Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Recalling the language of the unit
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of the present perfect, comparatives and sentence types before the review. (Period 1)
b) Content
Ss look at four sentences on the board and answer quick questions:
- The area has become busier.
- Housing is getting more and more expensive.
- Mai and Nam applied.
- Because the deadline was near, we checked the forms.
Questions: Which tense is used in sentence 1? Why? Which structure shows progressive change in sentence 2? Which sentence has a subordinate clause?
c) Expected outcomes
Ss give short answers: sentence 1 uses the present perfect because the past change still matters now; sentence 2 uses more and more with a long adjective; sentence 3 has one independent clause with a compound subject; sentence 4 is complex because it contains the subordinate clause 'Because the deadline was near'.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T writes the four sentences on the board and says: 'Look at these sentences. Answer the questions quickly without opening your books.'
Students
Ss look at the sentences and listen to the questions.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T gives 1 minute of silent thinking, then asks Ss to raise hands.
Students
Ss think individually and prepare short answers in their heads or in notebooks.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T calls on 3–4 Ss to answer. T asks: 'Who can add more?'
Students
Expected answers: 'The present perfect shows a change that continues to now.' 'More and more is used with long adjectives.' 'Sentence 3 is simple, even with a compound subject.' 'Sentence 4 is complex because of because.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the answers and says: 'Today we will review these structures in detail and practise them.' T writes the lesson title on the board.
Students
Ss copy the lesson title and the main focus of the period into their notebooks.