Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Sports and games brainstorm
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge about sports and games and get ready for the listening and writing topic.
b) Content
T shows six pictures of sports (football, swimming, table tennis, badminton, basketball, aerobics) and asks Ss to name them. T asks: 'What sports do you know?' and 'Do you play any sports? How often?'
c) Expected outcomes
Ss name at least five sports in English. Ss share one sport they play, for example: 'I play badminton twice a week.' or 'I like swimming in summer.'
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the six pictures on the screen and asks: 'What sport is this?' T then asks: 'What sports do you play? How often do you play?'
Students
Ss look at the pictures and listen to the questions.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T gives Ss 1 minute to think, then asks them to work in pairs and share their answers.
Students
Ss work in pairs. Ss say the names of the sports and tell their partner about a sport they play. Expected answer: 'I play table tennis on Sunday.'
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T calls on 3 to 4 pairs to report and writes the sports on the board.
Students
Ss report to the class. Expected answer: 'We play football after school.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises Ss and states the lesson goal: listen for information about a family sports day and write about a sport they like.
Students
Ss copy the topic and lesson goal into their notebooks.