Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Jobs Flashcard Race
Aims
Ss review the job and workplace words from Unit 12 and recall the question What does he/she do?
Content
T shows flashcards quickly, one by one. Ss say the word with the article (a teacher, a doctor, a farmer, a nurse). Then T asks two or three Ss Where does he/she work? and Ss answer with the places (school, hospital, farm, nursing home).
Expected outcomes
Ss say the job words and the places correctly and are ready to listen to the new sounds.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class and says: Let's play a quick flashcard race. Are you ready? T shows the flashcards for about 1 minute and asks: What's this?
Pupils
Ss look at the cards and answer: It's a doctor. / It's a farmer. / It's a nurse. / It's a teacher.
Teacher
T models: What does he do? / He's a farmer. Then T asks a pair of Ss to practise the same questions with two other flashcards.
Pupils
Ss work in pairs, asking What does he/she do? and answering He's/She's a + job. Expected answer: He's a nurse. She's a teacher.
Teacher
T shows the place flashcards and asks: Where does she work? T praises Ss and says: Good! Today we will learn more about jobs and workplaces.
Pupils
Ss answer: She works at a hospital. / He works at a school. / He works on a farm. Ss listen to the teacher.