Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 8 minutes
Beach Memory Guess
Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about beach trips and recall the topic 'Family time' before the new lesson.
Content
T shows pictures of a beach, a boat and a plate of seafood one by one and asks Ss to guess what the family did. Ss use the simple past in short answers. The class then sings a short chant 'Did you, did you, did you go?' to warm up the auxiliary 'did'.
Expected outcomes
Ss can name three beach-related pictures and make at least two short past-tense sentences such as 'They went to the beach' or 'They ate seafood'.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T shows the picture of the beach and asks: 'Where did the family go last summer?' T gives the instruction: 'Guess what the family did at the beach.'
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and listen to the question. Ss work in pairs to guess the activity.
Teacher
T shows the pictures of the boat and the seafood, and asks: 'Did they take a boat trip? What did they eat?' T leads the chant 'Did you, did you, did you go?' and claps the rhythm.
Pupils
Ss answer in short sentences, e.g. 'Yes, they did.' / 'They ate seafood.' Ss chant together with T.
Teacher
T invites 3 pairs to share their guesses with the class and writes the best sentences on the board.
Pupils
Representative pairs report: 'They took a boat trip.' / 'They had seafood.' Other Ss listen and correct each other politely.
Teacher
T praises the good guesses and says: 'Today we will learn how to ask and answer about a family trip to the beach.'
Pupils
Ss repeat the lesson topic: 'Family time – What did your family do at the beach?'