Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 4 minutes
Where's the ball? (Warm-up and review)
Aims
To activate prior knowledge of prepositions of place and the question Where's...?, and to lead Ss into the lesson.
Content
T places a ball in different positions around a box and a book, and asks Ss where the ball is. Ss answer with It's next to / opposite / behind / between... Ss review the vocabulary from earlier lessons.
Expected outcomes
Ss answer at least three questions about the position of the ball, using the correct preposition and the structure It's ... the box.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class and shows a ball and a box. T says: Look at the ball. Where's the ball? T asks the question with a gesture.
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and listen to the question.
Teacher
T moves the ball to the position next to the box, then behind the box. T asks: Where's the ball now? Ss reply.
Pupils
Ss answer in chorus: It's next to the box. / It's behind the box. T praises Ss who answer in full sentences.
Teacher
T asks two or three Ss to come to the front and move the ball to a new position, then ask the class: Where's the ball?
Pupils
Volunteers move the ball and ask the question. Classmates answer: It's opposite the box. / It's between the book and the bag.
Teacher
T writes the new words behind and between on the board and says: Today we will learn the words behind and between. Let's open the book.
Pupils
Ss open their Student's Book and repeat the title of the lesson.