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Adverbs of frequency

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Elementary/A2
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Grammar
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45-60 min
Low-resource ESL lesson plan
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Overview

In this ESL lesson plan, we will be focusing on adverbs of frequency, such as always, usually, often, sometimes, and never. The aim is to help elementary-level students incorporate these adverbs into their sentences correctly and effectively, especially when describing habitual actions and routines.

We start the lesson with suggested boardwork, demonstrating one way to introduce the target language. After that, we move on to several low-resource activities that encourage students to participate in collaborative speaking and writing tasks. Finally, we end the lesson with a fun classroom game that will help reinforce the newly acquired language skills.

Lesson Outline
Activities
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Boardwork
1All about me
2Celebrity statement
3Common activities
Games
1Adverb guessing game
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Classroom activities

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Use of the board

The students review the grammar associated with different frequency expressions.

The sample board below suggests one way to present adverbs of frequency to your students. First, attempt to elicit as many frequency adverbs as possible and add them to the side of the board. Then explain the grammar rules related to the position of frequency adverbs and frequency expressions in sentences.

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All about me

A writing activity where students create sentences about themselves using adverbs of frequency or frequency expressions.

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Celebrity statement

For this pair work activity, students will create funny statements about famous people using the target language.

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Common activities

The students apply the target language to different areas of their life in this speaking activity.

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Classroom games

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Adverb guessing game

Teams have to ask opposing players questions to elicit a given frequency adverb.

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