Daily Routines

We tend to do the same thing every day…get up, eat, shower, etc. etc.  Today we are going to get the basics of explaining our daily routine down. 

Vocabulary

• Wake up
• Get up
• Shower
• Wash my face/body/hands
• Eat breakfast/lunch/dinner
• Brush my teeth
• Brush my hair
• Put my make up on
• Do my hair
• Put my clothes/shoes on
• Go to school/work
• Walk/drive to school/work
• Go home
• Do my homework
• Get on the internet
• Watch TV
• Listen to music

Grammar

• Remember:  He/She/It add an “s” to the end of the verb

                         I/We/They do not add anything to the end of the very

Warm Up

Listening to a Story 

• Procedure: Students listen to a story about daily routine 

Song

• Procedure: Play song for students to sing along and dance with 

Ordered Pictures

• Procedure: Groups of students are given pictures of daily routines (getting out of bed, washing their face, going to school, etc.) and teacher asks them to put them in order There can be different “right” answers!

Word Search

• Procedure: Students look for some of the vocabulary words in a word search

  

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Practice

Simon Says 

• Procedure: 

1. Students stand in a circle 
2. The "Simon" (the teacher) orders students to do different daily routines BUT students do the action ONLY if the "Simon" says "SIMON SAYS" 
3. If the "Simon" does not say "SIMON SAYS" the students DO NOT DO IT!

Charades 

• Procedure: 

1. Teacher writes down various daily routine actions on slips of paper 
2. Students are divided into two teams
3. A representative from each team comes to the front of the class and picks a SECRET daily routine to ACT OUT (without saying anything) for their team
4. The first team to guess the daily routine correctly gets a point 
5. A new representative goes forward and acts out another daily routine 

Arrange the Story 

• Procedure: 

1. Students listen to a story twice.  The first time they just watch and listen 
2. The second time, pairs or small groups of students are given piece of paper with daily routines on them (gets up, goes to school, eat lunch, etc.) and they are to put them in order according to the story 

Production

Oral Presentation 

• Procedure: Students prepare an oral presentation about their daily routine.  Students can create and use visual aids such as a poster or diagram 

Short Story 

• Procedure: Students write a story about themselves or someone else describing their daily routine.  Students can draw illustrations to go with their story.