C O M M U N I C A T I O N ACTIVITIES
2.5
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Describing routines
LEVEL
B eginner and above
AGE
8 and above
TIME
P art 1: 90 m inutes; Part 2: 60 m inutes
AIMS
To com pare class routines in two different schools. Language: Present simple tense.
PREPARATION
Explain the activity to the teacher at your partner school. Ask them to perform a similar task for your class to review.
MATERIALS
Worksheet 2.5, ‘My daily routine’.
IN CLASS
P art 1 1 Ask the children to describe a typical school day. When do you arrive at school? How do you get here? (Drive, take school bus, walk ... ?) Do you stay in the same room or switch classes for activities? When is recess, lunch, etc. ? When do you go home? 2 Distribute the worksheet to the children. Assign small groups (or pairs) of children one particular day of the week. 3 Send the results descibing the daily routine to your partner school. P art 2 1 Print out the routines sent from the partner school. 2 Have the children compare the routines. Where are the differences and similarities? 3 Ask the children which routine they prefer.
VARIATION
Children find out daily routines of the police, fire department, nurses, teachers, post office clerks, etc., and compare them with each other (for instance a nurse’s day versus a firefighter’s day).
FOLLOW-UP 1
For homework ask the children to go home and ask their parents about their daily routines.
FOLLOW-UP 2
Instead of a daily routine worksheet, distribute a weekly routine sheet, or even a monthly one, in this case, noting key events by the day, not by the hour.