Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Health Chain Game
Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about parts of the body and common health problems and get ready for the lesson.
Content
Ss play a chain game in teams: the T shows a picture of a body part (head, tooth, throat, stomach) and Ss say a sentence with 'I have a...' or 'My ... hurts'.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least four body parts and use the structure 'I have a...' correctly in the game.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T divides the class into four teams and explains the rule: each team sends one student at a time to say a sentence about a pictured body part. T shows the picture of a head and asks: Where is it?
Pupils
Ss listen carefully and form teams. Ss answer: It is the head.
Teacher
T shows pictures of a tooth, a throat and a stomach one by one and monitors the game, helping Ss with pronunciation.
Pupils
Ss take turns: 'My tooth hurts.' / 'I have a sore throat.' Team members check each other's sentences.
Teacher
T asks: What is the matter with you when your head hurts?
Pupils
Ss answer: I have a headache.
Teacher
T praises the teams and writes the title of the lesson on the board: Our health. T says: Today we will learn how to ask about health problems.
Pupils
Ss repeat the title and open their textbooks at Unit 15, Lesson 1.