📰 Builders: Breaking News with Just
A fully interactive B1.1 teens grammar lesson that opens the JAY module (Just / Already / Yet) by teaching the present perfect with just for reporting fresh news. Students begin with four warm-up questions about news and headlines, then study the language in two clear blocks: The Newsflash (have/has + just + past participle for hot news, with contractions like I've, she's and they've and a hot-news signals panel) and Where 'just' sits (a do/don't table showing that just goes in the middle, between the auxiliary and the participle, never at the end). Ten news-desk words (just, news, breaking news, headline, report, reporter, announce, score, update, live) appear in a scrollable table with B1 definitions and examples, and six are revised as flashcards. The reading is a magazine-style breaking-news bulletin (about 150 words) anchored by Aylin, with Marco scoring a goal, Priya finishing a robot and Sam posting a song — every event in the present perfect with just, and eight key words highlighted on hover. Practice includes eight contextualised fill-in-the-blank questions (has/have, just, past participles, lesson words) with live green/red validation, hints and a running score; a speaking section with five reporter prompts and a model six-line news-desk dialogue; a guided 40-70 word breaking-news writing task with a four-point checklist and a live word counter with auto-save; and a full eight-question multiple-choice quiz with a progress bar, per-question explanations, a conic-gradient result circle and localStorage persistence.
Lesson Plan
- 4 questions about news, headlines and things that have just happened
- Silent thinking or pair-share format — no writing required
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Present perfect for hot news: have/has + just + past participle (She has just scored)
- Just = a very short time ago; the news is still fresh and important
- Position: just goes between have/has and the past participle, never at the end
- Contractions in reports: I've, she's, he's and they've + just + participle
- Hot-news signals: just, breaking news, hot off the press, right now
- Past participles in the news: scored, finished, seen, posted, edited
Prerequisites
हमारी कक्षाओं में शामिल हों!
हम मानते हैं कि सही प्रश्न सही उत्तर लाते हैं। चाहे आपके पास अपनी अंग्रेजी सीखने की यात्रा के बारे में कोई प्रश्न हो, हम हमेशा यहां हैं।