What happens at home while you are away

Level: A1 Kids & Young Teenagers

The Secret Life of Pets

1. Watch the Trailer

Watch the video carefully and pay attention to what the animals do when their owners leave.

2. Ability: Can or Can't?

Complete the sentences about animal abilities using "can" or "can't".

Elephants climb.

Dogs bite.

Snakes run.

Penguins fly.

Monkeys climb.

Horses jump.

Kangaroos walk backwards.

Sharks grow teeth.

Giraffes run.

Octopuses walk.

Flamingos swim.

Spiders climb.

Cats bite.

Birds fly.

Sharks stop moving.

3. Listening: Fill in the Blanks

Watch the scene with Max and Gidget again and complete their conversation.

Gidget: Bye Max.

Max: Hey Gidget.

Gidget: Any plans Gidget?

Max: Yes, big big stuff today Gidget. I've got big . I'm gonna here and I'm gonna for Katie to back.

Gidget: Oh that sounds . Well, I won't interrupt. I've got a very busy day too.

4. Creative Writing: My Secret Pet

Imagine what your pet (or a dream pet) does when you are at school. Write a short story about their secret life!

Infinite numbers, endless calculations.

Hi everyone,

Today I'm sharing an activity to work on the use of numbers and daily routines for A2 students. I used the opening scene from Stranger than fiction, where we become acquainted with Harold Crick's routine.

I hope you find it useful.



Here's the scene:

Here's the worksheet.

Stay tuned,
Claudio

Different ways of starting the day

Here's a simple activity to work on the use of simple past with A1 students. I cut the opening scene from the great Argentinean movie "La suerte está hechada". I believe the activity is self-explanatory: however, if you have any doubt, please let me know.

I hope you find it useful.





Here's the worksheet.

Regards,
Claudio

Despicable me

Here's another activity to work on everyday and sequence words with basic students. I used this great scene from the great movie "Despicable me".

Warm up: What do you know about these people?

They are...
Gru is...
Gru Has...
The girls are...
They have...

Activity 1: Watch the scene and check if the sentences are true or false.

1. Gru wakes up at 7 o’clock
2. He stretches
3. He runs
4. He takes a shower
5. He plays with a plastic horse
6. He brushes his teeth
7. He combs his hair
8. He cooks breakfast
9. He says the date was great
10. He dances
11. He drives to work
12. He greets some people on the street
13. He whistles
14. He helps an old lady crossing the street
15. He plays with a ball
16. He takes a gym lesson
17. He plays the drums
18. He gets to his job

After you watch:

Describe the activities he performs using the following words:

First, second, third, after that, then, after a short time, later, next, finally.

As a follow up, students could enter to educreations.com, choose some pictures and narrate their routines.

Here's the worksheet, I hope you find it useful.

See you around,
Claudio

Daily routines

I'm sharing a couple of activies to work on daily activities with basic students. I chose two nice scenes from two great movies:

Task 1: Watch until min 1:25 and mark the activities Carl does every morning.

__ He wakes up at 6 o’clock.
__ He cleans his house
__ He does exercise
__ He gets dressed
__ He gets up
__ He has a shower
__ He has breakfast
__ He reads the newspaper
__ He watches TV
__ He waters the plants

Task 2: What does Carl do next? Complete using the correct form of the verbs go and have.

Carl _______ a meeting.
He _______ to the park.
He _______ to the doctor.
He _______ nothing to do.
He _______ an appointment with the doctor.
He _______ to the drugstore.
He _______ to the shopping mall.

Check the one you think is going to happen.

Post-watching: How different is Carl’s routine to yours? Describe it.

For example: Carl wakes up at 6 o'clock every day, but I wake up at 7.
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Watch this second scene and describe Shrek's routine. Remember that the subject of these sentences is "he". Make sure you write the verbs in the correct form.

Here you have the worksheets: Up - Shrek

As a follow up, studets could go to Glogster and create a poster describing their routine and/ or go to vocaroo in order to narrate it.

I hope you find it useful.
Claudio