Preparation:

• Print out and cut up sets of cards for each group of students (preferably on coloured card).

     Stages

Procedure

Introduction

      5 mins

1. Ask strong students around the class a few ‘daily routine’ style questions (e.g. what time did you get up this morning… etc?).

2. Put students into groups and tell them that you are going to give each group a set of cards describing Ryan (an English boy’s) typical day.

3. Explain that they will need to make 8 complete sentences with these cards, and they must also try to put the sentences into chronological order.

4. Give out one set of cards to each group and tell them to start.

  Ordering  

   Activity

      10 +

      mins

1. The winner is the first group to make 8 correct sentences and put them in the correct order. The teacher should mingle and check/help throughout.

2. To check the sentences, write the numbers 1-8 up on the board and ask one student from each group to write one correct sentence on the board.

           (Note: It is OK to have 3-4 students writing at the same   

            time).

Answers:

1. Ryan gets up at half past seven                

2. He arrives at school at half past eight.

3. He has lunch at twelve o’clock.                             

4. He goes home at half past three.

5. He goes swimming at four o’clock.                       

6. Ryan watches TV at five o’clock.

7. He has tea at six o’clock.                           

8. Ryan goes to bed at half past eight.

   Extension

        5 +

       mins

1. Ask students to work in pairs to tell their partner about their own typical day. They can use the words and phrases from the cards as prompts.

Ryan

gets up

at

half past seven.

He

arrives

at

school

at

half past eight.  

He

has lunch

at

twelve o’clock. 

He

goes home

at

half past three.   

He

goes swimming

at

four o’clock.

He

watches

TV

at

five

o’clock.

He

has

tea

at

six

o’clock.

Ryan

goes

to

bed

at

half

past

eight.

Preparation:

• Put students in pairs and open the material

     Stages

Procedure

Introduction

     5 mins

1. Ask strong students around the class a few ‘daily routine’ style questions (e.g. what time did you get up this morning… etc?).

2. Arrange the pairs of students and tell them they are going to play a word game. The game is about an English boy (Ryan’s) typical day.

3. To complete the game, the students need to click on the words in the right order (e.g. click on 'Ryan' then click on 'gets up' then click on 'at' …etc). If they click on the words in the right order they will disappear. If they click on the words in the wrong order, then nothing happens - but the clock will carry on. The fastest contestant is the winner.

  Ordering    

   Activity

    +/- 10

     mins

1. Students take turns to complete the game and compare their scores.

Answers:

1. Ryan gets up at half past seven                

2. He arrives at school at half past eight.

3. He has lunch at twelve o’clock.                            

4. He goes home at half past three.

5. He goes swimming at four o’clock.                       

6. Ryan watches TV at five o’clock.

7. He has tea at six o’clock.                           

8. Ryan goes to bed at half past eight.

2. It might be a good idea to let the students play again – to see if they can improve their own scores.