Activity 1: Warm-up · 8 minutes
Brainstorming natural wonders
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of natural wonders and recall the topic of the unit before the project task.
b) Content
T shows four pictures (a waterfall, an island, a cave, a desert) and asks Ss to name each one. Ss answer the questions: 'What can you see in this picture?' and 'Have you ever visited a natural wonder? Where did you go?'
c) Expected outcomes
Each pair lists four natural wonders with one short sentence for each, for example: 'A waterfall is water falling from high rocks.' Pairs also name one natural wonder in Viet Nam that they know.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T displays the four pictures and asks: 'What is this place?' T introduces the project title 'Dream destination' and says that Ss will design a poster about a natural wonder they want to visit.
Students
Ss listen and look at the pictures.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T gives pairs one minute to name the pictures and discuss their own travel experience.
Students
Pairs discuss. Expected answers: 'It is a waterfall.' 'It is a cave.' 'I have visited Ha Long Bay with my family.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites three pairs to share their answers and writes the useful words on the board.
Students
Three pairs report. Expected answer: 'We know Phong Nha cave in Quang Binh.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the answers and states the goal of the lesson: to design a natural-wonder poster with a named place, location, transport, special features, activities and a protection rule.
Students
Ss write the lesson title in their notebooks.