Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 7 minutes
Warm-up: Where do you live?
Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about homes and places, and get ready for the lesson.
Content
Ss play a quick chant game about where people live. T shows the picture of a house and asks the question, Ss answer with the sentence pattern I live in a village or I live in an apartment.
Expected outcomes
Ss answer the question Where do you live? correctly with at least one sentence pattern.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T says: 'Hello, class! Today we learn about our homes. Let's chant: Where do you live? Where do you live?' T points to a picture of a village and says: 'Where do I live? I live in a village.' T asks: 'Where do you live?'
Pupils
Ss repeat the chant with T and clap the rhythm.
Teacher
T passes a soft ball to a S, who must answer the question, then passes the ball to another S. Q: 'Where do you live?' Expected answers: 'I live in a village.' / 'I live in an apartment.'
Pupils
Ss stand in a circle, pass the ball and answer the question. A: 'I live in an apartment.' B: 'I live in a village.'
Teacher
T asks 2–3 Ss to answer loudly and invites the class to clap for each correct answer.
Pupils
Some Ss report their answers to the class. Expected answer: 'I live in a village.'
Teacher
T praises the class and writes the two patterns on the board: I live in a village. / I live in an apartment.
Pupils
Ss copy the two patterns into their notebooks.