Date of planning: 19/9/2015
Period 19: UNIT 4: WHEN’S YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Lesson 1 (1-2)
Date of teaching:




Class/Attendance:
4A:
4B:
4C:

I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will have been able to ask and answer questions about the dates
II. Language focus:
- Vocabulary: October, ordinal numbers
- Structures: What is the date today? It’s…
III. Resources:
- Teacher’s: Pictures, recording
- Students’: Book, notebook
IV. Procedure:
Activities
 Interactions

 1. Warm up.
- Spend a few minutes revising the previous unit by having the class say the chant What do you do on…?. And to clap their hands
2. Look, listen and repeat.
-Tell pupils that they are going to learn to read a story in which the characters ask and answer questions about dates, using What is the date today? It’s…
- Have them look at the four pictures to discuss the content in which the language is used. Ask them questions such as Who are they? Where are they? And What are they saying?
- Play the recording a few times for pupils to listen and repeat. Do choral and individual repetition, pointing to the characters speaking
- Play the recording again for them to listen and repeat.
3. Point and say
-Tell pupils that they are going to practice asking and answering questions about the dates, using What is the date today? It’s…
- Have them look at the pictures to understand how the language is used in different contexts. Point to the first picture and do the task with one pupil, using the expressions in the bubbles and the words under the picture. Ask them to say the phrase chorally and individually.
- Repeat the same procedure with the rest of the pictures.
- Call a few pairs to act out the dialogue in front of the class. Check as a class and correct pronunciation, if necessary.
* Tell your class the date today
- Tell pupils that they are going to practice asking and answer questions about the real dates, using What is the date today? It’s…
- Ask them to work in pairs, one points to the calendar and asks the questions, the other looks at the calendar and answers, you can call one pupil to write the answer on the board.
- Call some pairs to practise in front of the class
4. Reinforcement:
- Repeat the way to ask and answer questions about the dates.
5. Homelink:
- Prepare the next period.

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Date of planning: 19/9/2015
Period 20: UNIT 4: WHEN’S YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Lesson 1 (3-4-5)
Date of teaching:




Class/Attendance:
4A:
4B:
4C:

I. Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, students will have been able to ask and answer questions about the dates
II. Language focus:
- Vocabulary and structures: Review
III. Resources:
- Teacher’s: Pictures, recording
- Students’: Book, notebook
IV. Procedure:
Activities
 Interactions

1. Warm up.
- Spend a few minutes revising the previous lesson. Call a few pairs to the front of the class to ask and answer the question What is the date today?
2. Listen and tick.
- Tell pupils that they are going to listen to three dialogues about dates and tick the correct pictures
- Have pupils look at the pictures to identify that the month is the same but the dates are different. Revise the ordinal numbers 1st to 31st with them. Then ask them to say the nine dates shown in the pictures. Remind them the differences between cardinal and ordinal numbers. Check understanding.
- Play the recording a few times. Ask pupils to listen to the recording and tick the correct pictures. Tell them to focus on the dates.
- Get pupils to swap their answers before you check as a class. Monitor the activity and offer help, if necessary
Key: 1. b 2. c 3. a
3. Look and write.
-Tell pupils that they are going fill the gaps of the sentences with different dates suggested in the pictures
- Give a few seconds for pupils to look at the pictures and find appropriate words to complete the sentences each picture. Remind them to write the words for the numbers, instead of digits. Ask them to pay attention