Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Guessing TV Programmes
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about TV programmes and get ready for the topic words of Unit 7.
b) Content
Ss look at 4 pictures on the slide (a cartoon character, a nature scene, a funny TV show, a TV remote control) and answer the teacher's questions: 'What do you see in the picture?' and 'What is your favourite TV programme?'
c) Expected outcomes
Ss name 4 types of TV programmes in English or Vietnamese, for example: cartoon, documentary, comedy, news. Ss state their favourite programme in one sentence, for example: 'My favourite programme is a cartoon.'
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows four pictures and asks: 'What can you see? Do you like watching TV? What is your favourite programme?'
Students
Ss look at the pictures and listen to the teacher's instructions.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T gives Ss 1 minute to think and then asks them to whisper their answers to a partner.
Students
Ss talk in pairs, for example: 'It is a cartoon. I like cartoons.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T invites 3 to 4 Ss to share their answers with the class and writes the words they say on the board.
Students
Ss report, for example: 'My favourite programme is a comedy.' 'I like documentaries because they are interesting.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the answers and says: 'Today we will learn eight words about television. Let's open our books at Unit 7, A Closer Look 1.'
Students
Ss open their books and get ready to learn the new lesson.