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Unit 1, Daily Life, is designed as a high-engagement, speaking-focused introduction to everyday English for multilingual learners ages 6–18.
These lessons help students build real oral communication skills by talking about:
Morning routines
School life
Helping at home
After-school routines
Teachers searching for ESL speaking lessons, daily routine conversation activities, A1 speaking worksheets, or K–12 ESL speaking curriculum will find this unit extremely effective and easy to teach.
This unit lays the foundation for all future speaking units by helping students describe their daily habits in clear, simple English—an essential part of beginner oral fluency.
This unit is structured around four speaking lessons, each centered on a different part of daily life:
Morning routines
A day at school
Helping at home
After-school routines
Every lesson includes:
✔ Chat-a-Bit speaking warm-up
✔ Short, accessible “mini readings” to introduce speaking vocabulary
✔ Oral comprehension questions
✔ Speaking-focused vocabulary practice
✔ Four guided dialogues for fluency
✔ Partner speaking tasks
✔ “Would you rather…?” oral prompts
✔ End-of-lesson speaking reflection
The unit supports consistent speaking practice across familiar topics that students already know and can easily talk about.
Asking and answering everyday questions
Talking about routines and habits
Building full-sentence responses
Using descriptive language
Practicing real conversation patterns (“I usually…,” “I prefer…”)
Listening to dialogue models
Responding to peers in real time
Following oral instructions
Students learn and USE vocabulary related to:
Morning routines
School subjects & breaks
Chores, cleaning, kitchen tasks
Homework, dinner, bedtime
After-school activities
Vocabulary is always used in a speaking context, not as isolated memorization.
Present simple (“I wake up…”, “I clean…”)
Time expressions (“after school,” “in the morning”)
Question forms (“What do you do…?”)
Habit language (“I always,” “I sometimes,” “I never”)
Unit 1 uses proven ESL methods:
Students communicate from the first minute using functional language.
Students complete tasks such as:
Describing their morning routine
Talking about what happens at school
Sharing household responsibilities
Explaining after-school habits
Sentence frames for newcomers
Open-ended speaking questions for older students
Predictable routines for confidence
Students are encouraged to share routines from their home cultures, supporting engagement and equity.
Unit 1 is the foundation unit in the K–12 ESL speaking sequence.
It prepares students for:
Unit 2 (Neighborhood speaking)
Unit 3 (Animals speaking)
Unit 4 (Food speaking)
Unit 5 (Home & routines expanded)
Unit 6 (Nature & weather)
By mastering daily-life speaking abilities first, students gain confidence for every other theme that follows.
Speaking Objective: Students talk about their morning routine and describe how they prepare for the day.
Speaking Vocabulary: routine, fresh, energized, prepare, hydrated, organized
Speaking Activities:
Warm-up questions about mornings
Short readings with oral comprehension
WH questions for speaking practice
4 dialogues: waking up, breakfast, getting ready, going to school
Ranking tasks and discussion
Speaking Benefit: Perfect for helping students speak confidently about daily habits.
Speaking Objective: Students describe school routines, subjects, breaks, and activities.
Speaking Vocabulary: arrive, on time, subject, focus, break, experiment
Speaking Activities:
Conversation warm-up about school preferences
Mini-readings with vocabulary for oral use
Speaking questions after each section
4 school life dialogues (morning, subjects, breaks, end of day)
“Would you rather…?” school speaking choices
Speaking Benefit: Builds everyday speaking confidence for school contexts.
Speaking Objective: Students talk about chores, helping at home, and family teamwork.
Speaking Vocabulary: chore, organized, dust, recipe, attention, proud
Speaking Activities:
Warm-up about family life
Short readings on cleaning, kitchen help, and pet care
Oral vocabulary discussion
4 dialogues focused on chores & helping
Ranking chores speaking task
Speaking Benefit: Encourages real conversation about responsibility & home life.
Speaking Objective: Students describe after-school activities, hobbies, chores, and bedtime routines.
Speaking Vocabulary: starving, assignment, responsibility, chapter, exhausted, immediately
Speaking Activities:
Warm-up about relaxing after school
Readings on coming home, snacks, homework, and bedtime
Oral questions & vocabulary review
4 guided dialogues for fluency
“Would you rather…?” after-school speaking discussion
Speaking Benefit: Helps students confidently describe personal routines and choices.
Use gestures, pictures, or quick sketches to support comprehension.
Encourage pair-sharing with rotating speaking partners.
Allow beginners to read answers; encourage advanced learners to speak freely.
Use sentence starters like:
“First, I…”
“After that, I…”
“Usually, I…”
Have students act out routines as a TPR-style warm-up.
Oral retell of their daily routine
Dialogue performance with a partner
Short speaking presentation (“My morning routine”)
Conversation check using unit questions
End-of-unit oral interview about daily life