Activity 1: Warm-up and review · 6 minutes
Free-time guessing game
Aims
Ss recall the free-time vocabulary they already know and get ready for the lesson topic.
Content
T divides the class into two teams. T secretly writes one activity on the board, and each team sends one student to mime the activity. The other team guesses in English, for example: "Are you reading?" Ss use the words they know from Grade 4 and previous lessons.
Expected outcomes
Ss name at least four free-time activities in English and say what they like doing in their free time.
Procedure
Teacher's activities
Pupils' activities
Teacher
T explains the game rules and shows the first picture card. T says: "Let's play a guessing game. Mime the activity and I want you to guess it in English."
Pupils
Ss listen carefully and form two teams. Ss ask: "Can we use Vietnamese?" (Answer: No, use English only.)
Teacher
T gives a card to the first student of each team. T encourages the guessing team: "Try to ask a full question, for example: Are you playing chess?"
Pupils
One student mimes an activity (e.g., riding a bike). The other team guesses: "Are you riding a bike?" Ss take turns for about four rounds.
Teacher
T asks the class: "What activities did we see today? Which activity do you like?"
Pupils
Ss answer: "We saw reading and walking. I like walking in the park." Expected answers: reading, gardening, walking, playing chess, riding a bike, surfing the Internet.
Teacher
T writes the six target activities on the board and says: "Today we will learn how to talk about what we do at the weekend."
Pupils
Ss copy the title and the six activities into their notebooks.