Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Mystery Bag
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, recall the word 'toy' and guess the names of toys from simple clues.
Content
T puts toy pictures into a mystery bag and describes them with simple clues: 'It is big. It has wheels.' Ss guess the toy and say 'It is a truck / bus.' Then T asks, 'Do you have toys?' to lead into the lesson.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least three toys in English and answer the question 'Do you have toys?' with a short reply.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets Ss, shows the mystery bag and says, 'Let's play a guessing game. Listen to my clue and guess the toy.'
Pupils
Ss sit in their groups and listen to T carefully.
Teacher
T takes out each picture one by one, gives a clue and waits for the answer. Example: 'It is big. It has wheels and it carries people.'
Pupils
Ss guess the toy in chorus, e.g. 'It's a bus!'
Teacher
T asks a few individual Ss: 'What toys do you have at home?'
Pupils
Ss answer in simple English or in Vietnamese if needed, e.g. 'I have a teddy bear.' (Em có một con gấu bông.)
Teacher
T praises the class and says, 'Today we will learn new words about toys and how to say that we have toys.'
Pupils
Ss repeat the title of the lesson: 'Our toys.'