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Daily Routine B1+ Unit 1

Daily Routine B1+ Unit 1

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The purpose of a Daily Routine is to practice your communicative competence. Daily Routines must include the following: · Oral Reproduction (the ability to express thoughts and feelings through speech) · Oral interaction between classmates · Use of Grammatical and Vocabulary Content (from the unit)

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Greetings and talk about present and past experiences

Give Personal Details

Opinions

Vocabulary Game

Grammar Games

Greetings/Present and past experiences

Choose one of these following activities the instructions.

1 minute to describe the place you visited on vacation

Use past simple

Use simple past and past continuous!

2 minutes to describe what you did last summer (when, where, who...). Tell an anecdote of your trip.

Use: We were.... when...

1 minute to greet a few classmates and to ask about themselves and their vacation

Opinions

Follow this graphic organizer to express your opinion about one of the topics in 3 minutes.

Topics

2 minutes to introduce yourself: name, age, hobbies, childhood, family, preferences, friends...

Describe yourself

You must use the following words in your description:

1. abroad 2. challenge 3. amazed 4. by accident 5. own

Vocabulary Game

In groups, choose a word from the Vocabulary Builder. Describe the word to your classmates using complete sentences until the word is GUESSED. How many words are guessed correctly in a minute?!

Grammar Games

Choose a Grammar Game and play the game in partners/small groups. You have 2 mins!

Past Simple & Past Continuous

Used to

Phrasal Verbs

Connecting Words

Past Perfect Tense

Cause, Effect, Contrast

RULES

Game 1: In partners, practice coming up with different answers. Game 2: In partners, spin the wheel and answer the questions.

Past Simple/Continuous

RULES

Game 1: In groups of 3, spin the wheel. Student 1 creates an affirmative sentence in past simple. Student 2 changes it to a negative. Student 3 changes it into an interrogative. Repeat this activity using past continuous. Game 2: In partners, look at the photographs. One partner creates the question and the other answers it (use Past Continuous). e.g. What were doing yesterday at 6pm? I was studying with some classmates.

Used to

RULES

Game 1: In groups of 3, spin the wheel. Student 1 creates an affirmative sentence used Used To +Verb. Student 2 changes it to a negative. Student 3 changes it into an interrogative. Game 2: In partners, spin the wheel and answer the questions using the correct for of USED TO.

Past Perfect

RULES

Game 1: Match the past participle form of the verb to its infinitive. Game 2: In partners, spin the wheel and answer the questions creating a reason using the past perfect.

Phrasal Verbs

RULES

Game 1: Try to guess the meaning of these new Phrasal Verbs. Game 2: In partners, spin the wheel and take turns answering the questions.

Should people take their pets on vacation?

Should people always visit new places on vacation?

Should people be part of Wirtland?

• On one hand... on the other hand...
• I prefer... but...
• Despite the fact... although.... however.
• I mean...

Should we stop using animals for scientific testing or space travel?