I. OBJECTIVES

Language

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

-        use the words blue, brown, red, yellow related to the topic “colours”;

-     use What colour is it? – It’s _______ to ask and answer questions about colours of school things;

-     listen to and demonstrate understanding of simple exchanges related to the topic “Colours”;

-     read and write about the colours of school things.

Core competencies

teamwork, motivation, communication, planning and organization

General competencies

Listening: look, listen and repeat

Critical Thinking: listen, point and say

Oral Communication: let’s talk

Communication and collaboration: work in pairs or groups

Attributes

Diligence: complete learning tasks

Honesty: tell the truth about feelings and emotions

Leadership: collaborate with teachers to enhance language skills

II. RESOURCES AND MATERIAL

-        Student’s book, page 62

-        Audio Tracks 87, 88

-        Teacher’s guide, pages 111, 112, 113

-        Website sachmem.vn

-        Flashcards/ pictures and posters (Unit 9)

-        Computer, projector

IV. PROCEDURE

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

Procedure

Teacher’s activities

Pupils’ activities

Note

Warm-up and review: 5 minutes

-        Greet the class.

-        Set Classroom rules.

Option 1: Chant

Put your arms

On my desk

Who’s the best?

                                 It’s me!!!

Option 2:

Game: What's in the box?

-        School things including: a pen, a pencil, a ruler, an eraser.

-        Teacher invites one pupil to the front.

-        Teacher shows a word card and has the rest of the class say the word. The pupil in the front listens to the word and finds the object from the mystery box.

 Whole class

Individual work

/ Whole class

EXPLORATION

Activity 1. Look, listen and repeat.  5 minutes

a. Goal:

-      To build pupils’ understanding about the vocabulary and model questions step by step

-      To read, listen and correctly repeat model sentences.  What colour is it? – It’s blue.

b. Input:

- Context a:

Mary asks Minh: Do you have an eraser?

Minh replies: Yes, I do.

- Context b:

Mary asks Minh: What colour is it?

Minh replies: It’s blue.

c. Outcome:

Pupils can understand and correctly repeat as well as make questions and answer them.

Do you have an eraser? – Yes, I do.

What colour is it? – It’s blue.

d. Procedure:

Step 1: Draw pupils’ attention to the pictures on the slide. (Say “Look at the picture, who’s this?”, elicit Mary and Minh). Ask questions to help them identify the contexts.

- What are Minh and Mary talking about? (pointing at the eraser)

- An eraser? Let’s check.

Step 2: Show the picture. Play the audio of the conversation between Mary and Minh. Do the same with the other picture.

Step 3:  Let pupils listen and do choral and individual repetition, sentence by sentence, while pointing to the characters speaking. Then divide the class into two groups. Play the recording again and ask one group to repeat after Minh and the other repeat after Mary.

Step 4: Play the recording again for pupils to listen and repeat in chorus sentence by sentence.

Step 5: Invite a few pairs to the front of the class to listen and repeat the sentences in the recording.

Whole class

Whole class/ Individual work

Whole class/ Individual work

Whole class

Pair work

KNOWLEDGE CONSTRUCTION

Activity 2. Listen, point and say.  8 minutes

a. Goal:

To correctly use What colour is it? It’s ____. for asking and answering questions about the colours of school things

b. Input:

- Picture cues: a. a blue eraser          b. a brown ruler

                          c. a red pen                d. a yellow pencil

- Speech bubbles:  What colour is it? - It’s ____.

c. Outcome:

Pupils can correctly use What colour is it? - It’s ____ for asking and answering questions about the colours of school things.

d. Procedure:

Step 1: Have pupils look at the pictures and elicit the names of the school things. Have the class repeat the words a few times.

Step 2: Have pupils point at Picture a (orange books), listen to the recording and repeat the word (orange). Follow the same procedure with the other three pictures.

Step 3: Point at the bubble What colour are they? and have pupils listen and repeat after the recording. Point at Picture a and have pupils listen and repeat after the recording (They’re orange.). Follow the same procedure with the other three pictures.

Step 4: Have pairs practice asking and answering the question What colour are they? – They’re ______.

Step 5: Invite a few pairs to point at the pictures and say the questions and answers in front of the class.

Whole class/ individual work

Whole class/ individual work

Whole class/ Individual work

Pair work

Pair work/ Whole class

PRACTICE

Activity 3. Let’s talk.  8 minutes

a. Goal:

To enhance the correct use of What colour is it? – It’s ______. for asking and answering questions about the colour of a school thing

b. Input:

– Picture cue: a blue pen, a red pencil, a yellow ruler, and a brown eraser on a desk

– Speech bubbles: What colour is it?      – ______.

c. Outcome:

Pupils can enhance the correct use of What colour is it? –  ______. for asking and answering questions about the colour of a school thing.

d. Procedure:

Step 1: Have pupils look at the school things on the desk and say their names, and then their colours.

Step 2: Have pupils look at the first speech bubble and read What colour are they? Then have them point at the school bags and complete the gapped answer in the second bubble (e.g. They’re black.). After that, let them say the question and the answer.

Step 3: Give pupils time to practise asking and answering the question What colour are they? – ______. in pairs. Circulate round the classroom and offer help or correct the pronunciation where necessary.

Step 4: Invite a few pairs to practise asking and answering questions about the colours of the school things on the desk in front of the class.

Extension: If time allows, let pupils point at the school things around them, ask and answer questions about their colours.

Whole class

Whole class/ Individual work

Whole class

Pair work

Whole class

Fun corner and wrap up: 5 - 7 minutes

Option 1: Memory Game

Divide the class into 2 teams (team 1 and team 2).

-        Each team prepares a set of school things with different colours and takes turns to bring to the front and shows them to the class.

-        The other team has 30 seconds to look at the objects and remember their colours.

-        The pupils in the front hide the objects and secretly pick one each.

-        Pupils in the other team guess the secret object by asking: What colour is it?

-        In 10 seconds, if the other team can guess the object correctly, they get points.

Option 2: Chant: brown, blue, yellow, red

Do the chant with the four new words about colours: brown, blue, yellow, red.

Option 3: Game: Lucky number

-          Divide the class into 2 teams (boys and girls). Each team takes turns to choose a number. They need to ask and answer with the picture corresponding to that number to get points.

-          The group with more points at the end of the game will be the winner.

-          Praise the winner, encourage the other team.

 Group work

Whole class

Group work