Here's my lesson for the first part of chapter 9. It includes:

- a review of adverbs of frequency
- a frequency four-corners warm-up
- the new grammar "I ___ # time(s) a ______"
- a health quiz (students ask their partner and write down his/her answers)
- some random (hopefully interesting) facts after each point-tallying slide (ex: ask about flossing, learn a bit about how crazy shark's teeth are)
- a student-created survey

The handout is meant to be printed double-sided and cut in half (to save paper, but not ink, I guess).

Here's the PPT for the second half of lesson 9, focusing on "What kind of...?" (asking for information).

Contents include:

- Coverage of the two ways to interpret/answer this question (which noun out of this group do you like, vs. what specific type (using adjectives) do you like - i.e. I like comedies vs. I like funny movies)

- Practice answering these kinds of questions. I was planning on either surveying the class as a whole or having one student answer, then pick the next student.

- A survey about likes, mostly, using "kinds of" (I'm planning on using this later, maybe for a game post-exams)

- A "What kind of animal are you?" quick activity on the back of the (double-side printed) survey for those who finish early

- A speed quiz in groups, with general knowledge questions. I tried to throw in some Halloween-themed ones, too, since Halloween is coming up soon and that's about when I'll be teaching this to the main bulk of my 2nd graders.

Note: The PPT for the survey is included for edits, but for the checkboxes to show up, you'll have to save it as a PDF.

For the second part of this chapter, I start by doing page 140 as a  review of the previous lesson, then run through my powerpoint (girls ask, boys answer-then switch) and finish with the connect four game activity. There's only really time for one round of the game though.

Attached is a PPT and worksheet for teaching adverbs of frequency. Students filled out their worksheet following along with the PPT.

Also attached is a Guess Who game. Students choose a character and ask questions such as "How often do you go to the movies" trying to find the character. This can be played in pairs, small groups or as an entire class. I had the most success with one student standing in the front of the room and the entire class asking them questions. Students also enjoy naming the characters.

Shostager, my second graders were so interested in your health quiz last year! I also did 'what kind of animal are you' as a supplementary class for my high level students, and they loved it.

My students this year have a much shorter attention span and are not motivated to complete any worksheets whatsoever. However, if I give them a whiteboard and turn it into a game activity, they love it! So, this is the frankenlesson I'm doing this time:

Part 1: How often do you...
The ppt is pretty basic - a few slides of introduction and practice to become familiar with the key expression "How often do you"..., and then right into a game. I put students into teams of 4 and give them a whiteboard and pen. I ask them a question, e.g. "Tell me something you do 10 times a day", and students write down any answer they like. If I think their answer is plausible, and the spelling and grammar are correct, I give a point to that team.

Part 2: What kind of...
As a above, a little introduction and discussion of the key expressions, followed by a quiz game. I will ask a question such as "What kind of animal is the most dangerous to humans?", and give points for correct answers (amount of points is shown on the ppt) and a bonus point for correctly spelling a difficult word. There are a few random health-related questions in there too.

I will probably do the health quiz and 'what kind of animal are you' activity with my high level students only.

For Frequency Adverbs:

I adapted this from a post on Dave's ESL Cafe's Ideabook.

I made 200 cards (enough for each student in the class to get five cards). Each card had a frequency adverb or adverbial phrase on it. Before I passed out the cards to the students I explained that they couldn't show the cards to anyone. The game is pretty simple. The objective is for the students to get rid of their five cards. I gave each of the first five students to get rid of all their cards a piece of candy. To get rid of their card, a student has to ask a frequency question to a second student without showing their cards. If the second student answers the question with a word/phrase on one of the first student's cards, the first student can get rid of that card.

For example, if one of the cards the first student has says "once a year" he wants someone to answer their question with the phrase "once a year." An appropriate question to ask could be "How often is your birthday?" If the second student answers the question with "once a year," the first student can get rid of the card. If the second student doesn't answer what is says on the card, the first student doesn't get rid of the card.

It can be hard to explain this to the students, so the best thing to do is to act it out with your co-teacher. Make sure to tell the students that their answers must be true, but they don't have to be exactly what the person asking expects. For example, with the birthday question "sometimes" or "rarely" would be acceptable answers, but not "every day" since that is clearly a lie.

There are two ways to play. When the student gets rid of a card he can either have to give it to the teacher (you) and tell the teacher what question he asked. The other way to play would be for the person answering the question to get the card. I only played the first way so I'm not too certain how the other way would work.

http://www.eslgamesplus.com/adverbs-of-frequency-hangman-spelling-game-for-esl-efl-practice/

this is a link to a really fun hangman game. Students play hangman using the adverbs Never, Usually, Rarely etc. This worked perfectly because I taught the adverbs with the percent method.
Example: Never- 0%
Rarely 10-20% .....

It's great if you have a computer in the room or you can use the questions as a base to create your own hangman game.