Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Colour Bingo Warm-up
Aims
Ss recall the names of familiar objects and get ready to hear the new colour words.
Content
T shows real objects or pictures (pen, school bag, eraser, pencil) and Ss call out the names in English. Then T plays a quick 'Touch and say' game with colour words that Ss already know, such as white and black, to activate prior knowledge.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least four objects in English and say two colour words they already know.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T holds up a pen and asks: 'What's this?' T then gives the instruction: 'Touch and say the name of the thing I show you.'
Pupils
Ss listen to the instruction and get ready to answer.
Teacher
T shows a school bag, an eraser and a pencil one by one and asks: 'What's this?' T then says 'Touch the white thing!' and models the action.
Pupils
Ss answer 'It's a school bag / an eraser / a pencil.' Ss touch the white object and say 'It's white!'
Teacher
T asks a few Ss to name the objects they see and invites the class to clap for correct answers.
Pupils
Some Ss report: 'It's a pen. It's blue.' The class claps for correct answers.
Teacher
T writes the title 'Colours' on the board and says: 'Today we will learn new colour words.'
Pupils
Ss repeat 'Colours' and look at the board.