Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 10 minutes
Warm-up and review: Family chant
Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of family members and numbers 11 to 20 before the new lesson.
Content
Ss chant This is my brother / sister / grandmother and count from eleven to twenty with the teacher's flashcards and number cards.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least four family members in English and read the numbers from 11 to 20 correctly.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T shows flashcards of a brother, a sister, a grandmother and a father. T asks What's this? and models the answer This is my brother.
Pupils
Ss look at the pictures, listen and answer chorally: This is my brother / sister / grandmother.
Teacher
T leads a chant: T: 'Brother, brother' – Ss: 'Brother, sister, grandmother'. T holds up number cards 11 to 20 in random order and asks Ss to read them quickly.
Pupils
Ss chant along, clap the rhythm and read each number aloud in turn.
Teacher
T calls on 3 to 4 Ss to say a family member and a number, for example: This is my sister. Seventeen.
Pupils
Individual Ss say the family member and the number. Other Ss give a thumbs-up if the pronunciation is correct.
Teacher
T praises the class and writes the family words on the board to lead into the new lesson: How old is your brother?
Pupils
Ss copy the title Unit 14: At home – Lesson 3 into their notebooks.