Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Hobby Mime Game
Aims
Ss revise the hobby words from Unit 5 and get ready for the new sounds in the lesson.
Content
T mimes or shows picture cards of hobbies (painting, running, singing, drawing, dancing, swimming). Ss guess the hobby in English. Then Ss mime a hobby for a partner to guess.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least six hobbies correctly in English, for example: painting, running, singing, drawing, dancing, swimming.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T says: Hello class! Let's play a Hobby Mime game. I will act a hobby. Please guess and say it in English. T writes the word HOBBIES on the board.
Pupils
Ss look at the teacher and get ready to guess.
Teacher
T mimes painting (brush and paint motion). T asks: What am I doing? Let's say it together. T then mimes running, singing, drawing and dancing.
Pupils
Ss guess and answer: Painting! / Running! / Singing! / Drawing! / Dancing! Ss repeat the words after T.
Teacher
T asks two volunteers to mime a hobby. T asks the class: What is he/she doing?
Pupils
Volunteers mime. Other Ss answer: He's running. / She's painting.
Teacher
T praises the class and writes the words on the board: painting – running – singing – drawing – dancing – swimming. T says: Today we will learn two important sounds in painting and running.
Pupils
Ss copy the words into their notebooks and look at the board.