Telling the time

Telling the time

How to tell the time?

 To tell the time we can use the classical way or the digital way. Both of them are correct, but the classical way is consider more formal.

Videos

An Italian joke with English subtitles. Great as an ice breaker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHyRCeKxhss

Explanation on telling the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq2tRfHu5s8

Second video explanation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SePm7J_cdgA

People telling the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPu2mwvIGUg

People talking about routines.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPu2mwvIGUg

Drilling

Choose the right time
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/time/time-1

Listen and choose the right time.
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/audio/time/time-1

Digital time practice
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/vocabulary/time/time-3

Speaking Activity

First, students are going to create a personal schedule of the 8 most important hours in a regular day for them. Write these hours like a list and explain briefly what you do in that hour. Then, each students joins a classmate and they are going to ask each what are the most important hours in the day and what do they do in each hour.

For example:
1) 6:15 am - I wake up but I am still sleepy in the morning.
2) 6:30 am - I take a shower and I finally wake up for real.
3) 7: 20 am - I have breakfast and read some newspaper news.
4) 8:00 am - I start giving my classes in school.
5) 12:00 pm - I have a 30 minutes break and I have lunch. If I don't eat at that hour, I spend the rest of the classes very hungry.
6) 2:15 pm - I finish classes at the school. I take a bus and then the Metro and go to Mayorca to teach teenagers in the afternoon.
7) 6:15 pm - I end my classes in Mayorca. Then, I take the metro and go to my house.
8) 10:00 pm - I spend some hours talking to family or friends over the internet, watch interesting series and go to sleep around midnight.