The postman comes at seven
Pre-reading: T. asks the children to look at the story. T asks (in L1 where necessary) Where are they? Who’s the man? What’s he carrying?
T. follows the steps for presenting stories.
T. asks some questions to check understanding and engage the children. T. asks (avoiding L1 possible) Why are Chatter and Karla arguing? Who is the parcel for?
PB: page 18, 1. Circle.
T. asks the children to look at picture 1. T. says It’s morning. Yes or no? T. elicits Yes.
T. does the example with the class: T. asks the children to read the example sentence, then to read the text at the top of picture 1.T. says The postman comes at six. Yes or no? T. elicits No.
T. asks the children to circle. T. monitors and helps where necessary.
T. checks the answers.
Practice
PB: page 19, Learn with Tag
T. holds up his/her book and points to the picture. T. asks the children to read the example sentence and the grammar box out loud.
T. writes on the board: I …. Books. She … books. And (read). T. points to the gaps and asks the children to tell you the verb form each time. If necessary, T. repeats with other gapped sentences and regular verbs. T. underlines the third person singular s to draw attention ti it.
T. asks the children to find examples of the grammar in the story.
Optional activity
T. writes on the board: play, read, swim, eat, open and walk. T. goes round the class asking children to give him/her a sentence about themselves using one of the verbs. Each time, T. asks the child next to them to say what their friend does (using he/she and the third person singular verb form).
PB: page 19, 2. Circle and write.
T. does the example with the class: T. holds up his/her book, points to the clock and say six. T. points to the verb options and say Sally get up-no. Sally gets up-yes!
T. asks the children to choose the correct verb form and then write the time. T. reminds them to refer to the Learn with Tag box for help. T. monitors and helps where necessary.
T. checks the answers.
PB: page 19, 3. Listen and stick. Then write.
T. asks the children to find the stickers for Lesson 5.
T. plays the CD. T. says Listen and stick. T. stops after each sentence. T. allows enough time for children to stick their stickers.
T. does the first question with the children-reads the first two lines of the audio script, T. asks the children to read the first sentence and add the missing word.
T. asks the children to complete the other sentences.
T. checks the answers.
PB page 19, 4. Sing along with The Fly High band!
T. plays the CD
Homework
T. asks the children to complete pp. 16-17 in their Activity Book.
Title of the lesson: Do they play basketball?
LESSON 8
Skills to be emphasized:
- listening
- Speaking
Objectives:to ask and answer about routines
Vocabulary: photo album, weekend, ski, year, mountain, winter, summer
Grammar: I/You/We/They don’t play, Do you play? Yes, I do./No, I don’t., Do they play?Yes, they do./No, they don’t.
Review: I/We/They play
Materials: Class CD, Lesson 6 flashcards, flashcards from previous lessons (optional)
Procedure of the lesson
Warm-up page 20
T. asks for three volunteers to read out the verses of the song in Lesson 5. The other children act out as those children read.
Review
T. checks the homework from the previous lesson.
Presentation
PB page 20, Vocabulary
T. says Open your book at page 20.
T. presents the new vocabulary with the lesson’s flashcards.
T. uses extra repetition to practice the ee /i:/ in weekend and the ea /iə/ in year.
Optional Activity
T. plays a word game: T. uses different flashcards from previous lessons. T. collects them together and places them face down on his/her desk. T. asks children to come and choose a flashcard and either act out the word or tell the class the first (and second, etc.) letter, for the children to guess the word.
Do they play basketball?
Pre-reading: T. asks the children to look at the story and asks (in L1 where necessary) What’s happening in picture 1? What’s in Sally’s parcel? Have you got a photo album?
T. follows the steps for presenting stories.
T. asks some questions to check understanding and engage the children. T. asks (avoiding L1 possible) Who are the people in the photos on pictures 2 and 3? Who is in the photo in picture 4? What’s she wearing?
PB: page 20, 1. Choose and write.
T. does the example with the class; T. asks the children to look at picture 2. T. asks What’s Sally got? T. asks the children to read out the example sentence.
T. asks the children to choose words and complete the sentences. T. monitors and helps where necessary.
T. checks the answers.
Practice
PB: page 21, Learn with Tag
T. writes on the board: you play football. (a) You don’t play basketball. (r) do you play football? T. points out the extra words we use to make the negative and question (don’t, Do)
T. points out the different order of the words in questions.
T. asks two children to come to the front and read out the example dialogue for Karla and Tag.
T. asks the children to read out the grammar box, then to find examples of the grammar in the story.
T. writes on the board more gapped questions and answers (e.g. They … watch TV (r) … they read English?, etc). T. invites children to fill in the missing words.
PB page 21, 2. What about you? Circle.
T. asks the children to read and circle about themselves. T. reminds them to refer to the Learn with Tag box for help. T. monitors and helps where necessary.
T. checks the answers by asking children to read out their sentences.
T. puts the children in pairs to practice asking and answering the questions with their friend.