Lesson 1 Do you like dancing? Date

Activity 1 Listen and repeat. 5 min Objective: to warm up
Play the DVD. Ask the pupils to listen to "The planting song" and sing it together with the DVD.

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DVD script:

See Unit 10 Lesson 1 Activity 1 for the DVD script.
Activity 2a Answer the questions about "The Sparrow and the
Trees". 8 min Objective: to refresh the pupils' memory of the story
Ask the pupils to remember the story about "The Sparrow and the Trees" that they listened to and discussed the previous lesson. Explain to them that now you will refresh their memories by asking them several questions. Then start asking the questions one by one. Help the pupils answer.
Answer key:
1) It can't fly and it goes into the forest to find a home for the winter.
2) First the Sparrow comes to a willow tree in the forest. The tree doesn't want to help it.
3) The Sparrow goes to the Mulberry tree second. The tree doesn't want to help it.
4) The Sparrow sees a Fir tree in the evening.
Activity 2b Look, listen and check your guesses about "The Sparrow and the Trees". 15 min
Objectives: to listen for detailed inf.ormaticttv, to cheek the predictions.
STEP 1: Explain to the pupils that last lesson they tried to guess the end of the story as "much as they could. Ask if they still remember their guesses. Ask a few pupils what their guesses were.
STEP 2: Tell the pupils to look at the pictures and study them carefully for a minute. Then ask what is happening in the pictures. Ask a few pupils to tell the class their versions.
STEP 3: Tell the pupils that they are going to listen to the second part of the story about "The Sparrow and the Trees". Ask the pupils to listen to it attentively. Play the DVD at least twice, probably from the very beginning of the story. They check if their guesses were right.