Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 4 minutes
Where are they? (Picture talk)
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, activate prior knowledge of the café topic and of the word cake from Grade 1.
Content
T shows the café picture from the textbook (a cake and a bowl of grapes on a table) and asks simple questions. Ss answer in English or with single words.
Expected outcomes
Ss name the things they see (cake, grapes, table) and predict the lesson topic: 'At the café'.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T says: 'Hello, class! Look at the picture. Where are they?' T points to the cake and the grapes and asks: 'What is this?'
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and listen to the teacher's questions.
Teacher
T guides Ss with prompts: 'Is it a café? Is there a cake? Is there a table?'
Pupils
Ss answer chorally: 'It's a café.' / 'Yes, there's a cake.' / 'It's a table.' Some Ss may only say 'cake' or 'table' at first.
Teacher
T asks a few Ss to repeat: 'What is in the picture?' and writes the words cake, grapes, table on the board.
Pupils
Ss point to each word on the board and say it aloud. Expected answer: 'A cake, grapes and a table.'
Teacher
T says: 'Today we will learn the letter a in cake, grapes and table. Let's open our books!'
Pupils
Ss open their textbooks at Unit 12, Lesson 1.