Teachers’ Instructions (1/2)

Numbers * Numbers 1
Student: It’s 392-8807
Teacher: Sorry. That isn’t Brad Pitt’s
number, that’s the number of the
police!
Students: What’s Brad Pitt’s number?
Teacher: It’s 392-7708. What’s his
number?
Student: It’s 392-7008.
Teacher: Oh no, you’ve just dialed
(someone everyone dislikes)!

Section Three example:

Teacher: No. 1 is Brad Pitt’s address.
Students: What’s his address?
Teacher: It’s 6204 West. 41st Ave. (Ask
a student to repeat).
1. Student ability: Beginner ~ Low Intermediate Student: It’s 6042 West 14th Ave.
2. Approximate length of lesson: 20+ Teacher: Oops! That isn’t Brad Pitt’s
3. Number of students necessary: Any address, that’s the address of
4. Preferred age/maturity: JHS, HS, College, Adult (someone or everyone dislikes)!
5. Type of lesson: Pair / Group / Whole Class
Students: What’s Brad Pitt’s address?
Teacher: It’s 6204 West. 41st Ave. (Ask
a student to repeat).
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Student: It’s 6204 West 14th Ave.
Teacher: That’s right. (Role play a short
Language Target: A quick, fun and useful introductory conversation at Brad
lesson for numbers practice. Pitt’s house.)
Setting Up: Prior to class, make enough Method #2: Q&A. Students ask for the
copies of the worksheet for every student. appropriate information.
Use the answer worksheet (or you're your Section One examples:
own) with all of the information. What’s the first phone number?
What’s the country code, what’s the
Getting Started: Give every student a copy area code, what the phone number?
of the worksheet.
Section Two Examples:
Method #1: Dictation. Simply dictate the How many apples did you buy?
information to the students and they fill How much does one apple cost?
in the appropriate information. What’s the total (for the apples)?
Section One Example: Section Three Examples:
Teacher: No. 1 is (someone popular or What’s the first address?
famous) [e.g. Brad Pitt] phone number. Which Avenue / Street is it on?
Students: What’s his phone number?
Teacher: It’s 392-7708. (Ask a student to
repeat).

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α Teachers’ Instructions (2/2)

Variation 1: Do this activity as a “telephone
tree” game. Whisper the answer to one
student, that student whispers the answer
to one more, that student whispers the
answer to one more, etc., until everyone
has heard the answer. Then compare the
last student’s answer to the correct one.
Continue through the rest of the
worksheet in the same fashion.
Variation 2: Dictate all of the answers to
half of the students in class. Then pair
students, one with answers the other
without. They Q&A each other to get the
information. OR They role play
according to the following:
Section One - Telephone Operator and
Customer.
Section Two – Grocery story clerk and
Customer.
Section Three – Taxi driver and
Passenger.
Variation 3: Prior to class, make two
Master Copies (A & B) – each with half
of the information removed. In class, pair
students and give one student Copy A
and the other Copy B for a “gap” activity.
Similar Lessons:
Numbers * Numbers 2
(Lesson Collection Set #1 – Lesson 3b)
Numbers * Numbers 3
(Lesson Collection Set #1 – Lesson 24)
Numbers * Numbers 4
(Lesson Collection Set #1 – Lesson 3d)

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Teachers’ Instructions Extension

Section #1
There are a variety of ways to read numbers, for example, 392-7708 can be read as:
1) Three nine two, seven seven oh (zero) eight
2) Three ninety-two, seventy seven oh (zero) eight –or-
3) Three nine two, double seven oh (zero) eight.

Section #2
Theses can also be read a number or ways. For example, 17 apples x .38¢ = $6.46 can be read as:
1) Seventeen apples times 38 cents each equals six forty-six. –or-
2) I bought seventeen apples at 38 cents each for a total of six (dollars and) forty-six (cents).

Section #3
Addresses can also be read differently. For example, 6204 West 41st Avenue can be read as:
1) Six two oh (zero) four West forty-first Avenue. –or-
2) Brad Pitt lives at sixty-two oh (zero) four West forty-first Avenue

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