Jessica Grace Jones, Minnesota Literacy Council, 2012 p. 3 Beginning Daily Activities Unit
Teacher Directions: Warm-Up -Materials: (optional) whisper phone
See activity instructions in the ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, 2012, Whispering Game, p. 74.
Play the game (also commonly known as “telephone”) using some of the phrases below. If you have a
class of more than 10 students, consider breaking into 2 circles.
I usually shop for food on Saturday.
She is going to the park.
He works in the afternoon.
They are studying English right now.
Teacher Directions: Activity 1: Life Skills, Literacy
-Materials: , Daily Activity Verbs handout, (optional) pictures or props to demonstrate
vocabulary
Prep: Decide how you will demonstrate vocabulary meaning
Bring in pictures, use a laptop and projector to do image searches
in the classroom, draw or act out each verb in the Daily Activity
Verbs handout.
Step 1: Vocabulary Introduction
Before you distribute the handout…
Demonstrate each verb with one of the methods above.
Say the verb and ask learners to repeat several times.
Ask: When do you _______? Where do you _________?
Write the verb on the board, read it together several times (tell
learners not to write yet, you will give them the words on paper
later)
Step 2: Total Physical Response (TPR)
Distribute Daily Activity Verbs handout
Read the verbs together. Learners repeat. Create an action for each verb and do the action together
as you say the verb. (for more on TPR see ESL Volunteer Tutor Manual, 2012, Total Physical
Response (TPR), p. 159.
You say the verb, learners respond by showing the action.
You say the verb, learners respond by pointing to the word on the handout.
You show the action, learners respond by saying the verb.
Learners practice with a partner, one person does an action and the other person says the word.