Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 7 minutes
Jobs Charades
Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about jobs and get ready for the new vocabulary through a fun mime game.
Content
T mimes a job (e.g. holding a stethoscope for a doctor, holding a watering can for a farmer). Ss guess the job in English or Vietnamese, then say 'She/He is a…' Then Ss play in small groups: one student mimes, the others guess.
Expected outcomes
Ss can recall at least two job names they already know and guess the job from actions.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class, introduces the game 'Jobs Charades' and shows the first mime (a doctor with a toy stethoscope). T asks: 'What do I do?'
Pupils
Ss watch and guess. Possible answer: 'You are a doctor.' / 'Doctor!'
Teacher
T calls on 2–3 volunteers to mime (teacher, farmer, nurse). T models the sentence 'She is a farmer.' and asks Ss to repeat it.
Pupils
Ss mime and guess in groups of four. Ss repeat 'She is a farmer.' after T.
Teacher
T asks: 'Which jobs do you know?' and writes the names on the board. T points out that the new words will be learned in the next activity.
Pupils
Ss call out names: 'Teacher', 'Doctor', 'Driver', 'Cook'… (expected answers).
Teacher
T praises the group with the most correct guesses and says: 'Today we will learn four new jobs.'
Pupils
Ss clap and say 'Yes, teacher!'