Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Lead-in: Dream Careers
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about careers and notice the target phrasal verbs in context.
b) Content
T asks three questions on the board: 'What do you look forward to in your future job?', 'Who do you look up to in your family or community?', 'What is a skill you need to keep up with in the modern workplace?' Ss answer in pairs, then T writes the target phrases (look forward to, look up to, keep up with) on the board.
c) Expected outcomes
Ss give 2-3 short answers using the target phrases, for example: 'I look forward to working with children.' and 'I look up to my aunt because she is a doctor.' Ss identify the three phrasal verbs and say that they are followed by an object or by -ing forms.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the three questions on the slide and tells Ss to answer them with a partner in about two minutes.
Students
Ss read the questions and prepare short answers silently.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T walks around, listens and gives help with vocabulary when needed.
Students
Ss take turns answering the three questions with their partner. Possible answers: 'I look forward to starting my own business.' / 'I look up to my teacher.' / 'I need to keep up with new technology.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites two or three pairs to share one answer each and writes the target phrases on the board.
Students
Some Ss share their answers. Other Ss notice the phrasal verbs written on the board.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms that these are three-word phrasal verbs and says that today's lesson will focus on them, reporting structures and intonation.
Students
Ss listen and write the lesson title in their notebooks.