Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Warm-up: Sharing a museum visit
a) Aims
Ss recall their own experience of visiting a place and get ready to read about a museum trip.
b) Content
T asks Ss to think about a place they visited with their family or class and answer three questions: Where did you go? What did you see? How did you feel?
T introduces the topic of the lesson: a school club visit to a city museum.
c) Expected outcomes
Ss give at least two short answers about a place they visited, for example: 'I visited the zoo with my family. I saw many animals and I felt happy.'
Ss are ready to read the text about Linh's museum visit.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T writes the three questions on the board and says: 'Think about a place you visited. Answer the three questions in one minute.'
Students
Ss think silently and write down a few keywords in their notebook.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks Ss to turn to a partner and share their answers. T walks around and listens.
Students
Ss talk in pairs, for example: 'We visited the national park. We saw a waterfall. We felt excited.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites three or four pairs to share with the class. T gives praise and writes useful words on the board, such as museum, park, zoo, excited.
Students
Some Ss share their answers in front of the class. Other Ss listen and add ideas.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T says: 'Today we will read about Linh's visit to a city museum. We will find who, where, what and why.' T writes the title of the lesson on the board.
Students
Ss note the title of the lesson and the main task in their notebook.