Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Letter chant and picture guessing
Aims
Ss warm up their voices, recall the letters and sounds from Units 5–8, and get ready for the review.
Content
Ss sing the alphabet chant with the teacher and play a quick picture guessing game: the teacher shows a blurred picture, and Ss guess the word from the Unit 5–8 list.
Expected outcomes
Ss name the letters I, E, G, H and at least five target words, such as chips, pen, goat, hand.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets Ss and says: 'Hello, class! Today we review Units 5 to 8. Let's start with a chant.' T plays the alphabet chant and asks Ss to clap along.
Pupils
Ss greet T, stand up, clap and chant with the recording.
Teacher
T shows blurred pictures on the projector and asks: 'What is it? Guess the word!' T gives clues such as: 'It starts with the letter h.'
Pupils
Ss raise their hands and guess. Expected answers: 'A horse!', 'A goat!', 'Hair!', 'A hat!'
Teacher
T writes the correct words on the board and asks: 'Which letters do these words start with?'
Pupils
Ss answer: 'H for horse and hand, G for goat and gate, E for bell and pen.'
Teacher
T praises Ss and says: 'Great! Now let's review the letters and sounds in detail.'
Pupils
Ss smile and sit ready for the next activity.