Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Hello and Goodbye Stand-up Game
Aims
- Ss review greetings from earlier units and get ready for the new sounds and words.
Content
- T and Ss greet each other with Hello, and say Bye when they leave the circle.
- Ss stand up when they hear a greeting and sit down when they hear a farewell.
- Ss answer the review question How are you? – I'm fine, thank you.
Expected outcomes
- Ss greet and reply with correct patterns: Hello. / Hi. / How are you? – I'm fine, thank you. / Bye!
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T stands at the front, waves and says: 'Hello, class!' T explains the game: stand up for Hello or Hi, sit down for Bye.
Pupils
Ss listen and watch T's gestures. Ss stand up and wave: 'Hello, teacher!'
Teacher
T says the words quickly in random order (hello, bye, hi, bye, hello) and asks: 'How are you?'
Pupils
Ss stand, sit and reply. Expected answer: 'I'm fine, thank you.' Ss say 'Bye!' when they sit down.
Teacher
T asks: 'Which word do we say when we meet?' and 'Which word do we say when we leave?'
Pupils
Ss answer: 'Hello' or 'Hi' when we meet; 'Bye' or 'Goodbye' when we leave.
Teacher
T praises the class and introduces the topic: 'Today we will learn the sounds in hello and bye.'
Pupils
Ss repeat after T: 'Hello, bye.' and open their textbooks at page 'Unit 1 Lesson 3'.