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CLASSMATES WHO? INFORMATION VERBS

BLEND LISTEN FAMILY IN ON AT

AROUND HOME FIND OUT TIME MARKERS “I” CARDS

WEEKEND FREE TIME DO YOU

LIKE TO … PRONUNCIATION

WHAT TIME? EVERY DAY? SENTENCE

ORDER TIME TALK

INTERVIEW TRAVEL TIME WHAT TIME

DOES? WHAT TIME DO?

INFORMATION YES OR NO FAMILY

FROM - TO RELATED WEATHER

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BOOK FOURBOOK FOUR

Dan Ingram’sDan Ingram’s From the coFrom the co--author of The Grab Bag Seriesauthor of The Grab Bag Series

Lesson Packs #4 - Beginner © 2011 eslresources.com 1-866-833-9485

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Beginner

Lesson Packs Book Four

from Dan Ingram co-author of

The Grab Bag Series



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ESL Books by Dan Ingram Lesson Packs - Book One Lesson Packs - Book Two Lesson Packs - Book Three Lesson Packs - Book Four

ESL Books by Dan Ingram and Elizabeth Ganong Grab Bag of Canada Grab Bag of Work Grab Bag of Socializing Grab Bag of Health Grab Bag of Telephone Mixed Bag One Mixed Bag Two



Introduction I love teaching lower levels. However, it does have its challenges. The challenge isn’t the students limited language or even presenting ideas. For me the challenge was and is having sufficient practices and varying them enough to meet the students need for repetition and still keeping them excited about learning. The idea of putting these books together started four years ago when I was asked to teach Level 1. I hadn’t taught this level for many years and remembered how hard it was to find materials. After a renewed look for materials and finding only a page here and there, I started creating, testing and recording my Level 1 ideas. Teaching lower levels is about building a foundation. It’s my hope that these drills, worksheets and activities make your life as a teacher a little easier and help you and your students have a good time while building the foundation for their ongoing learning. About the Author Many people know Dan Ingram through the Grab Bag Series. Dan has taught in South America and Korea as well as at college and university programs in Canada. For the past 19 years he has taught ESL for the Canadian Cooperative for Language and Cultural Stud-ies in Toronto. Acknowledgements A special thanks goes to my spouse Carl who provides me with the space and support to see these projects become a reality. To the many students that have practiced and shaped these activities, thank you.



Table of Contents

1 Information Gathering 15 min. class *

2 First Day Question Match 25 min. small group

3 Who? 10 min. class

4 My Classmate 1 & 2 60 min. pair work *

6 Blend The Stories 40 min. pair work *

9 Add A Verb 30 min. individual *

10 Six Verbs 30 min. small group

12 Find Someone Who 20 min. class

13 First Days Dominos 10 min. small group *

14 Get The Information 60 min. class *

21 Yes Or No 20 min. individual *

21 Learn From Mistakes 45 min. individual *

24 Family Conversation Cards 15 min. small group

25 Family 30 min. individual *

26 Family Words 25 min. individual *

27 June’s Family 50 min. small group *

30 My Family 30 min. small group

31 Write About Family 30 min. individual *

32 Family Puzzle 20 min. individual *

33 Family Questions 40 min. individual

34 Complicated Family 60 min. small group

36 Related 20 min. small group

37 Yes Or No 20 min. individual

38 Family Readings 30 min. small group

Page Title Time Grouping Follow up



40 Same But Different 60 min. small group *

45 Listen For Each 15 min. class

47 Weather 20 min. individual

48 Weather Chart

49 Weather In Canada 20 min. small group

50 Weather Dictation 40 min. pair work

52 Weather Match 20 min. pair work

53 Yes Or No To The Weather 30 min. individual

54 Find A Weather Partner 10 min. class *

55 Correct Weather Reports 20 min. pair work

56 In On At 25 min. class *

58 Questions In On At 20 min. individual *

59 At On In 20 min. individual *

61 Add In On Or At 30 min. individual *

62 In, On, At Practice Again 30 min. individual

63 In On At Fill In 20 min. individual

64 Every Day? 50 min. small group *

69 Which Verb Fits? 30 min. small group *

71 Fill In And Then Change 25 min. small group

72 Pronunciation 30 min. small group *

74 Sentence Order 30 min. individual

75 More Sentence Order 30 min. individual

76 What Time Is It? 10 min. class *

78 Find A Partner 10 min. class

79 Time Talk 25 min. pair work

80 Travel Time 50 min. pair work *

84 What Time Do / Does? 20 min. individual *



85 What Time? 30 min. pair work

86 Find Out What Time? 30 min. class

88 What Time Interview 30 min. class

89 Start Finish From Until For 40 min. pair work

90 From - To 30 min. pair work *

92 Listen for the Time 30 min. class

94 Henry And Betty 50 min. small group *

96 Do You Like To … 60 min. class

98 “I” Cards 30 min. small group

99 How Often Do They Swim? 20 min. individual *

100 Time Marker Board 20 min. small group

102 Time Marker Talk 30 min. small group *

104 Time Board 20 min. small group *

105 Listen And Write 40 min. small group *

108 Free Time Interview 40 min. small group *

110 Around Home 40 min. small group

110 Around Home Reading 25 min. pair work

112 Who At Home 25 min. class

113 Find A Classmate Who 20 min. class

114 Add Ideas 20 min. individual *

115 Add These Ideas 30 min. individual

116 Question Match 15 min. class

117 Weekend Question Match 30 min. small group

118 How Often Questions 25 min. pair group

119 How Often Does Sue…? 40 min. class

122 Correction 50 min. individual

124 Short Conversation 30 min. pair work



125 How Often Do You? Cards 20 min. small group

126 6 X 6 Questions 30 min. small group *

129 Questions 50 min. individual

130 Want To Verbs 40 min. individual

132 Want 30 min. small group *

134 Want Negatives/Affirmative 30 min. mall group *

136 Find Someone 25 min. class

140 Want To Talk Questions 25 min. individual *

142 Andrew Wants … What 40 min. small group

142 Verb Plus What 40 min. small group

145 Want + Match 30 min. individual *

146 Me 20 min. pair work

147 Object Pronouns 15 min. class

148 Object Pronouns Practice 1 60 min. individual *

149 Object Pronouns Practice 2 25 min. individual

150 Who 40 min. pair work

152 Who Questions 40 min class

153 What Order? 25 min. small group *

154 Find The Answer 45 min. class

156 Future Time Markers #1 30 min. small group

157 Future Time Markers #2 20 min. small group

158 Want / Would Like 40 min. class

159 Would Like 25 min. pair work

160 Polite Matches 20 min. small group *

162 Command And Polite Request 25min. small group

163 Write Them 40min. individual

138 Want To Talk 40 min. small group



164 Want To Polite Request 25 min. small group *

164 Polite Requests By Job 20 min. small group

166 Make Each Longer 30 min. individual

167 “I” Talk 25 min. individual *

168 Negatives 40 min. pair work *

170 Who Says What? 25 min. pair work

171 Write The Polite Request 40 min. individual

172 Command And Request 25 min. small group

173 Yes, I Can 30 min. small group

174 Adverbs Of Frequency 30min. pair work

175 Ladder 25min. small group

176 Find Your Partner 15 min. class

177 Tell Us 30 min. individual

178 Jay 40 min. class *

180 Change Each 30 min. pair work

181 Sentence Order 30 min. individual

182 Frequency Placement 40 min. individual

183 Frequency Practice Sheet 30 min. individual

184 Keith 30 min. class *

186 Keith’s Friend Ken 30 min. small group

187 Talking About YOU 30 min. individual *

188 Question Or Answer 40 min. small group


192 Dallas And Ryan 60 min. individual *

196 A Busy Business Person 40 min. individual *

196 What Do They Do? Match 30 min. small group

200 What Do You Do? 30 min. class



202 Name The Occupation 30 min. small group *

202 What Verb Fits? 30 min. small group *

206 She Is. She Works. She… 25 min. small group

207 Job Question Match 40 min. small group

208 Fill In The Information 25 min. individual

209 Pedro 25 min. individual

210 A Mixed Reading 50 min. pair work *

212 Before And After At The Gym 60 min. pair work *

215 The Gym Finish The Sentence 20 min. individual

216 Our Housekeeper 60 min. class *

220 What’s Wrong? 30 min. small group

221 Before And After Cards 25 min. small group

222 After School 30 min. class *

225 Anna 20 min. individual *

226 Conversation Favourites 20 min. class


228 Correct And Learn 50 min. individual

229 General Index

202 Occupation Talk 40 min, individual

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Information Gathering

What

languages do you speak?

Do you

have a car? What kind?

How many siblings do you have?

What city

are you from?

What sports

do you like to play?

What is

your address?

Do you live in a

house or an apartment?

Do you

have children?

How many?

What is

your occupation?

Do you like to read?

Do you

like to listen to music?

What kind?

What kind of fruit do you like?

How old are you?

How old is your

spouse?

Where do

your siblings

live?

How old are your

children?

What kind

of job do you want?

What is

your telephone number?

What don’t

you like to eat?

How many languages

do you speak?

What is

your family name?

Spell it.

Instructions: Give each student a question card. They stand up, move around the classroom and get an answer to their question from each classmate. Continue with the activity on the next page.

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First Days Question Match

Instructions: Photocopy and cut out the question grid below. Prepare one set for each small group. Pass them out to the groups and instruct them to match and then answer the questions.

What

is your family name?

How

do you spell and pronounce your full name?

Do

you live in a house or an apartment?

Who

do you live with?

What

country do you come from?

How old

are you?

When

is your birthday?

Do

you want to work here?

Is

your spouse athletic or musical?

Are

you married or single?

What

do you like to eat in the morning?

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Who?

Instructions: Read the “Who” questions to the class and ask students to stand for yes answers. The purpose of this exercise is to help the students see how much they have in common.

Who is married? Who is single?

Who has children? Who has one child?

Who has two children? Who has three children? Who has four children?

Who has a pet? Who has a car?

Who has a motorcycle? Who has grandchildren?

Who has a Canadian driver’s license? Who has a job?

Who lives in a apartment? Who lives in a house ? Who lives in a condo?

Who lives alone? Who likes to eat fruit?

Who likes to drink coffee / tea? Who doesn’t like bananas? Who doesn’t like apples?

Who doesn’t like oranges? Who likes to play card games?

Who likes to play computer games? Who speaks more than two languages?

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My Classmate 1 Instructions: Prepare one copy of the story below for each pair. Pass out the story and have each student read it to their partner and then make the corrections. After an appropriate amount of time review the corrections as a class and read it again. Use the story as a guide for students to talk about themselves with several partners and then write about one person in the class. Arrange things so that everyone is written about. Post the stories for everyone to read.

My classmate's name David. He family name is Fonsaca. David from Havana, Cuba but he live Toronto. He live here with family. His two brother and his parents live Havana. David and family happy here. They no like the cold winters but they likes the city. David 45 year old. His wife name Maria. They two twin daughter and a son. They have 14 and 12 year old. David daughters have straight brown hair like their father but they hazel eye like their mother. David’s son Fidelio brown curly hair and dark brown eyes. His tall like his father. David and wife speaks Spanish, English and little Portuguese. David a engineer but Canada he is a security guard at a condo down town. Work three block from their apartment. They like apartment because it is near large park, grocery store and school. Apartment on Harbour Street. It not new but it bright, clean and safe. David like watch and play soccer. He like jog in the park with his daughters. Favourite sport is tennis. He no like baseball and he no likes dance. Wife really likes dance. As a family they like play table games, go on picnics and have barbeques with their friends.

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My Classmate 2 Instructions: Read the answer and write a question for the answer.

Question Answer

2. ______________________ I live with my wife and daughter.

3. ______________________ My spouse is an engineer.

4. ______________________ We are from Havana.

5. ______________________ We have two sons.

6. ______________________ They are 32 and 30 years old.

7. ______________________ Yes, their eyes are blue like my eyes.

8. ______________________ I speak French and a little English.

9. ______________________ I like to play tennis.

10. ______________________ Our apartment is on King Street.

11. ______________________ My wife’s hair is dark brown.

12. ______________________ Yes, we are happy here.

13. ______________________ No, my spouse doesn’t like to jog.

14. ______________________ As a family, we like to hike.

15. ______________________ No, we don’t have a car.

16. ______________________ Our home is downtown.

1. What is your family name? My family name is Ying.

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Blend The Stories

Instructions: Photocopy one set of information story cards on the next page for each pair of students. Cut the paper in half. Put the students in groups of two. If space in your classroom permits, have the pairs move their chairs so that they are facing each other. This will help encourage the listening process. Give one person in each group the top part of the story. Instruct them to read the story aloud to their partner. The partner should listen but not read the paper. Encourage them to read the story more than once and have the listener report back to their partner what they understand. After an appropriate amount of time have the reader turn their paper over on the table. Pass out the bottom part of the story to the other student in each group. She/he reads their part of the story aloud. When finished, ask the class if the stories are the same or different. Instruct them to write the stories blending them to one. If you feel that the class will need help in understanding how to blend the stories, write the following sentences on the board to model the idea.

1) Steve is tall and handsome. He has beautiful eyes. 2) Steve is thin. He has blue eyes.

Steve is tall, thin and handsome. He has beautiful blue eyes.

Follow up #1: The students continue to work in pairs. Instruct them to write 8 to 10 questions about the story. After an appropriate amount of time the class will form new pairs and ask their questions to the new partner. Follow up #2: Read the blended story aloud to a new partner and answer the questions on page 8.

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Steve is from Montreal, Quebec but he lives in Calgary. Steve works for an oil company. His wife has a good job too. Her name is Lindsy. Steve and Lindsy are 31 years old. They do not have children. They live on the 11th floor in a condo. It is downtown on a busy street. The condo is near a park and a high school. There is a bus stop across the street from their condo. Steve and Lindsy have a car. It is new. It is a Toyota. They have new bicycles and rollerblades. They have a cat. They like Calgary. There are many places to walk and jog. Steve likes to jog and to swim. He really likes to play tennis. Lindsy doesn’t like to jog. In the winter they like to ski. There are many good shopping malls and restaurants in Calgary. Steve and Lindsy do not like to cook. They like to eat out.

Steve is from Quebec but he and his wife live in Alberta. Steve works for a large company. He is an engineer. His wife is a from Ottawa. She is a dentist. She works in a small dental clinic. Her first name is Lindsy. Steve and Lindsy live in a large, two bedroom condo. It is on a busy street. The condo is near a large park and a school. There is a bus stop and a gas station across the street. Steve has a car. It is silver. They also have blue and green bicycles. They have two small dogs. They really like Calgary. There are nice places to jog and to cycle. Steve likes to jog. He likes to rollerblade and to play tennis with Lindsy. Lindsy does not like to jog but she likes to cycle and to dance. Lindsy likes to ski and snowboard. There are good restaurants in Calgary. They like to eat out. They like Indian food. Lindsy likes to barbeque in the summer.

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1. What are their first names?

2. Where do they live?

3. Where are they from?

4. What are their occupations?

5. Where do they work?

6. Do they have children?

7. Do they have pets?

8. What kind of car do they have?

9. What colour are their bicycles?

10. Where is their condo?

11. How old are they?

12. Why do they like Calgary?

13. What do they like to do?

14. What doesn’t Lindsy like?

15. What kind of food do they like to eat?

Write about you.

Follow up: Turn each question into an interview question to ask a classmate.

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Add A Verb

1. My sons 21 and 18 years old.

2. My brother in a furniture factory. He a carpenter.

3. She on Yonge Street in a condo.

4. I really her condo. It beautiful.

5. He a car. His car new. It a Honda.

6. They three young children. They two girls and a boy.

7. There a car on the street in front of our house.

8. Their son to go to university next year.

9. They don’t like to apples or pears.

10. The temperature 23 degrees today.

11. I new hiking boots. I to hike.

12. It 11:45.

13. I very tired today and I a fever. My head too.

14. I a glass of cool water. I thirsty.

15. My classmates from 5 different countries.

16. We many different languages.

17. We to play the piano.

18. He $20.00 in his pocket. The food $22.50.

Instructions: Read each sentence and write in the verbs needed to make complete sentences.

Follow up: Make a Yes / No answer question for each. Then practice asking and answering the questions with a partner.

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Instructions: Prepare one game board for each group of three or four students. Each group needs two dice. One die determines the top row number and the other die determines the column number. For example, if a student rolls a 3 and a 3 then they use ( He ) a blue bicycle / a red bicycle. The student looks at the information, decides what verb to use and then makes a Yes / No question with the first piece of information. Example: Does he have a blue bicycle? One of the other students in the group needs to answer first in the negative and then in the positive. Example: No, he doesn’t have a blue bicycle. He has a red bicycle. Before passing out the game boards and dice, put the following chart on the board and use the ideas to model the structures to be practiced.

To swim To jog

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house

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In a hospital

In a bakery

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___________

is from my

country

___________

does not have

children

___________

likes pizza

___________

walks to school

___________

is a

grandparent

___________

wants to find a job

___________

is my age

___________

has four children

___________

likes to play

sports

___________

lives in a

house

___________

owns a car

___________

has family in another class

X

___________

takes the subway to

school

___________

likes to bake

___________

doesn’t like to

shop

___________

drinks tea but doesn’t drink

coffee

___________

doesn’t

cook

___________

has a

computer

___________

has a cell

phone

___________

has only one

child

___________

wants to go to

university

___________

has a job

___________

is from a big

family

___________

likes to take

pictures

Find Someone Who

Instructions: Use the words in each square to make a question to ask your classmates. When you get a YES answer, write your classmate’s name on the line.

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