Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Simon says: classroom instructions
Aims
Ss revise classroom instructions and listen carefully to the commands with 'please'.
Content
T plays 'Simon says' with the whole class. Ss follow only the commands that begin with 'Simon says'. Commands include: Open your book, please. Close your book, please. Stand up, please. Sit down, please.
Expected outcomes
Ss respond quickly and correctly to the commands and can repeat the four instructions with 'please'.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T introduces the game: 'Simon says, stand up, please.' T models the action. T says, 'If I don't say Simon says, don't move!' T asks: 'Are you ready?'
Pupils
Ss listen to the rules and stand up to show they are ready. Ss answer: 'Yes, we are ready!'
Teacher
T gives instructions quickly, sometimes without 'Simon says', to check attention. T says: 'Simon says, open your book, please.' Then T says: 'Close your book, please.' (no 'Simon says').
Pupils
Ss follow only the 'Simon says' commands. Ss who move by mistake sit down for one turn. Ss say the instruction aloud while doing the action.
Teacher
T asks: 'What do you do when you hear Simon says?' T asks: 'What do we say before we open our books?'
Pupils
Ss answer: 'We do the action.' / 'Open your book, please.' Some Ss may say: 'Simon says, sit down, please.'
Teacher
T writes the four instructions on the board and underlines the word 'please'. T praises Ss for listening carefully and introduces the lesson: 'Today we review Units 6 to 10.'
Pupils
Ss read the four instructions together and copy the title of the lesson into their notebooks.