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Activity 1: Warm-up (5 minutes)
“Watch a video” |
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Teacher’s Activities |
Students’ Activities |
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a. Aims: Welcome students. Engage students by letting them watch a video and then lead in the lesson. |
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b. Procedure:
1. Greeting Ss and chatting
2. Introducing and conducting the activity “watch a video”:
- Before starting the new lesson, let’s watch a video and pay attention to the ending sound of each word.
- After each word with the plural form appears, T can pause the video and ask them how to pronounce the word.
Lead in: So today, we are going to discover how to pronounce verbs ending in /-s/ and /-es/. |
- Greet Teacher.
- Join the activity.
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| Activity 2: Presentation (7 minutes) |
| Teacher’s Activities |
Students’ Activities |
a. Aims:
- know how to pronounce verbs ending in /-s/ and /-es/ and recall them.
- Complete task 7 & 9. |
b. Procedure:
Task 7. Listen and repeat.
- T gives the base verb form of each word “go, start, dance” and then asks Ss to add /-s/ or /-es/.
- Let Ss listen to these words ending in /-s/ or /-es/ and ask them to focus on how to pronounce the ending sound of each word. T concludes that there are three ways of pronouncing the ending sounds of /-s/ and /-es/.
- T shows the table at task 7 on the screen and lets them listen and repeat twice.
+ The first time: Let them listen to the whole audio.
+ The second time: Play the audio again and pause after each word for students to point and repeat.
Task 9: Listen and chant
- Tell students they are going to learn a chant. Explain to students
that the chant uses the sounds they have just learnt.
- Play the recording and tell students to listen and follow the words with their fingers.
- Read out the chant one line at a time and ask students to repeat
after you.
- Play the recording again.
- Encourage students to chant along. Practise several times until
students are familiar with the words and sounds.
- Ask students to practise the chant in pairs or in groups. For example, one group chants the first verse and the other
the group chants the second verse.
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- Look, listen, and answer.
- Listen and repeat.
- Listen and chant.
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| Activity 3: Practice – Controlled practice (10 minutes) |
| Teacher’s Activities |
Students’ Activities |
a. Aims:
Ss will:
- practice pronouncing verbs ending in /-s/ and /-es/.
- complete task 8. |
b. Procedure:
Activity 1: Play “Tic-tac-toe” to practice the pronunciation of the ending sounds /-s/ and /-es/
+ Requirements: Divide the class into two teams. One is placing X and one is placing O. Let Ss play “Rocks, papers, scissors” to decide who is playing first. Ss pick one verb and are asked to check its ending sound which is pronounced into /z/, /iz/ or /s/, and then answer. Which team has 3 of their marks in a row (up, down, across, or diagonally) is the winner.
Activity 2: Complete task 8
- Circle the one with a different ending sound. Then read aloud.
- Tell students to circle the one with a different ending sound.
- Check whether students understand the task. Elicit number
1 if necessary.
- Check answers as a class.
- Ask them to read each word aloud.
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- Join in the activity.
- Circle the one with different
ending sound and read aloud.
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| Activity 4: Production (8 minutes) |
| Teacher’s Activities |
Students’ Activities |
a. Aims:
- Ss will be able to find words ending in /-s/ and /-es/ in the context and read them aloud correctly. |
b. Procedure:
- Work in groups and find all words with ‘s’ and ‘es’ endings. Read aloud
*The reading text:
“She wakes up early every morning when the sun shines through her window. She eats breakfast, like oatmeal or scrambled eggs, then goes for a run around her neighborhood. She likes the quiet morning air and the sound of birds. When she comes back home, she takes a shower and gets ready for work. She works on her computer to answer emails and join online meetings. Sometimes, she takes short breaks. In the evening, she cooks dinner while listening to music. After dinner, she relaxes on the couch with a book or a movie before going to bed. She enjoys these peaceful moments alone.”
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- Find words ending in /-s/ and /-es/.
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| Activity 5: Wrap up & Assessment (5 minutes) |
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Students’ Activities |
a, Aims:
- Assess individuals or groups who have done the best in the lesson.
- Wrap up the activities Ss have done during the lesson. |
- Assessment: Do the activity “tongue twister”.
+ Ask Ss to look at the sentences, practice themselves first, and take turns one by one to stand up saying out loud to check their pronunciation of the ending sounds.
+ Give compliments to the individuals/ groups who have completed the activities the best and encourage the other groups/teams to keep doing them during the next lessons.
- Wrap-up:
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- Ss practice and say out loud.
- Stand up and say goodbye to the teacher.
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