Activity 1: Warm-up · 5 minutes
Festival Word Guess
a) Aims
Ss activate prior knowledge of festivals and vocabulary, and notice the question forms that will be studied in the lesson.
b) Content
Ss look at six word cards (parade, feast, costume, fireworks, celebrate, annual) and guess the meaning of each word with a partner. Then Ss make one yes/no question about a festival using one of the words, e.g. “Do people wear costumes at the parade?”
c) Expected outcomes
Ss match each word with its Vietnamese meaning: parade (cuộc diễu hành), feast (bữa tiệc lớn), costume (trang phục lễ hội), fireworks (pháo hoa), celebrate (kỉ niệm/tổ chức mừng), annual (hằng năm). Ss write at least one question starting with Do, Is or Did on the board, e.g. “Do people celebrate the festival every year?”
d) Organisation
Teacher's activities
Students' activities
Teacher
Step 1: Task delivering
T shows the six word cards on the board and asks: “What do you think these words mean? Work in pairs.” T gives a short example: “Is a parade colourful?”
Students
Ss look at the cards and listen to T's instruction. Ss ask T: “Is it a question about the meaning?”
Teacher
Step 2: Task performance
T walks around, helps pairs who are stuck and checks that they can guess the meaning from context.
Students
Pairs guess the meanings and write one question each on a small whiteboard or notebook. Expected answer: “A parade is a march with music and people in costumes.”
Teacher
Step 3: Report and discussion
T asks several pairs to read their questions aloud, e.g. “Does the festival start in the morning?”, and writes them on the board.
Students
Ss read their questions. Other pairs answer: “Yes, it does.” or “No, it doesn't.”
Teacher
Step 4: Conclusion and assessment
T points at the questions on the board and asks: “Which words come after Do, Is or Did?” T says: “Today we will learn how to form yes/no questions in the present and the past.”
Students
Ss note the title of the lesson in their notebooks and look at the questions on the board.