Unit 1 City and village

Subject: English

Theme: Lesson 5 The Millennium Games

Aim:

• to revise the names of countries and means of transport

• to practise listening for specific information

• to practise reading for detail

• to practise writing a short paragraph recycling a number of grammar points: complex sentences, 'can' for ability, 'be going to'

• to learn about the Australia and about the Olympics held in Australia

Equipment: picture, dictionary

T h e p r o c e d u r e o f t h e l e s s o n

1. The beginning of the lesson

2.Checking up the homework

T h e m a i n p a r t o f t h e l e s s o n

Activity 1

Objectives: to prepare for the main activity; to have fun

Tell the class they are going to play Who Knows the Most? Divide the class into two groups. The groups take turns to give one fact about the last Olympic Games. A different member of the team must speak each time. The winners are the group who give the last fact.

Before activity 2a, pin up a world map if you have one, and ask PP to point to Australia, Greece and New Zealand. They can look at the countries near Australia.