The Present Simple

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 4

ROUTINES, HABITS, SCHEDULES AND FACTS

A Day In The Life 

of your favourite 

fictional character

Do you have a daily / weekly routine?
Name 3 things you do on a daily or weekly basis:

Teacher's routine:

- I always go to work by bike.

- I prepare your lessons every Wednesday.

- I always bring my own lunch to school.

Next:

- Everyone has their routines, even famous fictional characters!

- Let's take a look at the routine of Regina George from Mean Girls.

- Pay close attention to the different coloured words!!

Dear Diary,

My name is Regina George. Me and my friends rule the school with my fabulous style every day. My friend Gretchen’s hair and makeup always looks perfect before we meet up with friends. If you aren’t part of The Plastics, then you can’t sit with us! On Wednesdays I always wear Pink. I never share my secrets with just anyone. That’s what I regularly use my Burn Book for. My friend Karen likes to gossip every second of the day. She hates the new girl Cady Heron. 

Take a closer look at the coloured words:
Are the verbs in the present, the past or the future?
- How do you know?
- Do you think the green words describe a routine, habit or fact?
- What do you think the red words describe?
- Do you see a connection?
- What difference do you see between the use of I and he/she/it?

Next:

- Let's take a look at some sentences about Regina George!

- What do these sentences have in common?

- Fill in the gaps on the following slides.

- Try and remember the words that were in red in the previous exercise and see if the same words are present in the following sentences.

1. Regina George ____ (wear) pink on Wednesdays.

2. She ____ (lead) The Plastics group at shool.

3. I ____ (have) a small dog named Fido, who regularly barks.

4. Every day, she ____ (drink) a venti latte from the school cafeteria.

5. You ____ (say) that her friend has to stop saying "That's so fetch!" all the time.

What were the Signal Words?
(previously in red)

Now it's your turn!

- Write down a routine of a fictional character from the list.

- And use the words presented to you. 

- Your routine must be at least 10 sentences long. 

- You will get 10-15 minutes for this.

- We will check some of your routines after.

Characters to choose from:

Jack Sparrow

Katniss Everdeen

Captain America

Iron Man

Batman

Sharpay Evans

Tinkerbell

Barbie or Ken

Lord Voldemort

Percy Jackson

Here's a short example using Harry Potter:

Hold – wake up – play – care for – sleep – have - every morning – on weekends – now - every evening – every Monday – every Friday – at 8 o’clock) 

I am Harry Potter. I wake up early every morning to attend classes at Hogwarts. Together with Hermoine I study in the library every evening to prepare for exams. Ron and I play wizards chess on weekends. I don’t care for the magical creatures in the forbidden forest, that’s Hagrid’s job! I often wonder if Dumbledore holds meetings with the other professors every Monday? I have to go to sleep now, I have quidditch practise at 8 o’clock!. 

- GOOD LUCK!

Signal Words & Verbs:

- always, usually, never, every day, on Monday, every time, on the weekends, now, at 12 o’clock, regularly, often 

 - play, study, work, teach, sleep, eat, run, dance, write, read)

Your favourite fictional character!

- You are going to think of a routine for a fictional character of your own choosing! It can be your favourite from a book, movie or tv-show you like.

- Try and make the routine as detailed as possible.

- You get 15-20 minutes. 

Fictional character routine:

- You will work in pairs with your neighbour. 

- Switch between the role of teller and listener. 

- Try and switch between 2 to 3 characters (if you have more than one favourite).

- Teller has to talk about the routine of their character and the listener has to guess who it is about!

Write down as many verbs and signal words used by your partner as possible! 

Again: What do you do every morning when you wake up? And your siblings?

End of the Lesson:

- Thank you for participating!

- Good Job!