Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 4 minutes
Look and guess
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, recall the words lake, lemons and leaf, and listen for the sound /l/.
Content
T shows flashcards quickly one by one (lake, lemons, leaf, bus). Ss look, guess and say the word aloud. T then says the sound /l/ and asks Ss to clap when they hear a word starting with /l/.
Expected outcomes
Ss name the pictures correctly and clap when they hear the /l/ sound at the beginning of the word.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T says: Hello, class! Let's look at the pictures. Are you ready? T shows the flashcards one by one and asks: What is it? (Hint: it is a lake.)
Pupils
Ss answer: It's a lake. / It's a leaf. / They say the words together.
Teacher
T says: Clap your hands if the word starts with the sound /l/. T says: lake, bus, lemons, lock (the flashcard lock is shown too).
Pupils
Ss clap for lake, lemons and lock, and keep quiet for bus.
Teacher
T asks: Which words start with /l/? Good job!
Pupils
Ss answer: lake, lemons, lock.
Teacher
T says: Today we will learn a chant about the lake and the letter L l. Let's go!
Pupils
Ss repeat: La, la, la – look at the lake!