1. Saturday
August 25 ,
th
2012.

2. Self-assessment
format!

3. Compare
your
homework!

4. Objectives
• Communicative :
Asking others their age.
• Language:
Simple present.
“How old are you?”

5. Learning
Strategy
Grouping!

6. Grouping
What? Organizing into groups according to similar
characteristics.
How? Steps:
1. Read the expressions that you want to learn.
2. Find similarities among them.
3. Find a possible general category.
4. Label the group and classify the expressions.
Why? Because we learn how to organize
information better, and it helps us memorize
the expressions/questions/words.

7. Task
• Find out how many of your
classmates are your same age, by
interviewing them, and grouping the
information in a chart.

8. Chart
Name Age
Example: Example:
Camila 11 years old

9. Steps
1. Stand up.
2. Interview all of your classmates, by following the
pattern:
A: Hi! How old are you?
B: Hi! I am … years old. And you?
A: I am … years old.
B: Ok. Thanks, bye.
A: Ok. Thanks, bye.
3. Check the chart and count how many of your
classmates are your same age.

10. Vocabulary
Numbers!
1. Draw the IPA chart in your notebook.
2. Try to guess the words with your couple.
3. Once you find out the right words, grade
your couple’s pronunciation.

11. Let’s start!
1. You will receive two flashcards.
Each one has a number on it. One has the number written in
letters and the other one doesn’t.
Thirty 14
2. Spell the number written in letters to your classmate.
3. Tell your classmate the number on the other flashcard,
without showing it.
4. Check if your classmate has the right answers.
5. Ask your classmate to correct his answers, if they were
wrong.

12. Open your book
on page 22.

13. Wrap up!
1. Did we achieve the objectives?
2. Did we use today’s learning strategy?
3. Did we complete our task?

14. Homework
1. Practice the numbers here:
http://www.digitaldialects.com/English.htm
2. Write in your notebook 20 sentences. Each
one with a number from 0 – 20.
Example:
My sister is fourteen (14) years old.