Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Action Chain: What are you doing?
Aims
Ss revise action words with -ing and the question What are you doing? to prepare for the lesson.
Content
T mimes actions (singing, dancing, reading, drawing) and Ss guess. Then Ss play a quick mime game in pairs using the question What are you doing? and the answer I'm + -ing.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least four actions with -ing forms and ask and answer What are you doing? with I'm + activity in pairs.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T stands in front of the class and mimes singing. T asks: What am I doing? T lets Ss answer and then says: Good! Today we will learn more about activities. Let's play a game.
Pupils
Ss look at T and answer: You're singing! / You're singing a song!
Teacher
T asks one S to mime an action (e.g., dancing) while the others ask: What are you doing? T models the answer: I'm dancing. Then T lets pairs play the same game, one mimes and one asks.
Pupils
Ss mime actions in pairs. Partner asks: What are you doing? The S mimes answers: I'm dancing / I'm reading / I'm drawing.
Teacher
T invites three pairs to show their mime in front of the class and asks the class: What is he/she doing? Ss answer.
Pupils
Ss stand up, mime and answer the class. Expected answers: He's reading. She's drawing. They're singing.
Teacher
T writes on the board: What are you doing? – I'm + verb-ing. T reminds Ss that they will use these patterns in the lesson and gives praise.
Pupils
Ss copy the structures into their notebooks and repeat the question and answer together with T.