Grade 4, unit 1, lesson 1, period 7

SEMESTER 1 – Unit 1 – Lesson 1 - Period 7
Lesson 1 - Words
Objectives: - Describing someone's appearance
Resources and Teaching
Topic – Language target
Key Activities
Aids
KEY LANGUAGE
Resources:
Introduction
FOCUS:
CLASS BOOK/ p. 8
Sing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Jump! (p. 6) to warm the class up.
Listening – Speaking
Picture Dictionary/ p. 68
Remind children of the last story. Tell children that today's story is about
friends. Ask several children to tell you the name of one of their friends.
KEY VOCABULARY
Put your hands on your own hair. Say the word hair and write it up on the
Appearance: long, short,
board. Use flashcards 1-6 to elicit the vocabulary for this lesson. Hold them up
blond, brown, curly,
one at a time and ask Long or short hair? Blond or brown hair? Curly or
straight
straight hair? Hold the flashcards up in a different order and repeat.
ADDITIONAL
VOCABULARY
Hair, over there

SENTENCE PATTERN
She's got…;

He's got…;
We're…

Teaching Aids:
My friends flashcards 1-6;
Story Poster 1;
CD tracks 5-7;
PMB p.4: Extra Activity 1
Worksheet

Development
Listen, point and repeat. Ask children to look at their Class Books/ p. 8. Play
the 1st part of the recording for children to listen & point to the appropriate
picture. Play the 2nd part of the recording for children to repeat. Play the
recording all the way through for children to listen, point and repeat the words.
 Listen and chant. Play the recording for children to listen to the chant. Play
the chant a second time for children to say the words.
Listen and read. Use Story poster 1 to present the story. Ask What's
happening? Encourage predictions from different members of the class. Ask
children to look at the poster, listen to the recording, point to each speech
bubble. Ask Who's Rosy's new friend? What's Alice got? Who's Tim's new
friend? Are the new friends cousins? Ask children to open their Class Books,
listen again and follow the words in the story.
Consolidation
 Extra Activity 1: Find the odd-one-out. Circle. Then write and say.
2. curly hair 3. He’s got brown hair. 4. She’s got straight hair. 5. He’s got blond
hair. She’s got short hair.