Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 7 minutes
Mime and Guess: Free-time Activities
Aims
Ss recall familiar free-time activities and get ready for the lesson in a fun, active way.
Content
T mimes an activity and Ss guess it in full sentences: 'You are reading.' Then Ss take turns to mime and the class guesses. T uses the question 'What do you like doing in your free time?' to lead into the lesson.
Expected outcomes
Ss say at least five activities in full sentences, for example 'You are playing chess.' and answer 'I like reading books.'
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T says: 'Let's play Mime and Guess! I will do an activity, and you guess it. Please use a full sentence.' T mimes reading a book.
Pupils
Ss listen and watch carefully.
Teacher
T asks: 'What am I doing?' and models the answer: 'You are reading.' T mimes gardening, walking and riding a bike. Then T picks a volunteer to mime and asks the class: 'What is he/she doing?'
Pupils
Ss guess and answer in full sentences, for example 'You are gardening.' / 'She is riding a bike.' A volunteer mimes and the class answers.
Teacher
T asks 'What do you like doing in your free time?' and calls on 2 or 3 Ss to answer.
Pupils
Ss answer, for example 'I like walking in the park.' / 'I like playing chess.'
Teacher
T praises the class and says: 'Today we will learn how to talk about what we do at the weekend.' T writes the title on the board.
Pupils
Ss open their notebooks and write the title 'Our free-time activities'.