Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
TV in our lives
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about TV programmes and share how often they watch TV, so that they are ready to listen and write about TV habits.
b) Content
Ss look at pictures of different TV programmes on the slide and answer T's questions: What kinds of TV programmes do you know? Which programme do you like best? How often do you watch TV? Ss match the words cartoon, documentary, comedy and news with the pictures.
c) Expected outcomes
Ss give the names of 4 to 5 programme types, for example: cartoon, documentary, comedy, news, game show. Ss can say one simple sentence about their favourite programme, for example: 'I like cartoons because they are funny.' Ss understand the lesson goal: listen for specific information and write a paragraph about their TV habits.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the pictures of TV programmes and asks: 'What kinds of TV programmes do you know?' T writes the lesson title Television and the goal on the board.
Students
Ss look at the pictures and think about the questions silently for 30 seconds.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks Ss to work in pairs. Pairs name the programmes in the pictures and ask each other: 'How often do you watch TV?'
Students
Pairs match the words with the pictures and answer. Possible answers: 'I watch TV every evening.' / 'I like cartoons because they are funny.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T calls on 3 pairs to share their answers and writes the programme words on the board.
Students
Representatives report: 'We like documentaries because we like animals.' Other Ss add any new programme names.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the words cartoon, documentary, comedy and programme, and explains that today Ss will listen for details and write about their own TV habits.
Students
Ss copy the new words into their notebook and repeat them after T.