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1 A day in my life Level 2, Module 1
My names Amadou and Im twelve years
old. I live in a village in Mali in Africa. I
live in a small hut with my family. There
are two rooms in my hut. My mum, dad
and brother sleep in one room, and I sleep
in a room with my sister.
I usually wake up at 5.30am. I help my
mother cook the porridge for breakfast.
We leave home at 6am to go to school.
I usually walk to school alone, but
sometimes I meet my friends on the way.
Before school starts, we get a broom
and sweep the classrooms. We also have
to collect water for cooking lunch. Our
lessons start at 7.30am.
School nishes at 12pm every day. It
takes an hour to walk home. Sometimes
I stop at a friends house and we do our
homework and read books. We also like
riding bikes, cooking and sewing, or
making things with beads.
At night, I visit my friends around the
village. Sometimes we watch TV, but we
often have problems with electricity so the
TV doesnt work. We like telling stories.
Thats how we enjoy our free time!
1

Reading
Work with a classmate. Ask and answer the questions. Then read and check.
1 What do you know about the country of Mali?
2 What do you think life is like for children who live there?
2

Comprehension
Read again. Then read Amadous answers below and write the questions.
1 How old are you?
Im twelve.
2
With my mum, dad, brother and sister.
3
At 6am.
4
From 7.30 to 12pm.
5
An hour.
6
Riding bikes and cooking.
7
Because we often have problems with electricity.
Hot Spot Level 2, Module 1, Extra reading
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3

Vocabulary
Match the words to the pictures.
4

Speaking
Work with a classmate. Talk about how your life is similar to or different from Amadous life.

I dont get up at 5.30am. I get up at 7am.
I also sleep in a room with my sister.
a
c
e
b
d
f
1 hut
c
2 porridge
3 broom
4 collect water
5 sewing
6 beads
Hot Spot Level 2, Module 1, Extra reading
Aim
In this lesson, students read about a day in the life of a student in Africa. They compare her family life, home,
school, daily routine, likes and dislikes to their own lives.
1 Reading
Put the students in pairs and ask them to
discuss the questions before they read the
text.
Ask a few students to share their ideas with
the class.
Read the text with the students and ask them
if their answers were correct.
2 Comprehension
Ask the students to look at the answers and
write questions for Amadou, starting each
one with a question word. If they need help,
give them the question word.
Check the answers with the class. Accept any
correct wording.
Answers
1 How old are you?
2 Who do you live with?
3 What time do you leave home/go to school?
4 When are you at school?
5 How long is your journey home?/How long
does it take to walk home?
6 What do you like doing?
7 Why doesnt your TV work sometimes?
3 Vocabulary
Ask the students to look at the pictures and
try to match them to the words. Encourage
them to find the words in the text and guess
the meaning from the context.
Ask the students to compare answers in pairs
before checking them with the class.
Answers
1c 2e 3f 4b 5d 6a
4 Speaking
Ask the students to work in pairs and
compare their lives with Amadous life. Look
at the examples with the class and elicit some
more ideas.
Encourage them to think about their homes,
families, school, daily routine, likes and
dislikes, and what they do before and after
school.
Give them several minutes to talk in pairs.
Then ask several pairs to share their ideas with
the class.
1 A day in my life Teachers notes
Hot Spot Level 2, Module 1, Extra reading
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