The early bird gets the worm. (on the board) What do you think this saying means? With your partner, I want you to discuss which meaning you think is the right one for this English saying. 1. The person who starts the day early will have success. 2. Birds like to sleep all day, so they get up early to eat. 3. A person who likes to eat should come to the table early.

So, we call people that get up early 'early birds.' But what about people that go to sleep late? Elicit 'night owls' with visual... bird and 'what time is it, day or night?'! http://www.raisingourkids.com/coloring-pages/animal/bird/free/013-owl-coloring-pages.gif Do you think you are an early bird or a night owl? Look at HO1; read it in one minute. You don't need to read all the words, just answer the question at the top: "are you an early bird or a night owl?" ICQs - How long will you have? What question will you answer? Now, check with your partner and find if they are an 'early bird' or a 'night owl.' ICQ - What will you ask? "Are you..." Now find two more people like you.

Rearrange partners by normal time of getting up AT THE WEEKEND. (They should take their HOs!) Cline of frequency adverbs: hardly ever, never, always, sometimes, often, usually Put the adverbs in order from least to most on the line. Model on the board with 'hardly ever.' ICQ: What order are you going to put them in? Ask the students to fold the HO in half, and only do the first half. CCQs: Is 'hardly ever' similar to 'usually'? Which is more often 'sometimes' or 'usually'? Is 'often' more than 'usually'? Drill pronunciation (WC and groups): hardly ever, usually, often

Underline the frequency adverbs in HO1. Now, talk with your partner about where you found them. FB CCQs Did you find them before or after 'be' verbs? Did you find them before or after the main verbs?

Read the HO and circle the answers that are true for you. "Now check your score on the bottom of your HO, and add up your score." Now, T asks, "What's your score?" Then Ss will ask their partner their score and then line up in order of most score. T will form groups of 3 to talk about answers. (Every third or fourth person, so that people with different schedules will end up together.) "Ask questions like 1: "When you get up in the morning are you always happy and do you have lots of energy?"

Model this on the board with the first sentence of ex 4 (w/o mentioning ex. 4): "I sometimes get up at 8 in the morning." Personalize each sentence from exercise 4 with a frequency adverb. ICQ: Who are you going to talk about? Compare your sentences with your partner's. Now, take these sentences and talk about them with the rest of the class. Ask them questions about what they do at the weekends or when they get up... (Model on board.) FB and error correction