Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Warm-up: Who Fixed the Robot?
a) Aims
Ss recall the idea of arranging a service and get ready for the causative structures in this lesson.
b) Content
T shows a picture of a broken home robot and a technician. T asks: 'Did the owner repair the robot himself?' and 'What is the owner doing in this situation?' Ss answer in pairs and then share with the class.
c) Expected outcomes
Ss produce a simple sentence such as 'The owner had the technician repair the robot.' Ss understand that the owner arranges the action and does not do it personally.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the picture and asks: 'What happened to this robot? Who fixed it?' T gives one minute for pair discussion.
Students
Ss look at the picture and listen to the question carefully.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T monitors the pairs and helps with vocabulary such as 'technician' and 'repair' if needed.
Students
Pairs discuss: 'The technician repaired it.' / 'The owner had the technician repair it.' Ss try to make full sentences.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 2–3 pairs to report. T writes good sentences on the board.
Students
Representative pairs say: 'The owner had the technician repair the robot.' / 'He got the technician to check it.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T says: 'Today we will learn how to talk about actions that we arrange for someone else to do.' T writes the lesson aim on the board.
Students
Ss copy the lesson aim into their notebooks.