DAYS OF THE WEEK,
MONTHS OF THE YEAR
Stage
Procedure
Order dates- distribute a number of cards containing various dates in
Lead in
different format e.g 02/12/10, 08/01/2002, etc. Sts work in pairs and
order the dates, against the clock
Presentation
Prepare day flashcards before class. Elicit days and months starting
(meaning, form &
with today. Make sure you then drill pronunciation in different ways
pronunciation)
(give lots of encouragement and praise) You can have some sts
record the TL on the board, eg by mounting the flashcards.
Order the days of the week in pairs/ months of the year. Then drill
pronunciation again and encourage the sts to point to the word they
say.
Practice
Hand out parts of words (big cards, visible cards) - make sure they
(controlled)
all go together (you might have to divide some words in three) The
children have to mingle to create words- days of the week /months
and stand next to each other .
Give out sets of letters of the alphabet, shout out words, the children
have to race to make the words in their groups.
Sts work in pairs.- distribute cut out pictures of various activities and
Production
/or magazines with pictures. Encourage sts to create a poster - my
(freer)
perfect week/ year- they can do this even if they don’t know the
names of the activities. Get them to make a few sentences if they
can about the days and months.