LET´S GO SHOPPING AT FIVE

STUDENTS: Teenagers of a public high school

LEVEL: Students of sixth grade

LENGTH: three hours a week

STUDENT’S PROFILE: Students with level A1 or lower

INTRODUCTION:

In this unit students will use time expressions and prices, vocabulary
to ask and tell the time. Also, vocabulary related to quantity,
prepositions in order to communicate in different contexts.

AIMS

COMMUNICATIVE:

• Students will be able to ask and tell the time.

• Students will be able to talk about prices.

LINGUISTIC:

• Use expressions like: What time is it? How much is it?

CULTURAL:

• Students will be able to express the time in British and American

English.

CONTENTS: Telling the time, ask about prices

PROCEDURES

1. warm up activity
The teacher will give instructions like:
 If you listen to the number one you have to stand up, if you listen to the
number four you have to sit down, and so on. (see annex 1)

2.Time for fun

Students unscramble the letters to have words related to time:

na rohu _an hour_ 60 minutes

d aya ____ _____________ 24 hours

w akee ___ _____________ 7 days

t mhona ___ _____________ 30 days

r ayea ___ ______________ 365 days

d acenos ___ ____________ 1/60 minute

3. Let’s talk about…

The teacher reads the following statements and students listen to and
complete them with the words in the box:
Time got past
is clock midday

It’s five o’
What time _is__ it?
__________

What’s the ________ , It’s about half _________

please? two

Yes, It’s
Have you ______ the time,
_____________________
please?
LET’S LEARN HOW TO SAY THE TIME

Let’s see some examples

6.45 It's a quarter to seven or Iit’s six forty five

9.00 It's nine o'clock

11.10 It's ten past eleven or It’s eleven thirty

2.25 It's twenty-five past two or It’s two twenty five

4.30 It's half past four or It’s four thirty

5.55 It's five to six or It’s five fifty five

Time of the day

in the
morning the early part of the day

at noon 12 o'clock, midday

in the
part of the day after the morning
afternoon

in the
late part of the day
evening

at night part of the day when most people sleep

Students will match the clock with the time

It’s eleven ten

It’s ten past eleven

It’s seven to twelve
 It’s six o’clock
It’s seven forty nine

It’s eleven to eight

It’s ten fifteen

It’s eleven fifty-three

It’s a quarter past ten

4. Let’s talk about…

Students write the following questions, answer them and then share in pairs:

- What time do you get up? I get up at 6 o’clock

- What time do you come to school? ___________________________________

- What time do you have lunch? _______________________________________

- What time do you go to bed? ________________________________________

Then they share information with the whole class by saying and using both American or

English ways

Ex: My partner gets up at ten past six

Or: My partner gets up at six ten

 5. Listening activity
Listen and order the pictures according with the listening (see annex 2)

Teacher makes some questions in order to check the exercise and correct mistakes or
clarify if it is necessary.

6. Practice your English

The students will answer the next questions to the teacher:

- What time is your break?

- What of the following products are sold during the resting time? Write the price for each
one

$ _______________ $ _______________
 $ _______________ $ _______________

$ _______________
$ _______________

Teacher asks the students to say the prices by following the next structure:

Teacher: How much a hamburger cost?

Student: A hamburger costs two thousand pesos

7.Writing activity
Then the teacher stick some prices on the board and students have to write
the cost in words

$150 $112 $2’000.000 $850

5050
Complete the dialogue with the prices of the pictures and the time, then
practice with your partner
1: 3:
00 40
 $8.500 $12000 $4500

Natalia: Hi, what’s up!

Camilo: Hi, how do you doing?

Natalia: What time is it?

Camilo: It’s _________________________. It’s lunch time

Natalia: Let’s go for lunch

Camilo: I don’t have enough money

Natalia: How much is an ajiaco?

Camilo: It’s _____________________________. What about the bandeja paisa?

Natalia: It’s ________________________________

Camilo: And a hot dog?

Natalia: It’s ________________________________

Camilo: So, let’s have a Hot dog

Natalia: Hurry up! I must be a home at ______________ o’ clock

8. What did you learn about time

expressions and prices?
Students will write a short text using the schedule activity. Look at the
example
SUNDAY
On Sundays I watch TV at
quarter to twelve

On Sunday I eat a hamburger. It

costs three thousand and five 11:45 am
hundred pesos

$3500

MONDAY
7:00 am

TUESDAY
4:15 pm

WEDNESDAY
9:45 am

THURSDAY
$28500

FRIDAY
$300
9:30 am
PRODUCTION ACTIVITY
Taking into account the previous exercise, the students create their
own schedule and write sentences using time expressions and prices.

REFERENCES:

REDSTON, Chris; CUNNINGHAM, Gillie. Face2face. Elementary Student’s

Book. A1 & A2. Cambridge University Press. 2009

http://www.learnenglish.be/voc1_time_study.htm

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http://www.wordreference.com

ANNEX 1

Teacher chooses some of the following commands to give

instructions by showing the example first

Number 1 stand up
Number 2 jump
Number 3 turn around
Number 4 sit down
Number 5 clap your hands
Number 6 move around
Number 7 hands up
Number 8 stamp your feet
Number 9 blink your eyes
 ANNEX 2

1. He wakes up at five o’clock

2. He takes a shower at quarter past five
3. He has breakfast seven o’clock
4. He brushes his teeth at seven twenty five
5. He goes to school at half past seven
6. He plays soccer in the break at nine fifteen
7. He has lunch at two o’clock
8. He does the homework at seven twenty pm
9. He goes to bed at ten to nine