Activity 1: Warm-up · 4 minutes
Sports day quick talk
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of sports and games and get ready for the topic of the lesson.
b) Content
Ss look at the title of the unit and answer quick questions: What sports do you know? Which sport do you like best? Do you join school sports days? Ss shout out words for sports and games they already know.
c) Expected outcomes
Ss name at least five sports or games in English, for example: football, badminton, running, swimming, chess. Ss have a clear idea that the lesson is about a school sports day.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows a picture of a school sports day and asks: What can you see in the picture? What games do you know?
Students
Ss look at the picture and think about the question silently for 10 seconds.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks Ss to work in pairs and list as many sports or games as they can in one minute.
Students
Ss write their words in their notebooks. Possible answers: football, volleyball, running, swimming, badminton, table tennis.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T calls on some pairs to read their lists aloud and writes the words on the board.
Students
Ss read out their words. Some pairs say: We know badminton and relay race. We like swimming.
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the lists and says: Today we will read about a school sports day and talk about fair play. T writes the lesson title on the board.
Students
Ss copy the title into their notebooks and get ready for the new lesson.