1. I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS FOCUS: To practise the present simple and vocabulary related to routines. MATERIALS: Teacher: PowerPoint presentation using computer and video projector. Students: notebook to write the story. TIME: 30 minutes. PROCEDURE: Students are shown the five strips, one by one. Individually they write the story using the linkers given. This idea was adapted from Paul Seligson’s Helping Students to Speak, Richmond 1997. FOLLOW UP: Once the story is written and checked, they ask and answer questions about it in pairs. VARIATION: Repeat the procedure in the past or future when you present the past simple (Last Monday Skinny got up...) or the going to future (Next Monday Skinny is going to get up...).

2. PICTURE 1 I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS

3. PICTURE 2

4. PICTURE 3

5. PICTURE 4

6. PICTURE 5

7. PICTURE 1 I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS Every Monday Skinny gets up at 7:00. Then he goes to the bathroom and has a shower. After that he goes downstairs to the kitchen...

8. PICTURE 1 I DON’T LIKE MONDAYS Every Monday Skinny gets up at 7:00. Then he goes to the bathroom and has a shower. After that he goes downstairs to the kitchen...

9. PICTURE 2 and has breakfast with his family. He has fruit juice and cereal. He leaves home at 8:00 and he goes to school by bus.

10. PICTURE 2 and has breakfast with his family. He has fruit juice and cereal. He leaves home at 8:00 and he goes to school by bus.

11. PICTURE 3 He arrives at school at 8:55. He studies from 9:00 to 3:30. For lunch he has fish and chips. After school, he goes to the park...

12. PICTURE 3 He arrives at school at 8:55. He studies from 9:00 to 3:30. For lunch he has fish and chips. After school, he goes to the park...

13. PICTURE 4 and plays basketball with his friends. Then he goes home and does his homework. He has dinner at 7:30.

14. PICTURE 4 and plays basketball with his friends. Then he goes home and does his homework. He has dinner at 7:30.

15. PICTURE 5 After dinner he watches TV, listens to the radio or reads. Finally, he goes to bed at about 11:00.

16. PICTURE 5 After dinner he watches TV, listens to the radio or reads. Finally, he goes to bed at about 11:00.