A1+ UNIT 2 Everyday English Teacher's Notes

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Everyday English teacher’s notes A1+ Unit

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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