Teacher Guide
Review the key vocabulary for telling the time, such as 'o'clock', 'half past' and 'a quarter to/from'. The students need to convert from the written/spoken form to a digital form and vice versa. Explain that for minutes 1-30, we say 'past' but for minutes 31-59, we usually calculate the time remaining until the next hour, and say 'to'.
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?
10mins: Review: Prepositions of placement and movement - in, on, under, in front of, behind, between, towards, away from, off, onto, into, out of, around. Use a ball to demonstrate these prepositions, then ask each student to demonstrate a preposition.
10mins: Pre-teach: The 24-hour clock. Introduce time vocabulary terms: a.m., p.m., o'clock, past, to/till, a quarter past, half past, a quarter to, before, after, during.
10mins: Activity: Time showdown: Split the class into two teams. The first member of each team will be given a time (Ex: a quarter past three in the afternoon). The students must write the correct time. Each correct answer earns one point.
15mins: Worksheet: page 16 - telling time
05mins: Warm Down: Goodbye + points. Pack up supplies, help students prepare to leave and straighten out the classroom.
- 3:00
- 8:15
- 4:55
- 6:11
- 8:05
- 8:37
- 1:58
- 1:29
- 12:59
- 4:45
- It's half-past two.
- It's thirteen to six / It's five forty-seven. 13) It's twelve twenty-four.
- It's a quarter past nine.
- It's three to eleven. / It's ten fifty-seven.