practice (8-10 minutes) • To provide students with free practice of the target language

T asks students to put a frequency adverb in the sentences and make them true for them. 1 I get up at eight in the morning. I never get up at eight in the morning. 2 I have breakfast before 9 a.m. 3 I’m tired on Friday evenings. 4 I study English in the evening. 5 I’m happy on Monday mornings. 6 I go to the cinema at the weekend. 7 I’m late for my English class. 8 I watch TV on Sunday afternoons. Students compare their answers and share them with the whole group. T provides correction if needed.

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