Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Warm-up: What is in my house?
a) Aims
Ss recall the vocabulary about rooms and furniture and get ready for the topic of the lesson.
b) Content
Ss look at the flashcards with the words apartment, living room, kitchen, wardrobe, cupboard, shelf, pillow and hall. T asks Ss to say which rooms or things they have at home. T asks: 'What rooms are there in your house?' and 'Where is your pillow?'
c) Expected outcomes
Ss name at least three rooms or items from the flashcards, for example: 'I have a living room and a kitchen. My pillow is on my bed.' Ss are ready to talk about possession and position in the house.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the flashcards one by one and asks: 'What is this?' T then asks the guiding questions: 'What rooms are in your house?' and 'Where is your pillow?'
Students
Ss look at the flashcards, read the words aloud and listen to the questions.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T gives Ss 1 minute to think and to whisper their answers to a partner. T walks around and helps Ss with the pronunciation of the new words.
Students
Ss work in pairs, take turns to answer, for example: 'I have a kitchen. My wardrobe is in my bedroom.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T calls on 3–4 pairs to share their answers with the class and gives feedback on the pronunciation.
Students
Some Ss report: 'In my house there is a living room, a kitchen and a hall.' Other Ss listen and repeat the words.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the Ss and says: 'Today we will learn how to show whose things they are and where they are in the house.' T writes the title on the board: Possessive 's and prepositions of place.
Students
Ss copy the title into their notebooks and get ready for the new lesson.