Outline: Students practice listening and speaking "good morning, good afternoon, good evening and good night," 
through the use of repetition and charades.
Teaching Suggestions:
Procedure:
Draw 4 simple pictures on the board: a sun rising, a sun in the afternoon sky, a sun setting and a moon.
Ask the students what they say when they greet each other during these times of the day.
Then, point
to each picture and introduce the English equivalent. The important part is assigning actions to the words. For 'good morning' stretch your arms above your head like you are just waking up. Encourage the students to repeat after you.
- 'Good afternoon' could be walking in place, while 'good evening' could be covering your mouth like you are yawning.
Good night is the funniest for the students. From a standing position, drop to the ground while saying, "good night," and pretend to sleep. Add snoring (ibiki) for added effect.
Repeat the action several times while gradually speeding up.
To r
eview, ALT says the words and the students must do the action. Then, ALT does the action and the students must say the words.
Variations:
Telephone line: The first student of each row will face the blackboard. The last student of each row will listen to what the ALT says and repeats it to the student in front of him/her. The second student of each row will act out the action to the first student and the first student will guess the vocabulary. When the student knows the vocabulary, s/he will raise his/her hand and say the vocabulary. Then, the first student of each row will go to the end of the row and everyone moves forward.