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Background
Talking about what happens every day at certain times can help our students find a feeling of security in the daily routines and in the certainty of knowing that tomorrow will be just like today.
Warm-up
Destiny – Animation Short – YouTube (5:25)https://youtu.be/wEKLEeY_WeQDestiny is a silent short movie showing morning routines over and over again
Short Animation -ALARM – YouTube (8:50)https://youtu.be/ROipDjNYK4kA silent short movie showing how difficult it is to wake up in the morning. – Choose faster speed
Getting up Late for the Dentist | Mr. Bean Official – YouTube (7:29)https://youtu.be/IacjiYGj9l4Mr Bean wakes up late for his dentist’s appointment and has to rush there. He gets dressed in the car. From The Trouble with Mr. Bean.
Song
Daily Activities | Present Tense | ESL Classics – songs for learning English – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/k0FHGnc6iHgLearn English by listening to classical music. – A funny song about the daily routines, A1.2 – A2
Vocabulary
Daily Routine 1 | Learning Chocolatehttp://www.learningchocolate.com/content/daily-routine-1http://www.learningchocolate.com/content/daily-routine-1Phrases with pictures and audio with activities available. Part 2 here
Everyday Actions | EFLnethttp://eflnet.com/vocab/dictionary/everyday-actions-list35 common verbs of everyday actions with a photo and audio to listen to and repeat. Activities here
daily routines vocabulary – English vocabulary lessons – YouTubehttps://youtu.be/sIe8lwgDcVYdaily routines flashcard slideshow with audio. Use the video with your students and find more options including the words used in a sentence
Talking About Your Daily Routine – YouTube (3:20)https://youtu.be/0qwZ8UUQfQwThis English video series is a brand new way to learn English and will teach you how to express your daily routine with ease.
daily routines ESL – YouTube (3:17)https://youtu.be/g5Autn4ipqkJoshua teacher’s daily routine. – Very slow-moving video with narration and script on-screen about a teacher’s day.
Daily routines: worksheets, printable exercises pdf, handouts.http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/daily-routines-worksheets-resources.htmlWorksheets: daily routines. Printable exercises pdf, handouts, vocabulary activities Custom Search
Daily Routine: Talking about your Daily Activities (with Useful Examples) – Love Englishhttps://loveenglish.org/daily-routine/My Daily Routine!!! How to describe your daily routine in English? These 30+ useful phrases will help you describe your daily activities like a native. – Scroll down!
Lesson Plan
Splitscreen: A Love Story on Vimeohttps://vimeo.com/25451551The video is all about one day in a man/woman’s life, shown with split screen. A Lesson plan to go with the film: One Day In The Life (beginner) – EFL Classroom
Worksheets
ESL, English vocabulary, printable worksheets, daily routineshttp://www.esltower.com/VOCABSHEETS/Routines%20&%20Chores/routines.htmlKiz School provides Video Tutorials, PPT, Interactive Games & Quizzes, Printable PDF Worksheets & Flashcards, among others. You don’t need to be a professional teacher to use our…
A1.2 – A2.1 Daily Activities – All Things Topicshttp://www.allthingstopics.com/daily-activities.htmlall things topics Worksheets with all four language learning skills for Elementary Level
Listening
My Dayhttp://www.adelescorner.org/listening/my_day/my_day_1.htmlEvery day I (1) at half past six. First I (2) to the kitchen and (3) a cup of tea and toast for breakfast. Then I (4) to the bathroom and (5) my teeth. After that, I (6) dressed, and (7) my hair.
Beginner English #01 Tell me about your day?http://www.elllo.org/english/beginner/B01-JohnSarah-PresentSimple-Routine.htmIn this listening lesson, John talks with Sara about his morning routine. Students can listen and take two interactive quizzes.
What a Busy Day!https://www.esl-lab.com/intermediate/date-activities/1. Pre-Listening Exercises [Top] Talk about your daily schedule starting from when you wake up until you go to sleep. What activities do you enjoy?
Daily Schedule | Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Labhttps://www.esl-lab.com/easy/daily-schedule/A daily schedule can keep you on track to accomplish your goals. Listen to a conversation on the topic.
Reading
Daily Routine – Easy English Reading Activity for ESL Beginnershttp://www.esolcourses.com/uk-english/beginners-course/unit-4/daily-life/daily-routine-reading-quiz.html
Christopher’s Saturdays- Short sentences with a quiz for IWB or 1:1 – Sara’s Mondays
Viewing
Daily Routines – everyday actions (simple tense verbs) | Mark Kulek – ESL – YouTube (7:50)https://youtu.be/OMF_K3Vmrd8Daily Routines in simple tense (everyday actions) – What do you do every day? – get up, make the bed, make breakfast, have breakfast, …”
A Cat’s Day – YouTube (3:40)https://youtu.be/mKkdiYD0xykLearn English with cool Gifs and cooler celebrities like Tom Cruise. “Hi, my name is Tom. I’m a cat. I wake up at…”
Learn English with Video – Talking About Your Daily Routine – YouTube (3:20)https://youtu.be/0qwZ8UUQfQwThis English video series is a brand new way to learn English and will teach you how to express your daily routine with ease. Learn everyday vocabulary and key verbs in this English video lesson.
Daily Routine – Jack’s Day – YouTube (3:25)https://youtu.be/HvFE65ruMRMFor ESL students: Jack’s Day in short sentences with audio and script on screen. “He wakes up. He shaves…”
Mr. Bean´s daily routine – YouTube (7:44)https://youtu.be/4gde1mhw-A0With annotations about what he does and at what time – the same video is below under “Writing” without annotations.
Mr Bean Daily Routine – YouTube (10:53)https://youtu.be/msqsxVX_gjsBusy Day. Animated Mr Bean story with sentences about his daily routine annotated on the screen. Another version above.
English – Daily routine (A1-A2 – with subtitles) – YouTube (1:48)https://youtu.be/RP1AL2DU6vQAn English teenager tells about his daily routine.
Quizzes
Daily Routineshttps://www.purposegames.com/game/daily-routines-quizThis is an online quiz called Daily Routines. There is a printable worksheet available for download here so you can take the quiz with pen and paper.
Daily Routine Activity | ESL Game – YouTube (5:37)https://youtu.be/-_M9ztaZH1kPlay the video and try to guess which daily routine is in the picture before the image is revealed.
Daily Routines in English – With Flashcards Games Pictures and Quizzeshttps://www.english-learn-online.com/vocabulary/daily-routines/learn-daily-routines-in-english/Daily routines are the series of things that one does in daily basis. The routines are mostly done in a fixed order. These routines are also called as “everyday life” or “daily life”.
Speaking
Habits and routines: a flipbook. – On the same pagehttps://onthesamepageelt.wordpress.com/2016/03/28/habits-and-routines/By having students draw a hint next to each day of the week, this weekly routine flipbook can effectively become the basis for a speaking activity
Interactive
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