Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 5 minutes
Hot seat: What do you think of it?
Aims
Ss recall the topic Places of interest and the key adjectives, and get ready to ask and answer opinion questions.
Content
T shows pictures of Hoi An, Ha Noi and a pagoda. Ss look at each picture and say one word to describe it. In pairs, Ss ask: 'What do you think of ...?' and answer with one adjective.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least five adjectives (beautiful, peaceful, busy, old, modern) and make two short questions and answers with 'What do you think of ...?'.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T shows the picture of Hoi An old town and asks: 'What do you think of this place?' T models the answer: 'I think it is beautiful.'
Pupils
Ss look at the picture and listen. Ss copy the model question and answer in their notebook.
Teacher
T shows the pictures of the river, the pagoda and a modern building one by one. T asks pairs to take turns: 'What do you think of ...?'
Pupils
Ss work in pairs. Student A asks, Student B answers with an adjective, for example 'I think it is busy' or 'It is modern'. Possible answers: 'peaceful', 'old', 'exciting', 'modern'.
Teacher
T calls on three or four pairs to say their answers aloud and writes the adjectives on the board.
Pupils
Ss report their answers. Example: 'I think the pagoda is peaceful.'
Teacher
T praises the good answers and says: 'Today we will learn how to ask and answer about opinions and distance.'
Pupils
Ss write the title of the lesson in their notebook and repeat after T.