Dates English Teacher

Activity 1 Listen and sing. 8 min
Objectives: to warm up by singing the song; to check homework
STEP 1: Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen to the song and sing it. Look at Unit 5 Lesson 1 Activity 1 for the DVD script.
STEP 2: Checking homework. The pupils work in pairs. Pupil A says about his/her people, their birthdays and years of birth and Pupil B listens. Then they change the roles.
e.g. Pupil A: My grandfather‟s birthday is on the 26th of September. He was born in 1951.

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Activity 2 Look and answer the questions. Find the meaning of the words with *. 7 min
Objectives: to practise working with the Wordlist; to pronounce the new words correctly and establish their meaning; to give practice in talking about a picture
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to read the questions and look up the meaning of the words with * in the Wordlist. They should write them in the exercise books.
STEP 2: Ask them to listen and repeat the new words after you.
STEP 3: The pupils answer the questions.

Activity 3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer. 8 min

Objective: to practise making questions and answering
STEP 1: Explain that the pupils work in pairs and make questions using the table and answer using the words in the cloud. Demonstrate with a pupil.
STEP 2: In pairs the pupils ask and answer as in the example.

Activity 4a Choose 2 presents for your family/friends and write 2 sentences. 7 min

Objective: to give practice in writing sentences
STEP 1: Introduce the new word “mobile phone”. Ask the pupils to listen and repeat the word after you.
STEP 2: Ask the pupils if they understand all the pictures.
STEP 3: The pupils write two sentences about the presents. Write a sentence starter to help them, e.g. A … is for my ... because he/she likes ... Help the pupils see that they need to know the sex/gender of the person because they will need to use it for he/she. e.g. A football is for my friend Azamat because he likes playing football.