Giáo án Tiếng Anh lớp 4 Global Success Unit 8 Lesson 1

I. OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to:

Language knowledge & skills

- understand and correctly repeat the sentences in two communicative contexts focusing on asking and answering questions about someone’s favourite subject.

- correctly say the words and use What’s your favourite subject? – It’s _____. to ask and answer questions about someone’s favourite subject.

- enhance the correct use of What’s your favourite subject? – It’s _____. to ask and answer questions about someone’s favourite subject in a freer context.

Competences

- Communication and collaboration: work in pairs and groups to complete the learning tasks

- Self-control & independent learning: perform listening tasks

Attributes

- Show their love and interest in their school subjects

II. RESOURCES AND MATERIALS

- Student’s book: Page 56

- Audio tracks 77, 78

- Teacher’s guide: Pages 112-114

- Website hoclieu.vn

- Flash cards/ pictures and posters (Unit 8)

- Computer, projector, …

III. PROCEDURE

Warm-up and review – Look, listen and repeat – Listen, point and say – Let’s talk – Fun corner and wrap-up

Procedure

Teacher’s and pupils’ activities

Interaction

Note

Warm-up and review:  5 minutes

Greet the class and encourage pupils to respond to the greeting.

Option 1: Spend a few minutes revising Unit 7 by getting the class to sing the chant in Lesson 3. Play the chant once and require pupils to listen carefully to recall the rhythm and lyrics. Play and pause before the words ‘science’ and ‘Vietnamese’. Play and pause randomly to let pupils say along.

If possible, ask pupils to chant and clap their hands without music to recall the chant. Correct pronunciation if necessary.

Option 2: Watch a video! (Powerpoint slides) School Subjects In English | English Vocabulary

Whole class/ Individual work

EXPLORATION

Activity 1. Look, listen and repeat. 5 minutes

a. Goal

To understand and correctly repeat the sentences in two communicative contexts focusing on asking and answering questions about someone’s favourite subject.

b. Input

– Context a:

Ben: Hi, Linh. What subjects do you have today?

Linh: I have English, science and maths.

– Context b:

Ben: I like art. What’s your favourite subject? Linh: It’s PE.

c. Outcome

Pupils can understand and correctly repeat the sentences in two communicative contexts focusing on asking and answering questions about someone’s favourite subject.

d. Procedure

Step 1: Ask pupils to look at Pictures a and b to identify the characters in the pictures.

Step 2: Ask pupils to look at Picture a. Play the recording for them to listen.

Step 3: Play the recording again, sentence by sentence, for pupils to listen and repeat individually and in chorus. Correct their pronunciation where necessary. Repeat the same procedure with Picture b.

Step 4: Invite a few pairs to stand up to listen to and repeat the sentences in the recording.

Step 5: Draw pupils’ attention to the pictures. Tell pupils that What’s your favourite subject? and It’s PE. are used to ask and answer questions about someone’s favourite subject.

Whole class

Individual work

Pair work

e. Assessment

- Performance products: Pupils’ answers

- Assessment tools: Observation; Questions & Answers

KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION

Activity 2. Listen, point and say. 10 minutes

a. Goal

To correctly say the words and use What’s your favourite subject? – It’s _____. to ask and answer questions about someone’s favourite subject.

b. Input

– Picture cues:

a. A girl painting

b. Five children singing

c. A group of pupils doing physical exercise

d. A boy and a girl working on a computer

– Speech bubbles: What’s your favourite subject? – It’s _____.

Audio script:

a. art

b. music

c. PE

d. IT

a. Boy: What’s your favourite subject?

Girl: It’s art.

b. Boy: What’s your favourite subject?

Girl: It’s music.

c. Boy: What’s your favourite subject?

Girl: It’s PE.

d. Boy: What’s your favourite subject?

Girl: It’s IT.

c. Outcome

Pupils can say the words and use What’s your favourite subject? – It’s _____. to ask and answer questions about someone’s favourite subject.

d. Procedure

Step 1: Have pupils look at the pictures. Elicit the subjects from pupils.

Step 2: Have pupils point at Picture a (art), listen to the recording and repeat. Repeat the same procedure with Pictures b, c and d. Have the class point at and repeat the subjects a few times.

Step 3: Point at the first bubble and have pupils listen to and repeat after the recording (What’s your favourite subject?). Point at Picture a and have pupils listen to and repeat after the recording (It’s art.). Repeat the same procedure with Pictures b, c and d.

Step 4: Set a time limit for pupils to work in pairs to practise asking and answering the question What’s your favourite subject? – It’s _____.

Step 5: Invite a few pairs to the front of the class to take turns pointing at the pictures and saying the questions and answers.

Whole class/ Individual work

Pair work

e. Assessment

- Performance products: Pupils’ answers.

- Assessment tools: Observation; Questions & Answers.

PRACTICE

Activity 3. Let’s talk. 8 minutes

a. Goal

To enhance the correct use of What’s your favourite subject? – _____. to ask and answer questions about someone’s favourite subject in a freer context.

b. Input

– Picture cue: a boy pointing at textbooks on a table, and asking a girl about her favourite subject

– Speech bubbles: What’s your favourite subject? – _____.

c. Outcome

Pupils can enhance the correct use of What’s your favourite subject? – _____. to ask and answer questions about some’s favourite subject in a freer context.

d. Procedure

Step 1: Draw pupils’ attention to the two speech bubbles. Read the question aloud, and ask pupils to repeat it. Ask them to look at the girl’s speech bubble to identify what the answer should be. Elicit the answer: It’s IT. (the girl’s finger is pointing at IT.) Get pupils to repeat the question and answer several times.

Step 2: Set a time limit for pupils to work in pairs, point at the different books, ask and answer questions about their favourite subjects using What’s your favourite subject? – _____. Go around the classroom to observe and offer help where necessary.

Step 3: Invite some pairs to take turns asking and answering questions about their favourite subjects in front of the class.

Whole class

/Individual work

Pair work

Pair work

e. Assessment

- Performance products: Pupils’ answers.

- Assessment tools: Observation; Questions & Answers. 

Fun corner and wrap-up: 5 minutes

Option 1: Matching game (PPT slides)

Option 2:Play the online game on:

https://www.baamboozle.com/game/67278

Option 3: Miming game

- Divide pupils into groups.

- One pupil acts to demonstrate his favourite subject.

- The rest of the pupils try to guess the subject.

* Preparation for the project: Ask pupils to prepare for the project on page 61 by doing a survey on their favourite subjects and the reasons why they like these subjects as homework so that they can present the results at Project time.

Whole class