Dates English Teacher

Pre-Activity

Activity 1 Listen and repeat. 5 min
Objectives: to introduce the unit topic; to warm up
STEP 1: Ask the pupils to listen to the song and say what this song is about. Play the DVD.
STEP 2: Play the DVD again and ask them to repeat the song.

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   Mainpart
   

Activity 2 Play “Do You Like …?” 6 min
Objectives: to revise the food vocabulary and language; to have fun
STEP 1: Write 10-15 food words on the board. Also prepare a set of food cards with these foods.
STEP 2: Choose a leader and give him/her any food card. The leader keeps it a secret.
STEP 3: Ask other pupils to look at the board. They must choose any food and ask the leader about it. For example:
“Madina, do you like hamburgers?”
The leader looks at his/her card and answers: “No, I don‟t” if he/she has a different card and the game goes on. If a pupil asks the right question, the leader yells: “Yes, I do. Give me pizza!”
STEP 4: The one who found the food continues the game in the same manner.


Activity 3 Work in pairs. Read and say True or False. 8 min Objective: to give practice in reading for detailed information STEP 1: Ask the pupils to read the text silently and individually.
STEP 2: Ask the pupils to work in pairs. Ask them to read the sentences 1-5 under the text and say True or False.
STEP 3: You can check the answers involving the whole class.

Answer key:

1 People had porridge 9 000 yearsago.True. 2 Farmers in Africa had a kind of porridge 5 000 years ago.False.

3. 
   Farmers, children and sick people in Europe had breakfast 2 000 years ago.True.
   
4. 
   People in 16th century had breakfast with coffee or tea.True.
   
5. 
   Breakfast is important because it gives minerals and vitamins to our body. True. Activity 4a Work in pairs. Listen and choose the pictures for Serena and Jane. 8 min Objective: to practise listening for specificinformation
   

STEP 1: Ask the pupils to look at the three pictures of breakfast tables and study them attentively.
STEP 2: Say that the pupils should listen to the DVD and find out which breakfast table is Serena‟s and which is Jane‟s. Play the DVD.
Answer key: Picture A is Serena‟s breakfast. Picture C is Jane‟s breakfast.