Activity 1: Warm-up · 10 minutes
Warm-up: Guess the dream school
a) Aims
Ss recall school-related vocabulary and activate their own ideas about a dream school.
b) Content
T shows three pictures: a boarding school, a school in the countryside with a big garden, and a school with a large playground. Ss guess the type of each school and say what they can see. Then Ss answer the questions: Where is your dream school? What do you want to have in it?
c) Expected outcomes
Ss name at least three features of their dream school, for example: 'My dream school is in the countryside. It has a big playground and a library.' Typical answers: a library, a garden, a playground, a computer room, a music club.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T writes 'My Dream School' on the board and asks: Look at the pictures. Which school is a boarding school? Which school do you want to study in? Then tell your partner one thing you want in your dream school.
Students
Ss look at the pictures and listen to the instructions.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T walks around, helps Ss with words they need and gives 2 minutes for pair talk.
Students
Ss work in pairs and discuss the questions, using words such as playground, library, garden and classroom.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T calls on some pairs and asks: Is your dream school in the city or in the countryside?
Students
Ss answer, for example: 'I want a school in the countryside with a big garden.' Other Ss give their own ideas.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the good ideas and introduces the task: 'Today we will design our own dream school and present it in 1–2 minutes.'
Students
Ss listen and write the title of the project in their notebooks.