Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Warm-up: Weather pass-the-ball
Aims
Ss recall the question and answer pattern for past weather and get ready for the review lesson.
Content
Ss pass a ball around the class while music plays. When the music stops, the student holding the ball answers the teacher's question about the weather. Question: What was the weather like last weekend?
Expected outcomes
Ss answer correctly with sentences such as 'It was sunny.' or 'It was windy.' and repeat the pattern chorally.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class and says: 'Let's play Pass the ball! When the music stops, you answer my question.' T shows a picture of a windy day and asks: 'What was the weather like last weekend?'
Pupils
Ss listen to the rules, sit in a circle or in rows and get ready to pass the ball.
Teacher
T plays music, stops it at random, and asks the student holding the ball a weather question. T gives a star to each correct answer.
Pupils
Ss pass the ball. The student holding the ball answers, for example: 'It was cloudy.' or 'It was rainy.' Expected answers: 'It was sunny.' / 'It was windy.' / 'It was cloudy.' / 'It was rainy.'
Teacher
T writes the pattern on the board: What was the weather like...? / It was sunny. T asks the class to repeat it chorally, then in pairs.
Pupils
Ss repeat the pattern chorally, then practise it with a partner for 30 seconds.
Teacher
T says: 'Today we review Units 16 to 20. Remember: we use was for past weather and is for today.' T writes the title of the lesson, Review 4, on the board.
Pupils
Ss copy the title and the goal of the lesson into their notebooks.