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Charles wakes up at 5:30 am to get ready for school. He has mandazi and tea for breakfast at 6:00 am before walking to school with his cousin at 6:30 am, arriving at 7:15 am. After lessons and breaks, the students have lunch provided by the school at 12:45 pm before some students go home. Charles stays until 3:10 pm for extra help from his teacher before walking home and doing chores. He plays soccer with friends until 6:00 pm, then does homework and has dinner with his family at night around 7:30 pm before sleeping.

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Charles Routine ONLINE

Charles wakes up at 5:30 am to get ready for school. He has mandazi and tea for breakfast at 6:00 am before walking to school with his cousin at 6:30 am, arriving at 7:15 am. After lessons and breaks, the students have lunch provided by the school at 12:45 pm before some students go home. Charles stays until 3:10 pm for extra help from his teacher before walking home and doing chores. He plays soccer with friends until 6:00 pm, then does homework and has dinner with his family at night around 7:30 pm before sleeping.

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Universidad Santiago de Cali Topic: Daily Routine

Instituto de Idiomas Teacher: Katerine Tabares


Level: INTRO/1 Date: _____________

Day in the Life: Kenya 1


1. First, read about this boy's day. Then, identify daily routines vocabulary. (ex: wake up; have breakfast; go to school)
Charles Ispwapwa

Hello! My name is Charles Ispwapwa. I'm 11 years


old. I live in Kibera, a neighborhood in Nairobi,
with my aunt and cousins.
SARAH ELLIOTT—GETTY IMAGES FOR TIME

Early in the morning, around 5:30, my aunt wakes me up to get ready for school. I wash my face, then I brush my
teeth and I put on my school uniform. At 6:00 a.m., I have breakfast; I eat mandazi, which is fried dough in the shape of a
donut. My aunt also makes me a cup of tea with milk. Next, at 6:30, my cousin and I walk to school together. It takes us 30 to
45 minutes to get there. I arrive in school at 7:15 a.m. The students are supposed to get to school early to get organized before
the teacher arrives at 8:00. We pray and sing songs before our first lesson, which is math. We are learning multiplication.
Later, at 9:30 a.m., we take our first break of the day. It is 15 minutes long. I run around and play tag with my friends. Then,
it's time to go back to class for our next lesson. We are learning how to read and write English words. After the lesson, we
take another 15-minute break. Every day, we have Swahili lesson at 11:45 a.m., but today, instead of it, my class is learning
about hygiene. We listen to a lecture about how to brush our teeth and wash our hands properly.

In the afternoon, around 12:30, it's time for either arts and crafts or French lessons. French is difficult, but I like
drawing houses, animals or people. I like to use lots of colors. At 12:45 p.m., the school provides our lunch. We usually have
rice, ugali [cornmeal porridge] and chapati [fried dough] or potato chips. My teacher serves me a big bowl of mixed beans
and corn. Some kids usually go home after lunch. But I, and others, pay extra to stay at school until 3:10. I take this
opportunity to get extra help from my teacher. After school, I meet my cousin, and we walk home. When I get home from
school, I do my chores. I walk to a nearby well to collect water for my family to shower and cook with. I also shop for dinner
and I wash the dishes. When I'm done, I play soccer with my friends until 6:00 p.m. After that, I do my homework.

At night, I have dinner with my aunt and my two cousins. We eat kale and ugali, which is cornmeal cooked with
water to make a porridge. We drink water. It's been a long day. Around 7:30 p.m., I lie down on a mattress on the floor, I curl
up under a blanket and finally I go to sleep. Good night!

2. Take a look at the chart below and then highlight with different colors prepositions of time, logical connector and
time expressions.
Prepositions of time Logical connectors Time expressions
-In -First -And -late
-On -Second -Then -early
-At -Third -Later -a.m.
-Until -Next -Before -p.m.
-From… to… -After -Immediately -every night
-Around -But -Finally -every day

3. On back of the paper, make up 10 WH and/or YES/NO questions about the text. (You can use WHAT, WHAT
TIME, WHY, WHERE, WHEN, WHO, HOW & HOW OFTEN).

a) What does Charles have for breakfast?


b) What time does he go to sleep?
c) Does he walk to school?

1
Retrieved from http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/kenya/day-in-life (It was adapted for academic purposes)
Write the questions in the following chart:

Q: What time do you get up?


1
A:

Q: he goes to school ?
2
A:

Q: how long do you sleep?


3
A:

Q: does Charlie have brothers?


4
A:

Q: Who does Charlie live with?


5
A:

Q: Charlie lives with his mother?


6
A:

Q: Charlie likes to play soccer?


7
A:

Q: how old are you ?


8
A:

Q: What time does Charlie sleep?


9
A:

Q: What time does Charlie have dinner?


10
A:

4. Analyze the structure of Charles’ daily routine and write a text in three paragraphs about your daily routine, including
prepositions of time, logical connectors and time expressions. Remember to pay attention to punctuation.
Title
Paragraph 1 Describe the activities that you do in the morning.
Paragraph 2 Describe the activities that you do in the afternoon.
Paragraph 3 Describe the activities that you do in the evening.

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