Unit 1 All about me

Activity 4a Look, read and translate & 4b Listen and repeat.
Objective: to give practise in translating simple sentences
STEP 1: Draw the pupils’ attention to Zumrad and Jasur’s speech bubble and then to the remember box. Explain that the full forms of the contractions “When’s” is “When is” and “It’s” is “It is”. Also explain that contractions are used only in oral speech.
STEP 2: Assuming that the pupils already know the question word “when” (for example, they learned it in Unit 7), you can ask the pupils to translate Zumrad and Jasur’s sentences. After you get satisfactory answers, have the whole class repeat them after you in chorus.
Activity 5 Play “Birthday line”.
Objectives: to energise the pupils; to have fun.
STEP 1: Tell the pupils to imagine a line in the classroom. Point to the place where the line begins and say “This is January”. Then point to a place far from January and say “This is December”.
STEP 2: Explain that the pupils should stand along the line in the order of the months of their birthdays. They will need to ask each other the question “When’s your birthday?” and answer “It’s in ... ” to find out exactly where they should stand. The pupils should find out who is before and after them. When they find their place in the line, they should stay there until everyone has finished.
STEP 3: When the line is ready, the first pupil in the line must say: “My birthday is in ...”. Then s/he must turn and ask the question “When’s your birthday?” from the pupil next to him/her. S/he says his/her birthday month and asks the question from the pupil next to him/her. etc. as shown in the example below:
Pupil A: When’s your birthday?
Pupil B: It’s in ... . (Turns to the next pupil) When’s your birthday?
Pupil C: It’s in ... . etc.
Optional Activity 6 Play “Backdrawing”.
Objective: to consolidate months through having fun
STEP 1: Divide the class into two groups. Have the pupils stay in two rows.
STEP 2: Explain that you will “write” the first three letters of a month (for example, “Aug”) on the last pupil’s back and do so. Further say that in his turn, s/he must write the letters on the back of the pupil who stands in front of him/her, etc. The last pupil in front must write the letters on the blackboard. The group must guess and say what month it is, that is ‘August’.
Homework
Ask the pupils to open their Workbooks and look at the 1^st activity. Explain that there are two cakes and two texts. Their task is to read and match them. Now draw their attention to the second activity. Explain that they are going to write a letter to a friend. In the first line they must write their own name but in the second line their friend’s name. If they have their photo at home, they can attach it to a special place on the right which is marked as “My photo”