Lesson aim
Evidence to collect
The learner finds days, times, and a request in two short neighbor messages and asks and answers yes/no questions with be.
Language lens
Ask and answer with be
In a yes/no question, be comes before the subject. In a short answer, use the full word am, is, or are at the end.
Suggested sequence
Timing
- 2 min · Discuss the two opening questions.
- 2–3 min · Read both messages once for who and what.
- 3 min · Complete the comprehension check with evidence.
- 3 min · Notice question order and short answers with be.
- 2–3 min · Role-play the request and write a short message.
Anticipated problems
Watch and respond
- The learner may keep statement order in questions, as in You are at home?
- The learner may say Yes, I’m as a short answer instead of Yes, I am.
- The learner may confuse 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., so ask which one is in the evening.
Short lesson
If time is limited
Read only Omar’s message, answer the first three questions, and finish with the question Are you at home on Friday?
Extended lesson
If the learner needs more
Change the day and time orally, and ask the learner to write Rosa’s reply for a day when she is at work.
Controlled practice
Answer key and teaching evidence
- nurse · Omar is a nurse at City Hospital.
- at-work · Omar is at work from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday.
- take-box · Omar asks: Can you take the box for me?
- day-off · Rosa is at home because Friday is her day off.
- seven-thirty-pm · Rosa says Come at 7:30 p.m. Omar is home at 7:30 p.m.
- are-you · Ask Are you at home?
- yes-i-am · Say Yes, I am.
- is · Say Omar is a nurse.
Review status
Tutor review required
This original reading and its generated pedagogy require tutor review and learner piloting before they can be described as formally reviewed.