First Discoveries Handouts UNIT 3 My Day

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UNIT 3
My Day
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UNIT 3
My Day
Listening > Have a Nice Day!
What’s Your Routine?
1. Answer the questions about your routine in the “Me” column.
2.Ask your partner about his/her routine and write his/her answers in the
“My Partner” column.
Questions
Me
My Partner
1. What time do you get up?
2. What time do you go to work/school?
3. What time do you have lunch?
4. What time do you come home?
5. What time do you go to sleep?
3.Tell the class about your partner.
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Speaking > What Do You Do?
What Do You Do?
1. Ask three students about their jobs/studies.
Questions
Student 1
Name
Student 2
Name
Student 3
Name
1.What do you
do/study?
2.When do you start
work/school?
3. When do you finish
work/school?
2. Tell the class what you found out about your classmates.
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Reading > Meet John and Lisa!
Meet the Smith Family!
Group A
Elena and Andrew Smith are married. Elena is from Colombia
and Andrew is from Canada. They have three children.
Group B
Elena is a teacher and Andrew is a student. Elena starts work
at ten in the morning. She finishes work at 4:30 in the afternoon.
She teaches Spanish in a school.
Group C
In the morning Andrew takes the children to school. He studies
at the university. Elena looks after the children in the afternoon.
Group D
The Smith family have dinner together in the evening. After the
children go to sleep, they watch television.
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Writing > Karen’s Postcard
My Postcard
Alex is a secretary. She also studies English. Complete her postcard to her
parents. Include the following information:
Where does she work?
What time does she start work?
What time does she finish work?
What does she do in the afternoon?
What does she do in the evening?
Dear Mo m and Da d,
Work is great!
Mr and Mrs Alvarez
Apartment 7
210 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10012
USA
Love,
Alex
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Vocabulary > Occupations
Mime Game
1. Match the occupations to the pictures.
a. a doctor
b. a teacher
c. a student
d. a nurse
e. a taxi driver
f. a secretary
g. a police officer
h. a cashier
i. a real estate agent
j. a sales assistant
4
1
2
3
5
8
6
7
9
10
2.Choose an occupation and mime it.
Take turns guessing your partner’s occupation.
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Vocabulary > The Time
1. Match the times to the clocks.
a. ten past five
b. quarter past seven
c. nine-fifteen
d. half past eight
e. ten-thirty
f. twelve o’clock
g. two forty-five
h. ten to ten
i. eight-fifty
j. quarter to five
1
2
08:50
3
4
5
10:30
6
7
8
09:15
9
02:45
10
2. Write five sentences about your day using five of the times from the list above.
Use the phrases below to help you.
start work/classes • finish work/classes
go out • go to bed • have breakfast/lunch/dinner
a. _________________________________________________________________
b. _________________________________________________________________
c. _________________________________________________________________
d. _________________________________________________________________
e. _________________________________________________________________
3.Check your answers in pairs and use your sentences to tell your partner about
your day.
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Vocabulary > Routines
Class Questionnaire
1.Read the questions and make sure you understand them. Write two more
questions you would like to ask about your classmates’ routines.
Questions
Student's Name
1. Do you get up at six o’clock?
2. Do you go to sleep at ten o’clock?
3. Do you start work at 9.00 am?
4. Do you finish work at 5.00 pm?
5. Do you have breakfast in the morning?
6. Do you have lunch in a restaurant?
7. Do you have dinner with your family?
8. Do you go shopping on the weekend?
9. Do you study English at night?
10. Do you have classes in the morning?
11.
12.
2.Walk around the class and ask questions. Write the name of the person who
answers yes next to that question.
3. Tell the class what you learned about your classmates.
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