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Lesson — “My Morning Routine”

Ages 8–12 · ~50 minutes · Page 23 · Ready to Teach

Objective Students describe three morning actions using the present simple (“I wake up, I brush my teeth, I go to school”).
Target language wake up · get up · wash my face · brush my teeth · get dressed · eat breakfast · go to school — “What time do you…?” / “I … at seven o’clock.”
Materials Routine picture cards · a clock · a jumbled sentence strip
1

Warm-up

8 min

Greet by name; quick review of telling the time.
2

Present

12 min

Sequence the routine cards on the board; model each with mime (TPR). Students echo the words and copy the actions.
3

Practise

12 min

Sequencing task — put a jumbled routine in order. Then pair interviews: “What time do you wake up?”
4

Produce

10 min

Students write and say their own three-step routine, then perform it in a quick role-play.
5

Wrap-up

8 min

Exit ticket — “Write your first three morning actions.” Thumbs check before the writing task.
Give them a routine to describe — and they’ll practise grammar without ever noticing.
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