Unit 1 Greetings

Activity 3 Look and do.

Objective: to do physical exercise and energise the pupils

Ask the pupils to remember the poem they practised during the last two lessons.

I can hop like a hare.

I can walk like a bear.

I can run like a dog.

I can swim like a dog.

Ask the pupils to repeat its lines together with you and, at the same time, show the actions. First, jump, then walk, show the action of running and swimming.

Activity 4a Look, listen and repeat.

Objectives: to practise interviewing

to introduce new vocabulary (lion, zebra, giraffe)

STEP 1: Tell the pupils to imagine that they are at the zoo, where all the animals can talk. This will be our zoo. Then ask the pupils to listen to what you will ask from the animals and what their answers will be to your questions. They need to listen and guess the two new words they hear. Play a kind of comic scene before the pupils.

Hang the flashcard of a tiger on the blackboard and act out the following dialogue:

– What’s your name?

– I am a tiger.

– Can you play football? (Answer for the tiger in an angry voice.)

– No. I can bite. (Show how it “bites”)

Then hang the flashcard with a crocodile on the blackboard and ask it the same questions:

– What’s your name?

– I am a crocodile.

– Can you fly a kite? (Answer imitating the voice of the crocodile)

– No. I can bite. (Show how it “bites”)

Then hang the flashcard with a lion on the board and again ask:

– What’s your name?

– I am a lion.

– Can you play snowballs? (Answer for the lion in an angry voice.)

– No. I can bite. (Show how it “bites”)
 Then ask the pupils what they have understood and what the word “bite” means, and say that it means “tishlamoq / кусаться”. After that, introduce the new word “lion”. Point to the flashcard of a line on the board and have the pupils practise its pronunciation in chorus and individually.
STEP 2: Further, say that the lion is the king of beasts, and the lions can be seen almost in all zoos. However, the giraffe is an unusual animal and it is not often seen in our zoos. Therefore, offer the pupils to take the giraffe to our zoo. Hang the flashcard of a giraffe on the blackboard and practise its pronunciation with the pupils. Also hang the flashcard of a zebra on the board and say that it is an interesting animal, and it is easy to learn. Then practise its pronunciation with the pupils.

STEP 3: Then offer the pupils to be the new animals and speak about themselves. Ask who wants to be a lion, zebra and giraffe. When the volunteers are selected, help them to talk about “themselves” as follows:

I am a lion. I am big, I am yellow. I’ve got four legs. I can jump. (Shows).

I am a zebra. I am big. I am black and white. I’ve got four legs. I can run. (Shows)

I am a giraffe. I am big. I am yellow and brown. I’ve got four legs. I can walk. (Shows)