Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Mime and guess
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, recall the topic of outdoor activities and hear the target question.
Content
T mimes an outdoor activity (skating, cycling, flying a kite, skipping) and asks 'What am I doing?'. Ss guess and answer with the full sentence pattern.
Expected outcomes
Ss can name at least two outdoor activities by looking at T's mime and say the pattern 'You're + activity.'
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class, shows the picture of a boy flying a kite and asks: 'What's he doing?' T sets the goal: 'Today we learn about outdoor activities.'
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and listen. Ss may answer: 'He's flying a kite.'
Teacher
T mimes skating, cycling, skipping and flying a kite one by one, and asks: 'What am I doing?'
Pupils
Ss guess and answer, e.g. 'You're skating.' / 'You're cycling.' / 'You're skipping.'
Teacher
T praises the correct answers and writes the four words on the board. T asks: 'Who can say the name of this activity?'
Pupils
Ss point to the words and read them aloud with T.
Teacher
T leads into the lesson: 'Now we will learn how to ask and answer about what someone is doing.'
Pupils
Ss open their textbooks at Unit 19, Lesson 2.