Teacher Guide
Teach the vocabulary 'big hand' / 'Minute hand' and 'small hand' / 'hour hand'. Have the students draw the clock hands on the clock face to mach the time displayed.
10mins: Introduction - Beginner questions 'What's your name, how old are you, where are you from, have you got any brothers or sisters? What's your favourite day of the week? What do you usually do on this day? What's one thing you like? One think you don't like? What's one thing you can do? One thing you can't do?
10mins: Review - present continuous and prepositions. Call each student to the front of the class. The student will put the ball somewhere in the room. Students must describe the action using the present continuous (e.g. he/she is putting the ball _________) followed by a prepositional phrase. (E.g. on the table, under the chair, in the bag, etc.)
10mins: Review: 'Time' The 24-hour clock. Introduce time vocabulary terms: a.m., p.m., o'clock, past, to/till, a quarter past, half past, a quarter till, before, after, during.
10mins - Activity: Schedule for a famous person - Have each student imagine they are famous. They must create a schedule to show what a day in their life might be like, beginning with when they wake up and ending with when they go to bed. (Ex: Famous Football player: 6 a.m. wake up, 6:30 a.m. eat breakfast, 7 a.m. go running, etc.) After they've finished, ask them questions about their schedules and have them answer in complete sentences.
15mins: Worksheet: page 22 - time
05mins: Warm Down: Goodbye, see you next time + points
Check that the clock hands drawn correctly match the time displayed below.