Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Warm-up: Where are we? Animal guessing
Aims
Ss review the names of some animals and places learned before, and get ready for the new lesson.
Content
T shows picture cards of a lion, a monkey, a giraffe and a zoo gate one by one. Ss guess the animal or the place. Then T introduces the topic: the zoo.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least three animals and the word zoo in English, and they are ready to learn the new lesson.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T: Good morning, class! Let's play a guessing game. Look at the picture. What is it? (T shows a picture of a lion.)
Pupils
Ss: It's a lion! / Lion!
Teacher
T shows a picture of a monkey and a giraffe, then the gate of a zoo. T: Where is it? Is it a school or a zoo?
Pupils
Ss look at the pictures, guess and answer: It's a monkey. It's a giraffe. It's a zoo!
Teacher
T: Yes, it's a zoo. Today we will learn about the zoo and new animals. Repeat after me: zoo.
Pupils
Ss repeat: zoo, zoo.
Teacher
T praises the class and writes the word ZOO on the board.
Pupils
Ss clap and say: Great! Good job!