Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Hello Song and Hobby Guessing
Aims
Ss get ready for the lesson, recall the topic of hobbies and link pictures with the words they already know.
Content
T plays a short greeting song, then shows picture cards of hobbies (singing, drawing, dancing, swimming) one at a time. Ss guess the hobby by miming the action.
Expected outcomes
Ss say the names of the hobbies they know and mime them in a lively way, showing they are ready to learn.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class with 'Good morning, class! How are you today?' and plays a short greeting song. T says, 'Today we will talk about hobbies. Let's play a guessing game!'
Pupils
Ss greet T back, sing along with the song and stand up to join the game.
Teacher
T shows a picture card and mimes the action of singing. T asks, 'What am I doing?'
Pupils
Ss guess: 'You are singing!' Then they mime the action of drawing, dancing and swimming for the others to guess.
Teacher
T writes the words singing, drawing, dancing and swimming on the board and asks, 'Who can say these words?'
Pupils
Some Ss read the words aloud. Expected answers: 'singing', 'drawing', 'dancing', 'swimming'.
Teacher
T praises Ss and says, 'Good job! These are hobbies. Today we will learn how to ask and answer about hobbies.'
Pupils
Ss repeat after T: 'Hobbies!' and sit down.