THEME 1: PREPOSITION OF TIME
OBJECTIVE
By the end of the
lesson, students should be able to express ideas related to the time
INTRODUCCIÓN (WARM UP)
Find out in
the word search the months of the year. (Encuentra en la
sopa de letras los meses del año)
¿QUÉ VOY A APRENDER? (PRESENTATION)
We
use in, on and at for lots of different times. Here’s
a table comparing the uses:
|
IN |
ON |
AT |
|
Months: in January
/ in April |
Days of the week: on Monday |
Clock times: at 7.30
a.m. / at 5 o’clock |
PRÁCTICO LO QUE APRENDÍ (PRACTICE)
Listen to the audio and
complete the dialogue with the appropriate prepositions of time.
Daisy: Hi,
Mum, how is it going?
Sophie:
Fine thanks, honey. How was school?
Daisy: Good.
I have got a note for you from Mr Oliveira.
Sophie:
Who's Mr Oliveira? Your Portuguese teacher?
Daisy: I do not
study Portuguese, Mum. You know that.
Sophie:
True. But you could. It's a very useful language.
They speak to it in Brazil ...
Daisy: Mum, he is the new headmaster at
college. And he is not Portuguese – or Brazilian. He's British. But
I think he said his parents are from Goa.
Sophie: Goa? Wow. The headmaster ... Ah yes, I
remember him. I met him ______ Christmas when I went to your school for that concert. _______
December, anyway. A very nice man, yes.
Daisy: Mum ...
Sophie: It would be good to speak to him about his
parents' country. I could interview him, then visit Goa _____
summer … no, too hot maybe ... ______autumn ...
Daisy:
Well, he would like to see you again too.
Sophie: Really?
Daisy: He wants you to go into school _______
Monday or Tuesday next week.
Sophie: Oh? Have you done something wrong?
Daisy: No, of course not! You know me. He wants
to ask if you can give a talk about your work and your blog, your travels, that sort of thing.
One day _______ April, during Careers Week.
Sophie: So ______ Monday or Tuesday? What time?
Daisy:
______ the afternoon or in the early evening.
_______ 5 o'clock, if you can.
Sophie:
Hmm. I can go _______ half past four _____ Tuesday
if that is OK.
Daisy: I will ask.
Sophie:
Let me see. I'm away in Moscow for three days
_______ April ... but during your school holidays, think. I'm going to Russia to write about traditions
______ Easter – oh, and then I'm away again ________ the end of the month. But I am at
home for two or three weeks. I can't go on Monday evening, because I have a tai chi
class, and then I have to work at night. I have a video call _______ midnight ... Yes, definitely.
I'll go in _______ Tuesday
afternoon.
Daisy: Can you write a note or send him an
email, please?
Sophie:
I'll phone him during the day tomorrow. I'm free
for a few hours _____ the morning.
Daisy: OK, I'll tell him. Where are you?
Sophie:
Here in town. I'm at the travel agents. I'm
chatting to your friend Jenna – I hadn’t seen her for months! I did not know she was
working here; she's organizing my flights to Russia. Do you want to speak to her?
Daisy:
No, it's OK, I'll see her ________ the weekend. We're going to a party on
Saturday night.
Sophie:
OK, well I'll be home _______ about an hour –
_________ about 7 o'clock probably
Pizza and a DVD tonight?
¿QUÉ APRENDÍ? (EVALUACIÓN)
Read the following text and answer the questions (Lee
el siguiente texto y responde las preguntas)
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Robert Louis
Stevenson was the author of Treasure Island. He wrote the novel in 1881-1882.
Readers love this story of the discovery of buried treasure. His most famous character,
Long Jhon Silver, first appeared in Treasure Island, and the pirate captain is
still one of the most iconic figures in British literature today.
Stevenson also
wrote Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde. In this horror story, Dr
Jekyll changed into a terrible monster after he did a disastrous experiment
with some chemicals. Stevenson got the inspiration for his classic novel from a
dream.
Robert Louis
Stevenson was born in Scotland in 1850, He studied engineering at the
University of Edinburg. Then he worked as a writer all his life. He travelled
over the world. Eventually, the writer decided to live in Samoa in the Pacific
Ocean. Unfortunately, he never had good health and he died there in 1894 at the
age of 44.
Born (year, place)
_______________________________________________________________
Education:
_____________________________________________________________________
Famous book
___________________________________________________________________
Famous characters _______________________________________________________________
Died (year, place)
________________________________________________________________
Circle T (true) of
F (false)
Stevenson wrote
Treasure Island quickly
T F
Dr Jekyll was a
scientist T F
Stevenson studied
English literature at university
T F
Stevenson got the
ideas for his stories when he was in bed
T F
Stevenson lived a
long time
T F
Prepare an oral presentation of a famous person of
the past. Use
prepositions of time
(Prepara
una presentación oral de una persona famosa del pasado. Usa preposiciones de tiempo).
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