Teacher Guide
Write some example times on the board, in digital format and have the students practice reading them out as they word in natural spoken English. Check some special cases such as "o'clock", "half past", "a quarter to" and "a quarter past". Talk about the two options for some cases, such as "eight fourty" and "twenty to nine". Try to make it a habit to ask them to say the real time at least once in every lesson, to get used to it.
Have the students complete the worksheet and correct the answers together.
05mins - Introduction: What is your favourite hobby? How often do you do this hobby? Describe the hobby in detail. Why do you like it? When is the first time you did this activity? How often do you do it? When do you do this hobby?
05mins - Review the online homework. What topics were discussed? Was the homework easy, medium or difficult? Answer any questions the students may have.
05mins - Review: Simple past verbs. Have each student write a question about an event that happened in the past. Ex: Where did you go on your summer holiday?
05mins - Review: The 24-hour clock + time vocabulary: a.m., p.m., past, to, a quarter past, half past, a quarter to, before, after, during
10mins - Activity: Schedule for a famous person: Ask each student to imagine they are famous. Have the students write a schedule detailing what a typical day might be like for their 'famous persona.'
10mins - Worksheet: 16 time - elapsed time
15mins - Practice Test: 16 writing practice - part 1
05mins - Warm down: goodbye see you next time
00mins - Homework: complete the next section of the online homework.
- It's twelve past seven.
- 43 minutes
- It's one to five.
- 2 hours and 29 minutes.
- One minute.
- It's twenty-eight to eight.
- Three hours and one minute.
- 11 hours and 30 minutes
- It's five to ten.
- It's ten o'clock.
- Eight hours and thirty-five minutes.