Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Brainstorm: Cities I know
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of cities and the vocabulary about places and things in a city, and understand the topic of the lesson.
b) Content
Ss look at a picture of a city (for example, Hue or Ha Noi) and name places they can see, using the words landmark, palace, tower, square. Then Ss say one adjective to describe the city, such as delicious, friendly or exciting.
c) Expected outcomes
A class list of at least six words or phrases about a city on the board, such as 'a palace', 'a tower', 'a square', 'delicious food', 'friendly people', 'an exciting city'.
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows a picture of a city and asks: 'What can you see in this city?' T writes the topic 'Cities of the world' on the board.
Students
Ss look at the picture and listen to the question.
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T asks Ss to work in pairs for 2 minutes and name as many places and adjectives as they can. T monitors and helps with vocabulary.
Students
Ss discuss in pairs and write words in their notebooks. Expected answers: 'a palace', 'a tower', 'a square', 'It is friendly', 'The food is delicious'.
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T asks several pairs to report their words and writes them on the board.
Students
Representative Ss say: 'There is a palace.' / 'The people are friendly.'
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T praises the answers and explains that today Ss will listen to a talk about a city and write a paragraph about a city of their choice. T writes the lesson title 'Skills 2' on the board.
Students
Ss listen and note the lesson objective.