Takeaway How Do You Spell That?

English > Level Pre A1 Pre-starter > What's Your

Name?

Instructor: reysa nieves

Date: ..........................................................................................

Learner: José del Carmen Suarez

Regional Branch: la jagua de Ibirico

Program: t sistemasCenter: ......................................................................................

CONTENT
• Let’s Start! • Let’s Explore! • Let’s Practice! • Extension Activity • Target Words • Learning Points

Let’s Start!

It's the first day of class! Let's meet the students! What are their names?

Learning Outcome Can Do Statements

Exchange basic personal information. • I can say and spell my name.
• I can express possession using my, your.
Ask your partner:
• I can express personal information, including my
• What letters are in your name? birthday.
• Write the letters down.

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Let’s Explore!

It is March*. It is the first day of class. What is the teacher's name?

* "March" is one of the months of the year.

Instructions: Read the text aloud.

Carol: Hi, I'm your new teacher. My name is Carol. That's C-A-R-O-L. Please
introduce yourself to your partner.
Tom: Hi, my name is Tom. What's your name?
Emily: My name is Emily.
Tom: How do you spell
Emily: that? It's E-M-I-L-Y.
Carol: That's great. Now, write your name in your notebooks. The pens are on the
desk.
Emily: When is your birthday, Tom?
Tom: It's in March. How about
Emily: you?
Tom: My birthday is in December. I'm twenty-two years old.
Me too.

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Let's Practice!

When is your birthday*? Let’s find out!

*Question: When is your birthday? Answer: It’s in . Or, My birthday is in .
Instructions: Select the correct word from the Word Bank and fill in the blanks.

Word Bank
teacher / partner / name / introduce / spell / birthday / March

Carol: Hi, My name is Carol. That’s C-A-R-O-L.

I’m your new TEACHER.
Please INTRODUCE yourself to your PARTNER.
Tom: Hi, my name is Tom. What’s your NAME?
Emily: My name is Emily.
Tom: How do you SPELL that?
Emily: It’s E-M-I-L-Y. When is your BIRTHDAY, Tom?
Tom: It’s in MARCH. How about you?
Emily: My birthday is in December.

Let's Practice!

Let’s practice asking for personal information!

Instructions: Match the ideas in the two columns to make correct sentences.

a. What is
in your notebook.
b. How do you
is in December.
c. When is your
are on the desk.
d. My birthday
spell that?
e. Write your name
your name?
f. The pens birthday?

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Name?

Extension Activity

Some letters are hard to say. Let's practice spelling!

Instructions: Complete the following steps. Fill in the Self-Assessment.

a) Write the names of people in your family. Find a Self- Assessment Yes No
partner. Ask your partner how to spell the names of I ask for the spelling of names.
people in his or her family.
b) Ask questions like: What is your father's name? How
do you spell that?
c) Write the names of your partner's family under
MY PARTNER'S FAMILY. I spell names.
d) When you finish, switch places.
I pronounce letters clearly.

MY FAMILY MY PARTNER'S FAMILY

Target Words

• teacher (noun): an educator, a person who
works in a school
e.g. This is my teacher.
• to introduce (verb): to say your or a person's
name
e.g. Introduce your partner.
• partner (noun): the person you work with
e.g. Now students, talk with a partner.
• name (noun): the word we call a person
e.g. Please say your name.
• to spell (verb): to say the letters of a
word
e.g. Can you spell the word please?
• birthday (noun): the day or month you
are born
e.g. My birthday is in June.
• March (noun): the third month of the
year
e.g. March is my favorite month.

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Learning Points

Introduce Yourself
Here are ways to give your name.

Ask for someone's name What is your name?

Say your name My name is Natalie.
Ask for the spelling of a name How do you spell that?
How do you spell your name?
Spell your name N-A-T-A-L-I-E

Possessive Adjectives
You use possessive adjectives to show who owns (possesses) something.

Pronoun Possessive Adjective Example

I My My name is Beth.
You Your When is your birthday?