FIRST FRIENDS LESSON PHAN UNIT 1 LESSON 1

LESSON PLAN
Class:
Teaching time:
Lesson:
UNIT 1: HELLO
LESSON 1
OBJECTIVES:
 To practice greetings
 To introduce someone
 to write one’s name
RECENT WORK:
 Students have finished FIRST FRIENDS 1
MATERIALS:
 Class Book (pages 4-5), CD track 1
 Activity book (page 4)
TEACHING PROCEDURE:
A. Classroom procedure
1. Greeting
2. Checking attendance
B. New lesson
Teacher’s activities
1. WARM-UP
Ask students in their own language what they
remember about the characters from FIRST
FRIENDS 1.
Ask if they can remember the teacher’s name.
2. LISTEN AND SAY
Tell students to look at the picture on pages 4
and 5. In their own language, ask students
which character they recognize (Baz). Ask
what they think is happening.

Play the CD once to check the answer.
Play the CD again, pausing after each phrase.
3. SAY AND DO
Ask students in their own language how Mrs
Woodward greeted the class.
Ask if they can remember what Mrs
Woodward said after that.
Present Welcome back.

Students’
activities
Answer
teacher’s
questions.

Repeat the
phrases
chorally and
individually.

Content
Characters:
Tess, Baz, Adam, Jig, Pat
Jig is a rabbit, Pat is a cat.
Teacher’s name: Mrs Woodward.
Baz and the class are meeting a new
boy.
Transcript:
Mrs Woodward: Hello, everyone.
Welcome back!

Class: Hello, Mrs Woodward.
Mrs Woodward: Baz, this is Sam.
Baz: Hello, Sam, I’m Baz.
Hello.
Welcome back.

Teacher: Ms. Như Hoài


Call a student to the front. Say Hello,
(student’s name). Welcome back.
Explain to students in their own language that
the student is coming back for another year of
school.
Call a students who is new to the class to the
front to join the first student. Act out the
dialogue with the students using their own
names. Take this opportunity to introduce the
new student to the class.
Repeat with other new students so that
everyone is introduced.
4. ACTIVITY BOOK
1. Trace and colour.
Tell students to look at page 4.
Ask students the names of the characters.
Model the activity. Write the name Baz on the
board. Point to each letter and ask students to
say its name and sound.
Ask students if they can remember what kind
of letter B is at the beggining of Baz’s name

(a capital letter). Remind students that capital
letters begin names in English.
Ask students to trace the name Baz in their
books.
2. Draw yourself. Write and say.
Tell students to look at the bottom of the page.
Explain that they should draw a picture of
themselves in the frame and then write their
name in the speech bubble next to it.
As students are drawing, write their names on
the board.
Point to each student’s name and have the
student stand up and say his or her name.
Call some students to the front to share their
pictures and say I’m (name of student)
5. EXTRA ACTIVITIES
Give each student a piece of paper.
Tell them to write the first letter of their
name in the centre of paper. Tell them to make
the letter very large. Decoreate their letter
(optional).
Call students to the front to show their letter
and give its name and sound.

Act out the
dialogue.
Introduce
themselves.

Do the

activity.
Trace the word
in the book.
Trace the lines
on the
charaters to
complete the
pictures,
before
colouring
them.
Draw a picture
in the frame.
Write the
name next to
the picture.
Say their
names.
Write the letter
on the paper.
Give your
name and
sound.

Teacher: Ms. Như Hoài