MAGICAL Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 168
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Teach the new vocabulary using the word cards: always, never, often, once, sometimes, twice,
usually.
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Have pupils point to and read each new word in their Course Books on page 114.
Focus on Form
Course Book page 115
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Before teaching the grammar form, ask pupils to look at the sentences in the Course Book.
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Ask pupils to look at the first three sentences.
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Ask pupils to look at the last two sentences.
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Tell pupils that they will learn where to use expressions of time in a sentence (Use L1 if needed).
Explain that we use expressions of time in the Present Simple to help describe the habit or
activity we do on a regular basis. They can describe how often you do something. They can be
one word (adverbs of frequency) or phrases (expression of time).
Explain that some expressions of time (adverbs of frequency) usually come before the verb in a
sentence: always, usually, often, sometimes, never.
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Ask pupils to identify which phrase in each sentence describes "how often" (Elicit: every
morning, once a year)
Ask pupils to identify where in the sentence these words appear (Elicit: at the beginning or
end of the sentence)
Introduce the expressions of time
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Ask pupils to identify the verbs in the sentences (Elicit: listen, eats) (Remind pupils that we
add -s to verbs if the subject is he/she/it.)
Ask pupils to identify which word in each sentence describes "how often" (Elicit: always,
sometimes)
Ask pupils to identify where in the sentence these words appear (Elicit: between the subject
and the verb)
Point out to pupils that if you do something 100% of the time, you do it "always": I always listen
to music in the car. If you do something 0% of the time, you do it "never": He never eats fast
food.
Tell pupils that the word
