Lesson aim
Evidence to collect
The learner follows a short first-person story and chooses be or have for age, origin, people, things, meals, and feelings.
Language lens
Choose be or have
Use be for who you are, your age, your country, and how you feel. Use have for things, family, and meals.
Suggested sequence
Timing
- 2 min · Discuss the two opening questions.
- 2–3 min · Read the story once for who and where.
- 3 min · Complete the comprehension check with evidence.
- 3 min · Notice and check be versus have.
- 2–3 min · Tell and write about a first day.
Anticipated problems
Watch and respond
- The learner may say I have 38 years because many languages use have for age.
- The learner may say I have tired instead of I am tired for a feeling.
- The learner may mix up Kofi’s country with the places his coworkers are from.
Short lesson
If time is limited
Read only the first two paragraphs, answer the first three questions, and finish with a three-sentence introduction of Kofi.
Extended lesson
If the learner needs more
Ask the learner to retell the story as Mai, starting with My name is Mai and changing the country and the job.
Controlled practice
Answer key and teaching evidence
- ghana · Kofi is from Ghana. He lives in Denver now.
- cook · Kofi is a cook at the Pine Hotel.
- boss · Ms. Grant is Kofi’s boss.
- wife-sons · Kofi lives in Denver with his wife and two sons.
- tired-happy · At six o’clock, Kofi is tired, but he is happy.
- am-38 · Say I am 38 years old.
- have-sons · Say I have two sons.
- am-tired · Say I am tired.
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.