Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 4 minutes
Hello, my class!
Aims
Ss greet each other, review the words class, teacher, friend and school, and get ready to listen to and use the polite request.
Content
Ss greet the teacher and their classmates with Hello. Then Ss look at picture flashcards of class, teacher, friend and school and say each word aloud. Finally, T says one sentence very quietly, and Ss ask: Could you say that again, please?
Expected outcomes
Ss greet each other, name the four flashcards correctly, and use the request Could you say that again, please? at least once.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T greets the class: 'Hello, class! How are you today?' T shows the flashcards class, teacher, friend and school, one by one, and asks: 'What is this?'
Pupils
Ss greet T back: 'Hello, Ms/Mr ...!' Ss look at the flashcards and answer the question.
Teacher
T says quietly: 'I am in Class 5A.' T pauses and waits. Then T models the request: 'Could you say that again, please?' and asks Ss to repeat the request together.
Pupils
Ss listen and try to catch the sentence. Ss ask in chorus: 'Could you say that again, please?'
Teacher
T calls on 2 or 3 Ss to ask T the request with a different sentence. T praises their pronunciation and polite tone.
Pupils
Ss ask the request individually. Expected answer from T: 'Yes, of course.' Ss respond with 'Thank you!'
Teacher
T writes the request on the board and highlights please. T says: 'We use please to make a request polite.'
Pupils
Ss copy the sentence into their notebooks and repeat it once more.