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UNIT 2:
WHATS THIS?
Lessons 1 + 2
WORDS
GRAMMAR AND
SONGS
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening,
reading, writing
Key vocabulary:
desk, chair, crayon,
pencil, notebook
Materials:
- CD track 1, 25, 26
- Class book
- Workbook
- Cut and make 1, PMB
p. 22
- Boxes
- Pieces of paper with
words and pictures
- A cloth for blindfolding
- Word cards
- Crayons
- Glue
- Scissors
Culture note:
In Britain, students
usually start primary
school at the age of four
of five. Many students go
to nursery school or
playgroup before they
start primary school. In
British families, often
both parents work, and so
nursery provides
important child care and
educational opportunities
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Weather Report: Weather songs or chants (Whats the weather like today?- song
downloaded from YouTube)
- Teacher asks three questions:
* Whats the day today?
* Whats the month?
* Whats the weather like today?
Teacher answers each question and asks students to repeat, then writes the date and
draws / puts the weather symbol on the board. ( You do not need to ask students to
repeat fluently because they will answer these questions every English lesson)
Monday, February 25th, 2012
sunny
- Play the recording (track 25) for students to listen and point to the pictures in their
Class book (p.16), then listen and repeat after the recording.
- Students practice saying the words chorally and individually.
Bang!
- Students work in groups.
- Give each group a box with many pieces of paper in it. Write a word of school thing
on the paper and fold it in half.
- Add a few cards that say "BANG!".
- Students take turns picking up a card from the box. If they read the word correctly,
they get to keep the word. If they draw a BANG! Card, they yell BANG! and then
return all their cards (except the BANG! card) to the box.
DEVELOPMENT
Listen and chant
- Play the recording (track 26) for students to listen and chant.
- Play the chant the second time for students to say the words. Demonstrate the actions
for each word: crayon (wave), pencil (hop), notebook (clap), desk (tap desk), chair
(stamp foot).
- Practice the chant with 3 groups. Each group chants a line and does the correct
action.
Introduce the question and answer
- Set a meaningful context to introduce new vocabulary (Lets play a game. Please
answer my questions. And you will get some candy)
- Show a few school things.
- Pick up one and ask Whats this? And then answer Its
- Students continue with a chair.
- Do the same way with the four others. But ask students to give a full answer Its a
crayon.
- Swap the roles of asking and answering.
- Practice in pairs with the pictures in the Class book or real things.
Bag passing
- Play the recording (track 28) the Whats this? song.
- Give a student a bag which has many pictures or school things inside and ask them to
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Workbook p. 16
Story time: In the morning
a. Signal for story time.
b. Teacher asks students to read aloud 1 sentence that they like best in the story.
c. Teacher reads 1 page of the book.
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Semester 2 Week 15
Objectives: * Students can:
- Recognize the letter Q and its position in the Alphabet.
- Pronounce letter Q, sound /q/, and the words: "queen", quilt.
- Understand the meaning of the words: "queen", quilt.
- Write letter Q
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Letter Q
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening,
reading, writing
Key vocabulary:
Letter Q - /q/ - queen quilt
Recycled vocabulary:
Orange, pen, hat
Sentence Pattern:
What are they?
They are
Resources:
Textbook: Family &
Friends Starter
Pupils Book pg 46
Activity book pg 46
Materials:
- Family & Friends
Starter flashcards
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Set-the-scene:
Teacher puts the picture of Story Snow White & the seven dwarfs on the
board.
Teacher asks Ss to guess Whats the story?
Teacher points to the queen in the picture and asks Ss Who is she? Do you
like her?
Teacher says: Today, we will learn a new letter. Can you guess what letter it is?
Presentation:
Teacher lets Ss recognize letter 'Q', sound /q/, the meaning of the words "queen"
and quilt by turning on CD player and asks Ss to listen three times.
Teacher uses pictures to help Ss understand the meaning of words.
Practice:
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The last pointed line has to say the sound, the letter or the word loudest.
+ Teacher can point slowly or fast.
+ Teacher asks the group that does not say louder after another group to fly
around the room.
Game:
- Teacher puts class into 6 groups, each group has a flag.
- Teacher sticks on the board 4 pictures of quilts, oranges, pens and hats.
- Teacher points to a picture, one by one, and asks: What are they? and Ss
answer: They are
- Then teacher turn the card to the other side so that Ss cannot see the picture.
- Teacher changes the position of the hidden pictures randomly. Then points to a
picture and asks: What are they? and the fastest group waving the flag can
answer and get mark if they are right.
- Teacher let Ss to move pictures and ask, then group wave the flag to answer.
CONSOLIDATION
Teacher invites one student, lets him/her move around the classroom, point to a
picture of things they learnt and ask the rest of the class: What are they?
They are.......
Homework: Workbook (page 46)
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Period 4
Semester 2 Week 15
Objectives: * Students can:
- Recognize the letter R and its position in the Alphabet.
- Pronounce letter R, sound /r/, and the words "river", rainbow.
- Understand the meaning of the words "river", rainbow
- Write letter R
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Letter R
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening,
reading, writing
Key vocabulary:
Letter R - /r/ - river rainbow
Sentence Pattern:
What are they?
They are
Resources:
Textbook: Family &
Friends Starter
Pupils Book pg 46
Activity book pg 46
Materials:
- Family & Friends
Starter flashcards
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Set-the-scene:
Teacher draws pictures of river and rainbow on the board.
Teacher asks Ss to guess Whats are they?.
Ss answer what the pictures are.
Teacher says: Today, we will learn a new letter. Can you guess what letter?
Presentation:
Teacher lets Ss recognize letter 'R', sound /r/, the meaning of the word "river"
and rainbow by turning on CD player and asks Ss to listen three times.
Teacher uses pictures to help Ss understand the meaning of words.
Practice:
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- Teacher reviews words and sentence pattern that Ss have learnt by using
flashcards.
- Teacher sums up the mark.
- Teacher reminds Ss to do their homework (if possible).
- Teacher lets Ss sing a song.
Story time: In the morning
a. Signal for story time.
b. Teacher asks students to read aloud 1 sentence that they like best in the story.
c. Teacher reads 1 page of the book.
Homework: Workbook (page 46)
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Periods 1-2
Semester 2 Week 16
Objectives: After the lesson, students are able to:
- recognize the upper- and lower - case forms of the letters e, f and associate them with the sounds /e/, / f/.
- pronounce the sounds /e/, /f/.
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Key Activities
UNIT 2:
WHATS THIS?
Lessons 3 & 5
SOUNDS &
LETTERS
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening,
reading, writing
Key vocabulary:
Ee, Ff, egg, elephant,
fish, farm
Materials:
- CD track 19, 23, 30, 34
- Class book
- Workbook
- Pictures
- Letter and sound cards
- Word cards
- A large picture of Ellie
the elephant holding an
egg.
- Fly swatters for groups
- Photocopy worksheet
- Crayons
- Glue
- Scissors
INTRODUCTION
Weather Report: Weather songs or chants (Whats the weather like today?- song
downloaded from YouTube)
- Teacher asks three questions:
* Whats the day today?
* Whats the month?
* Whats the weather like today?
Warm up and review:
Listen, point and say.
- Students make a big circle.
- Place the flashcards of sounds and pictures around the room ( //, /b/, /k/, /d/, apple,
Annie, boy, bat, car, cat, dog, duck).
- Play the chant from Lesson 3, 5 of unit 1 (tracks 19, 23).
- Students point to the correct flashcard or picture when they hear the word.
Lesson presentation:
Introduce sounds and letter Ee, Ff, /e/, /f/.
- Use the pictures and letter cards to introduce the letter Ee, Ff in the upper- and lowercase.
- Use the word cards egg, elephant to introduce sound /e/ and fish, farm for /f/.
- Students practice pronouncing the sounds and letters chorally and individually.
Listen and chant
- Show a large picture of Ellie the elephant holding an egg.
- Point to the egg and say egg.
- Do the same with the elephant.
- Ask students to repeat egg and elephant.
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Ee
Ff
b c d
n o p q
f g h i
r s t
j k l m
u v w x y z
3. Colour the elephant and fish.
c f c d e
f a e c
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a f
d i e f
c e e a d f b
Period 3
Semester 2 Week 16
Objectives: * Students can:
- Recognize the letter S in the alphabet
- Pronounce letter S, sound /s/, and the words: "sofa", sock.
- Understand the meaning of the words: "sofa", sock
- Write letter S
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Letter S
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening,
reading, writing
Key vocabulary:
Letter S - /s/ - sofa, sock
Sentence Pattern:
How many _______ are
there?
There are ________ .
Resources:
Textbook: Family &
Friends Starter
Pupils Book pg 52
Activity book pg 52
Materials:
- Family & Friends
Starter flashcards
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Set-the-scene:
Teacher puts the pictures of some furniture on the board.
Teacher asks Ss to guess What are they?
Teacher points to The sofa in the picture and ask Ss Whats this?
Teacher says Today, we will learn the English letter. Can you guess what letter
it is?
Presentation:
Teacher lets Ss recognize letter 'S', sound /s/, the meaning of the word "sofa,
sock" by turning on CD player and asks Ss to listen three times.
Practice:
Teacher lets Ss practice the new language items as a whole class, in groups, and
as individual.
Free-practice
* Game:
- Teacher gives instructions:
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- Teacher reviews words and sentence pattern that Ss have learnt by using
flashcards.
- Teacher sums up the mark.
- Teacher reminds Ss to do their homework (if possible).
- Teacher lets Ss sing a song.
Homework: Workbook (page 52)
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Period 4
Semester 2 Week 16
Objectives: * Students can:
- Recognize the letter T in the alphabet
- Pronounce letter T, sound /t/, and the words: towel, "turtle".
- Understand the meaning of the words: towel, "turtle".
- Write letter T
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Letter T
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening,
reading, writing
Key vocabulary:
Letter T - /s/ - towel turtle
Sentence Pattern:
How many turtles are
there?
There are________ .
Resources:
Textbook: Family &
Friends Starter
Pupils Book pg 54
Activity book pg 54
Materials:
- Family & Friends
Starter flashcards
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Set-the-scene:
Teacher draws some pictures of towel, turtle, toy, teacher on the board.
Teacher asks Ss to guess What are they?
Teacher points The towel in the picture and asks Ss Whats this?
Teacher says Today, we will learn the English letter. Can you guess what letter
it is?
Presentation:
Teacher lets Ss recognize letter 'T', sound /t/, the meaning of the word "towel"
and turtle by turning on CD player and asks Ss to listen three times.
Practice:
Teacher lets Ss practice the new language items as a whole class, in groups, and
as individuals.
Free-practice
* Game: Telephone
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Periods 1-2
Semester 2 Week 17
Objectives: Students are able to:
UNIT 2:
WHATS THIS?
Lessons 4 + 6
NUMBERS
STORY
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening,
reading, writing
Key vocabulary:
- learned vocabulary in
the unit
Sentence patterns:
- learned structures in
the unit
Materials:
- CD track 28, 35
- Class book
- Workbook
- Sets of story pictures
for groups
- Values worksheet, PMB
p.7
- Word cards
- School things
- Flashcards
- Word cards
- An apple
- A small bag
- Number cards
- A cloth for blindfolding
- A beanbag
- Crayons
- Glue
- Scissors
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Weather Report: Weather songs or chants (Whats the weather like today?- song
downloaded from YouTube)
- Teacher asks three questions:
* Whats the day today?
* Whats the month?
* Whats the weather like today?
Warm up and review:
Listen and sing
- Display the school things flashcards in different places around the room.
- Play the recording track 28. Students move around, sing along and point to the correct
flashcards.
- Play the recording again. Students sing along and hold up or point to the correct
things as they sing the words.
Blind Toss
- Have students sit down in a circle.
- Place a large piece of paper on the floor with numbers and a flashcard on each
number.
- Each student takes turns getting blindfolded and tossing a beanbag so as to hit a
number. She/ He must call out that word the same number of times as the number
indicates. For example: 4-dog, then "Dog, Dog, Dog, Dog! and the student gets the
equal points (4).
- At the end, the student with the most points wins!
Lesson presentation:
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Semester 2 Week 17
Objectives: * Students can:
- Recognize the letter U in the alphabet
- Pronounce letter U, sound /u/, and the words "umbrella", up.
- Understand the meaning of the words "umbrella", up.
- Write letter U
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Letter U
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening, reading,
writing
Key vocabulary:
Letter U - /u/ - umbrella up
Sentence Pattern:
Do you have_____?
Yes/ No
Resources:
Textbook: Family &
Friends Starter
Pupils Book pg 54
Activity book pg 54
Materials:
- Family & Friends Starter
flashcards
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Set-the-scene:
Teacher draws or brings the picture of the girl standing in the rain with
the umbrella
Teacher asks Ss to guess What are in the picture?
Teacher points to The umbrella in the picture and asks Ss Whats
this?
Teacher says Today, we will learn English letter. Can you guess what
letter?
Presentation:
Teacher lets Ss recognize letter 'U', sound /u/, the meaning of the words
"umbrella" and up by turning on CD player and asks Ss to listen three
times.
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Practice:
Teacher lets Ss practice the new language items as a whole class, in
groups, and as individual.
Free-practice
* Guessing game:
- Teacher gives instructions:
+ Teacher divides Ss into two groups (group A & B)
+ One student from group A & B will come to the board and sit face to
face with the class. Teacher writes the word such as umbrella on the
board.
+ Then Ss in group A & B will do actions so that the student in their
groups can guess the correct word.
+ If he/she has the right answer, teacher gives the group one star and
continues with another 2 or 3 words until teacher can get the winner .
Game:
- Teacher helps the Ss understand the sentence Do you have an
umbrella? Yes/ No
- Teacher divides the class into pairs
- Teacher writes some words such as violin, vase, book, pen, pencil.)
in small pieces of paper and gives each pair a set of words.
- One student in pair will pick up a word and make a sentence using that
word (for ex, he takes the words violin and ask his partner Do you
have a violin?. The other student will answer and then change the
roles.
Practice using Student's Book
- Teacher asks Ss to open their Ss' books.
- Teacher lets Ss listen to the words and points to the words in their
books.
- Teacher asks Ss to read the words without listening to the CD player.
- Teacher guides Ss how to glue the stickers on their books.
Practice using - Workbook Exercise
- Teacher asks Ss to open their Ss' books.
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Period 4
Semester 2 Week 17
Objectives: * Students can:
- Recognize the letter V in the alphabet
- Pronounce letter V, sound /v/, and the word "violin", vase.
- Understand the meaning of the word "violin" and vase
- Write letter V
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Letter V
Integrated skills:
speaking, listening,
reading, writing
Key vocabulary:
Letter V - /v/ - violin vase
Sentence Pattern:
Do you have_____?
Yes/ No.
Resources:
Textbook: Family &
Friends Starter
Pupils Book pg 58
Activity book pg 58
Materials:
- Family & Friends
Starter flashcards
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Set-the-scene:
Teacher draws or puts the picture of the boy playing the violin on the board.
Teacher asks Ss to guess Whats the boy doing?
Teacher said that The boy is playing _________.
Teacher points The violin in the picture and asks Ss Whats this?
Teacher says: Today, we will learn the English letter. Can you guess what letter?
Presentation:
Teacher lets Ss recognize letter 'V', sound /v/, the meaning of the word "violin",
vase by turning on CD player and asks Ss to listen three times.
Practice:
Teacher lets Ss practice the new words as a whole class, in groups, and as
individual.
Free-practice
* Game:
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Teacher reviews words and structures that Ss have learnt by using flashcards.
Teacher sums up the mark.
Teacher reminds Ss of their homework (if possible).
Teacher lets Ss sing a song
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Notes
Have your students draw scenes or characters from the book with
crayon or colored markers. Make sure that the title and authors
name are clearly labeled on both the front and spine.
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Semester 2 Week 18
Objectives: * Students can:
- Recognize the letter in the alphabets.
- Pronounce the letter W, the sound /w/, and words such as "woman" and wall.
- Understand the meaning of the word "woman"
- Write the letter W
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Letter W
Integrated skills:
Speaking, Listening,
Reading, Writing.
Key vocabulary:
Resources:
Textbook: Family &
Friends Starter
Pupils Book pg 60
Activity Book pg 60
Materials:
- Family & Friends
Starter flashcards
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Sentence Pattern:
Have you got?
- Ive got .
Set-the-scene:
Teacher shows a picture of a woman and asks, Is this a girl?, Whos this?
Teacher introduces the picture; This is a woman.
Teacher writes the word woman on the board.
Teacher asks, Where is the board?
Teacher says, The board is on the wall and shows the wall.
Teacher writes the word wall on the board.
Teacher says: Today, we will learn a new English letter. Can you guess what
letter it is?
Presentation:
Teacher lets students recognize letter 'W', sound /w/, the meaning of the word
"woman" and wall by turning on the CD player and asks the students to listen
three times.
Teacher puts a pencil, a CD, a ruler, a key, a hat on the desk and asks; Have you
got a pen/ a pencil/ a CD/ a ruler/ a key/ a hat?
Teacher guides students how to give answers by showing a picture of a boy with
a pencil/ a CD/ a ruler/ a key/ a hat (Yes, I have) or a boy with nothing in his
hand (No, I havent).
Practice:
Teacher lets students practice the new language items as a whole class, in
groups, and as individual.
Free-practice
* Game: Ball Game"
- Teacher gives instructions:
+ Teacher has three different coloured balls, divides students into three groups
and gives each group a ball.
Red ball W
Green ball /w/
Yellow ball woman
+ Then play some music. When the music plays, students pass their balls to the
next one. When the music stops, all the students in the class ask Whats this?
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- Teacher reviews the words and the structures that students have learned by
using Flashcards.
- Teacher sums up the marks.
- Teacher reminds students of their homework (if possible).
- Teacher lets students sing a song.
Homework: Workbook (pg 60)
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Period 4
Semester 2 Week 18
Objectives: * Students can:
- Recognize the letter in the alphabets
- Pronounce the letter X, the sound /x/, and words such as "box" and fox.
- Understand the meaning of the word "box"
- Write letter X
Topic- Key language
Resources and Materials
Letter X
Integrated skills:
Speaking, Listening,
Resources:
Textbook: Family &
Friends Starter
Pupils Book pg 60
Activity book pg 60
Materials:
- Family & Friends
Starter flashcards
Key Activities
INTRODUCTION
Lesson Presentation:
Lead-in: - The teacher reviews the commands used in everyday lessons.
DEVELOPMENT
Set-the-scene:
Teacher puts some toys on the desks and asks; Where can I put these toys?,
Can I put these toys in my bag? (NO), Can I put these toys in the desk?
(NO), Can I put these toys in the box? (YES)
Teacher introduces the picture, This is a box.
Teacher writes the word box on the board.
Teacher takes out a picture of a fox and says, This is a fox
Teacher writes the word fox on the board.
Teacher says: Today, we will learn a new English letter. Can you guess what
letter?
Presentation:
Teacher lets students recognize the letter 'X', the sound /x/, the meaning of the
word "box" and fox by turning on the CD player and asks the students to listen
three times.
Teacher puts a pencil, a CD, a ruler, a key, and a hat on the desk and asks, Have
you got a pen/ a pencil/ a CD/ a ruler/ a key/ a hat?
Teacher instructs students on how to give answers by showing a picture of a boy
with a pencil/ a CD/ a ruler/ a key/ a hat in his hand (Yes, I have) or a boy with
nothing in his hand (No, I havent).
Practice:
Teacher lets the students practice the new language items as a whole class, in
groups, and as individual.
Free-practice
* Game: Make a letter
- Teacher says any letters from A to X and students will have to make their
bodies into that shape.
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- Teacher reviews the words and the structures that students have learned by
using flashcards.
- Teacher sums up the marks.
- Teacher reminds students of their homework (if possible).
- Teacher lets students sing a song.
Story time: In the morning
a. Signal for story time.
b. Teacher asks some volunteer students to read / act out the story.
Homework: Workbook (page 60)
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