Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 4 minutes
Warm-up: Guess the picture
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, review the sounds of some letters they know, and get familiar with the classroom topic of questions.
Content
T shows a picture card of a girl with her hand up answering a question. Ss guess what she is doing. T then plays a short Chant of letters from the previous units to warm up Ss' pronunciation.
Expected outcomes
Ss say the sentence She's answering a question (or similar) in response to the picture, and recite the chant with correct pronunciation.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class and shows the picture card. T asks: "What's she doing?" T gives an example: "She's answering a question."
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and listen carefully to the question and the example.
Teacher
T asks the class: "Is she answering a question or doing a quiz?" T plays the chant "A, B, C – Hello, Hi!" and claps the rhythm.
Pupils
Ss answer: "She's answering a question." Ss chant together with T and clap the rhythm.
Teacher
T calls on 2 or 3 Ss to answer alone and gives feedback: "Well done! Good pronunciation!"
Pupils
2–3 Ss say the answer aloud. Other Ss listen and check.
Teacher
T says: "Today we will learn the letter Q and three new words. Let's open our notebooks!"
Pupils
Ss open their notebooks and get ready for the new lesson.