Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 6 minutes
Sunny day chant
Aims
Ss review the words sun, sea and day and get ready for the lesson topic by talking about the weather.
Content
Ss look at the sunny beach picture and do a chant with the teacher. Teacher asks: What's the weather like today? Ss answer with the words learnt before (It's sunny, It's windy, It's cloudy). Then Ss chant the question: What day is it today? and answer It's Sunday.
Expected outcomes
Ss can say the weather and the day in full sentences, and they are ready to start the new structure.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T shows the beach picture on the projector and asks: Look at the picture. What's the weather like? T models the chant: 'What's the weather like? It's sunny! It's sunny!'
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and listen carefully to the teacher's model.
Teacher
T leads the chant with a clap rhythm and then asks: What day is it today? T shows the calendar card Sunday.
Pupils
Ss chant along with the teacher and clap their hands. Expected answer: It's Sunday. It's sunny.
Teacher
T praises the class and writes the two sentences on the board: It's Sunday. It's a sunny day.
Pupils
Ss repeat the two sentences together, then say them in pairs.