UNIT 9: WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
Lesson 2 (4-5-6)
Lesson 2 (4-5-6)
I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson Ss will be able to listen to the CD and number the pictures. Look at the pictures and write about the pictures.
II. Language focus:
- Vocabulary and structures: Review
III. Resources: Textbook, recordings, speaker, microphone, laptop.
IV. Procedure:
Stages | Tasks | Modes |
| 1. Warm up. | Spend a few minutes revising the previous lesson by asking some pairs to ask and answer about what people are doing. | Whole class |
| 2. Listen & number | - Tell pupils that they are going to listen to a text about what some pupils are doing at break time and number the pictures. - Ask them to look at the pictures and identify what the characters in each picture are doing. - Play the recording for pupils to listen and number the pictures. - Play the recording again for pupils to check their answers. - Get them to swap their answers before you check as a class. Monitor the activity and offer help, if necessary. | Whole class Individual Pair work |
| 3. Look & write | - Tell pupils that they are going to answer the questions about what the children are doing, using the picture cues. - Ask them to look at the four pictures to identify what the characters in each picture are doing. Then ask them to read the questions and write the answers, using the picture cues. Get pupils to work in pairs, if necessary. - Give pupils time to do the task independently. Go around offering help, if necessary. - Get them to swap their answers before checking as a class. If there is enough time, invite some pairs to act out the dialogues. | Whole class Individual Pair work |
| 4. Let’s sing | - Tell pupils that they are going to sing the song What ate they doing? - Have them read each line of the lyrics aloud. Check comprehension. - Play the recording all the way through. Ask pupils to do choral and individual repetition of the song line by line until they get familiarized with the pronunciation, the stress, the rhythm and the tune of the song. Play the recording again and get pupils to sing along with the recording. - Divide the class into two groups: one sings the questions and the other sings the answers. The rest of the class sings the song together, clapping hands. | Whole class Group work |
| 5. Homelink: | Prepare the next period. | Whole class |
