Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 4 minutes
Warm-up: Touch your head
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, review the command Touch your ... and recall body parts they already know.
Content
T and Ss play a quick Simon says game. T says Touch your head / Touch your hand / Touch your hair. Ss touch the correct body part. Ss who make a mistake sit down for a moment and then join again.
Expected outcomes
Ss are active and can respond to the command Touch your ... with the correct action.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class and says: Hello, everyone! Let's play Simon says. T gives an example: Touch your head!
Pupils
Ss stand up, greet T and watch T carefully.
Teacher
T says the commands quickly: Touch your head! Touch your hand! Touch your hair! T also sometimes gives a command without Simon says so Ss should not move. T checks Ss' actions.
Pupils
Ss touch the body part quickly and repeat aloud: Touch your head! Touch your hand!
Teacher
T asks: What do you touch? T models the answer: Touch your hair!
Pupils
Ss answer: Touch your hair! / Touch your head! (expected answers)
Teacher
T praises Ss and says: Today we will learn the letter H and four new words. Let's go!
Pupils
Ss sit down and open their textbooks at Unit 8, Lesson 1.