Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 8 minutes
Who's in the family?
Aims
To activate Ss' prior knowledge of family members and get Ss ready for the lesson.
Content
Ss look at the family photo of Hieu's family on the NeoEdu page and name the people they know, then sing the family chant with the teacher.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least three family members in English (father, mother, sister, brother, grandma) and sing the chant with correct rhythm.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T shows the family photo on the projector and asks: "Who's this?" T points to the children and the grandmother and waits for answers.
T says: "Let's play Who's in the family?"Pupils
Ss look at the photo and answer in chorus or individually.
Expected answers: "Father." / "Mother." / "Grandma." / "Brother." / "Sister."Teacher
T asks questions in pairs: "Who's this? Is it a sister?" T encourages Ss to answer with full words and gives a thumbs-up.
Pupils
Ss work in pairs, take turns to point at a person in the photo and ask "Who's this?" Their partner answers.
Expected answer: "It's a sister." / "It's a grandmother."Teacher
T plays the chant "Family, family, I love my family" and models the actions. T asks: "Who is in your family?"
Pupils
Ss sing and do the actions with the chant.
Some Ss answer: "My family has a grandmother, a mother, a father and a sister."Teacher
T praises the class and says: "Today we will learn three new words: sister, brother and grandmother." T writes the words on the board.
Pupils
Ss repeat the three words after the teacher and copy the title into their notebooks.