Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Retrieve before checking
a) Aims
Ss recall Unit 8 vocabulary and structures from memory and identify the type of error they make when an answer is wrong.
b) Content
Ss cover the memory section of the Unit 8 Looking Back page with a sheet of paper. Without looking, Ss write five words from Unit 8 and one structure they have learned (for example, 'Did + subject + bare infinitive?'). Then T asks four quick questions: 'What do swimmers use to protect their eyes?', 'What is the past form of win?', 'What comes after Did not?', 'Which word is the person who checks that players follow the rules?'. After answering, Ss uncover the memory section and check their answers.
c) Expected outcomes
- A list of five Unit 8 words and one structure written from memory.
- A short error log with each mistake marked as one of four types: meaning, word form, word order, or missing information.
- Correct answers: goggles; won; bare infinitive (for example, bring, play, go); referee.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T says: 'Cover the memory section of your book. Write five words from Unit 8 and one structure you have learned. You have two minutes. Do not look at the book.' T writes the four warm-up questions on the board.
Students
Ss cover the memory section with a sheet of paper and start writing words and one structure in their notebooks.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T walks around, checks quickly and asks: 'Which word do you find hardest to remember?' T gives the time signal after two minutes.
Students
Ss answer the four questions in writing. Possible answers: 'Goggles.' / 'Won.' / 'A bare infinitive, for example bring.' / 'Referee.' Ss then uncover the memory section and compare.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T asks: 'Who got all four questions right? What type of mistake did you make? Was it meaning, word form, word order or missing information?' T writes the four error types on the board.
Students
Some Ss raise hands: 'I mixed up referee and winner.' (meaning). 'I wrote won as win.' (word form). 'I wrote did not standing.' (word order). 'I forgot the word after Did.' (missing information).
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T confirms the correct answers and reminds Ss that a wrong answer tells them which rule to review. T says: 'Today we will check each mistake with a rule, not with memory alone.'
Students
Ss write the corrected answers next to their error log and draw a line between each mistake and its error type.