Developing Communicative Skills (14)

Developing Communicative Skills (14)



Objective:

By the end of this lesson, students will practice and clarify the difference between the Simple Past and Present by discussing past and present events in their lives and the world around them.

Agenda:

  • Time to talk about our daily activities. 

  • Review Simple Past and Present.

  • Comparison of life in the past vs. the present.

  • Describing activities from the past and now.

  • Creative speaking and listening.

  • Listening activity.



Task 1: warm up! 

  1. Let’s discuss:  

Do you know how to ask about the hour?  

Do you know how to say the hour?  

 

  1. Let’s organize these sentences. Click HERE. 


Task 2: Describing Daily Activities - time!

  1. Look at the pictures. 

 

 

What time is it? 

 

 

 

 

It is three o’clock. 

 

 

 

It is seven thirty.  

 

It is half past seven.  

 

 

 

 

It is eight forty-five.  

 

It is a quarter to nine.  

 

 

 

It is one fifteen.  

 

It is a quarter past one.  

 

What time is it now?  

It is _________.  



 Task 3: What time is it? 

  1. Click HERE to practice the time. 

  2. Then, discuss: 

What do you do at 7 am? 

What do you do at 3 pm? 

Are you eating at 11 pm? 

What do you do at 10 am? 

Are you working at 6pm on Saturday? 

Are you watching TV at 9 pm? 



Task 5: Past and Present!

  1. Look at these images representing past and present life (e.g., old and modern cars, telephones, or homes). Click HERE. 

  2. Describe what the people are doing or what the situation is in both images.

  3. Compare the images and talk about what they did in the past and what people do now. Example: 

In the past, people used to write letters. Now, people send emails.


Task 6: Simple Past vs. Present Rules 

  1. Let’s discuss our life in the past and our current life. 

  2. Click HERE. 

  3. Take notes about your partner’s life, so you can share them in the main room.




Task 7: Simple Past vs. Present Rules  

  1. Let’s watch a video. HERE. 

  2. Create 5 sentences in the past and 5 sentences in the present. The sentences should be related to the video. What you understood. Example: 

In the past, kids worked when they were five. Now, kids do nor work. They study. 


  1. Look at this chart with some phrases and their meaning. It will help us to understand the video: 


childhood

niñez

sinful

pecaminoso/pecaminosa, pecador

“That's a lot to put on…”

Mucho que poner en…

scraping their knees

raspándose las rodillas

blank slates

pizarras en blanco

things changed overnight

las cosas cambiaron de la noche a la mañana

What others didn’t you understand? 


Share in the main room your sentences and mention what other phrases/words you look for in the dictionary! 



Task 8: Grammar: comparatives and superlatives  





Read the next sentences and create comparatives or superlatives: 





Task 9: Grammar: comparatives and superlatives 

  1. Click HERE to practice the new grammar. 

  2. Then, click HERE for an extra activity. 

  3. Finally, discuss these questions with your partner: 

Is life for kids today easier or harder than in the past? Why?

Are toys today better or worse than toys in the past? Explain.

Were kids in the past more active or less active than kids today?

Is technology today more useful or less useful than technology in the past for kids?

Are parks now bigger or smaller than parks in the past?





Task 10: Second Project! 

  1. For this second project, let’s talk about the past and the present. 

  2. You can choose topics related to technology, food, shopping, childhood, jobs, entertainment… 

  3. You can look on the internet and prepare a short presentation of 3 minutes. 

  4. You will record yourself, and you can show your face or just pictures. 


Example: 

  • In the past, people used to buy things at small local markets or stores.

  • Today, most people buy online, which is faster and easier.

  • Before, shopping took more time, but now we can shop from home with just a click.


Grammar to be used: 

Used to…, simple past (remember the pronunciation of the -ed endings), simple present, comparatives, and superlatives. 





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