Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Mime and guess
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, recall the vocabulary of activities and say the target phrases with the correct -ing form.
Content
T mimes four activities (playing basketball, drawing a picture, watching TV, listening to music). Ss guess the activity and say the phrase in English.
Expected outcomes
Ss say the four target phrases correctly and show interest in the lesson.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class and says, 'Let's play a guessing game!' T mimes playing basketball, drawing a picture, watching TV and listening to music, one by one.
Pupils
Ss watch T carefully and raise their hands to guess the activity.
Teacher
T asks, 'What am I doing?' and gives a clue when Ss get stuck. T writes the phrase on the board.
Pupils
Ss answer in chorus, for example 'Playing basketball!' or 'Listening to music!'
Teacher
T chooses 2 Ss to mime one activity each, and the class guesses.
Pupils
Volunteer Ss mime and the class answers with the full phrase, for example 'Drawing a picture!'
Teacher
T praises the class and says, 'Today we will learn how to ask and answer about what you are doing now.'
Pupils
Ss repeat the title of the lesson after T.