This document provides teaching notes and materials for a lesson about discussing school timetables in English. The lesson involves students comparing their own timetables, learning vocabulary related to school subjects, listening to a dialogue between students comparing their timetables, and then practicing asking and answering questions about timetables in pairs. The goal is for students to learn how to talk about the classes, times, and teachers on their school timetable.
This document provides teaching notes and materials for a lesson about discussing school timetables in English. The lesson involves students comparing their own timetables, learning vocabulary related to school subjects, listening to a dialogue between students comparing their timetables, and then practicing asking and answering questions about timetables in pairs. The goal is for students to learn how to talk about the classes, times, and teachers on their school timetable.
This document provides teaching notes and materials for a lesson about discussing school timetables in English. The lesson involves students comparing their own timetables, learning vocabulary related to school subjects, listening to a dialogue between students comparing their timetables, and then practicing asking and answering questions about timetables in pairs. The goal is for students to learn how to talk about the classes, times, and teachers on their school timetable.
This document provides teaching notes and materials for a lesson about discussing school timetables in English. The lesson involves students comparing their own timetables, learning vocabulary related to school subjects, listening to a dialogue between students comparing their timetables, and then practicing asking and answering questions about timetables in pairs. The goal is for students to learn how to talk about the classes, times, and teachers on their school timetable.
Look at my new school timetable LEARNING OUTCOME learn how to talk about a school timetable
WARMER 5 Ask students to look at the dialogue on the page and
complete gaps 1–6 with the missing sentences a–f. They Ask students if their school timetable is different from check answers in pairs, then listen to the dialogue again last year. If yes, ask for details. Ask them which school and check. day is their favourite and why? Compare answers around the class. Answers Ask students to look at the learning outcome. Explain 1 b 2 f 3 d 4 a 5 e 6 c that in this lesson they are going to learn how to ask and answer questions about a school timetable. EVERYDAY ENGLISH TOOLKIT Ask students to look at the expressions and find them in the dialogue, noting who says each one: Dave or Everyday life Laura. Ask students to think about the meaning of each 1 Ask students to work in pairs, look at the photograph expression. Check the answers as a class. Ask students to and answer the questions. practice saying the expressions. Answers Answers The people are at school. They are looking at/comparing their school timetables. What is your first class on Monday? (Dave) Students’ own answers. What about Monday afternoon? (Dave) What have you got in the afternoon? (Laura) Have you got any new teachers? (Laura) Everyday vocabulary When do you have science? (Dave) 2 Ask students to look at the school subjects in the box When do you have your first break? (Laura) and, in pairs, answer the questions. Encourage students to look up any unknown words in a dictionary, or ask Talking about a school timetable other students. I have two classes of English then ICT. (Laura) Answers My first class is music. (Laura)
a English, French Comparing school timetables
b geography, history I like my afternoon much more! (Laura) c science I prefer my morning to yours! (Dave) d maths, ICT (and possibly science and art) e PE Over to you! f music 6 Students work in pairs. They take it in turns to ask their partner questions about their timetable and to answer 3 Ask students to work in pairs and brainstorm any other questions about their own. Students should decide subjects they study or know. Ask pairs to share their which morning and afternoon they prefer. Remind ideas with the class. Check answers and write the words students to use expressions from the Toolkit, the on the board. dialogue in 4 and the Everyday vocabulary in 2. Monitor Possible answers and make a note of errors or good language during Latin, German, social science, natural science, citizenship role-plays. Write these on the board (anonymously) for the class to correct or note in their notebooks. Some pairs could act out their dialogues in front of the class. Dialogue Extension: Students repeat the role-play using their own 4 Read the context for the situation aloud. Tell students timetables. Then students create a ‘dream’ timetable that they are going to listen to a dialogue between by inventing new subjects and filling them in on a blank Dave and Laura who are comparing their new school timetable grid. Students repeat the role-play and say timetables. They should cover the dialogue on the page which timetable they like the most. and listen. Tell them not to worry about understanding every word. They should listen and find out what time the first break is. Ask students to check their answer in pairs, before checking as a class. Answers The first break is at 10.45.
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