Dates English Teacher

Activity 3a Work in pairs. Read and put in order. 7 min

Objectives: to develop writing skills; to raise awareness of cultural information
Explain to the pupils that if they want to go to their friend‟s birthday party, they must send the answer to the invitation. Remind the pupils about the structure of a letter.

Answer key:

Dear John
Thank you for your invitation. I want to come.
See you on 12 July. Tom

4. 
   Post-activity
   

Activity 3b Write your answer to the invitation card. 7 min
Objective: to develop writing skills
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to write the answer to the invitation cards they have received from the homework. If they do not have any, they should write to an imaginary friend.
STEP 2: Some pupils read their cards aloud.

5. 
   Homework 2 min
   

Ask the pupils to look at the homework on Page 95. Check that everybody understands what to do with the two tasks. If necessary, explain how to do the homework.

6. 
   Evaluation. Givingmarks
   

Lesson 4 My best birthday

The aim of the lesson:
Educational: - to learn about “thank-you” letters.
Developing: - to enable pupils to read, write and talk about best birthdays; - to enable pupils to write “thankyou” letters; - to enable pupils to read for the main ideas and listen for specific information.
Socio-cultural: - to raise awareness of “thank-you” letters.
Competence: SC1, SC2, LC, FLCC
Learning outcomes: At the end of the lesson pupils will be able to: - read, write and talk about best birthdays; - write “thankyou” letters; - read for the main ideas; - listen for specific information.