Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Simon Says: Body Parts
Aims
Ss review the names of body parts and get ready for the new sounds and structures of the lesson.
Content
T plays 'Simon Says' with the commands: 'Touch your hair!', 'Touch your ears!', 'Touch your nose!', 'Open your mouth!'. Ss do the action only when T says 'Simon says'. Then T shows picture cards and Ss say the words together.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least 5 body parts correctly (face, nose, eyes, ears, hair, mouth, hand) and follow the commands quickly.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T explains the rule of 'Simon Says' in English and demonstrates two commands. T says: 'Simon says touch your hair!'
Pupils
Ss listen and follow the rule. Ss stand up and get ready to play.
Teacher
T gives 6–8 commands, some with 'Simon says' and some without. T keeps the pace fast and corrects mistakes gently. T asks: 'What is this?' while pointing to the picture of the hair.
Pupils
Ss touch the body part or open the mouth only when the command starts with 'Simon says'. Ss answer: 'It's hair.' / 'It's an ear.'
Teacher
T shows the picture cards one by one and asks: 'What's this?'
Pupils
Ss answer chorally: 'It's a face.' 'It's a nose.' 'It's hair.' 'It's ears.'
Teacher
T praises Ss and introduces the title 'Our bodies' and the two new target words: hair and ears.
Pupils
Ss repeat the two words after T and open their textbooks to Unit 4, Lesson 3.