Activity 1: Warm-up · 8 minutes
Brainstorm: What is your school like?
a) Aims
Ss activate school vocabulary and get ready for the listening and writing tasks of the lesson.
b) Content
Ss work in groups of four to brainstorm words about school using the eight vocabulary items: subject, uniform, classmate, compass (com-pa), calculator, boarding school (trường nội trú), playground, creative. Each group makes one sentence about their own school with a new word.
c) Expected outcomes
A word web on the board with at least eight words. Each group gives one sentence, for example: 'My school has a big playground.' or 'My classmates are creative.'
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T says: 'Today we will listen for specific information and write about our school. Look at the eight words on the board. Which words do you know? Which words describe your school?' T shows the word cards and models the pronunciation of 'boarding school' /ˈbɔːdɪŋ skuːl/ and 'playground' /ˈpleɪɡraʊnd/.
Students
Ss listen, repeat the words chorally and then individually.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T gives each group a piece of paper and two minutes to brainstorm. T walks around and helps groups with pronunciation and meaning.
Students
Ss discuss in groups, write words on the paper and make one sentence about their school. Likely answer: 'Our school has a big playground and a library.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites one representative from each group to stick the word cards on the board and read the sentence aloud.
Students
Representatives read their sentences. Other groups listen and say whether the sentence is correct. Likely answer: 'Yes, our school has a playground too.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the groups and says: 'Today we will listen to a student talking about her school and then write our own paragraph.' T writes the lesson aim on the board.
Students
Ss copy the lesson aim into their notebooks.