Grade 4 · 40 minutes
Plan 9: Unit 5, Our festivals
At a glance
- Book activity
- Lessons 4 and 7
- Focus
- What are you doing? (present continuous)
- Learning outcome
- By the end of the lesson, pupils will be able to ask and answer What are you doing? using is / are + verb + ing.
- Materials
- Action picture cards from the unit
Presentation10 min
Mime cooking and ask: What am I doing? Answer: You are cooking. Write the pattern is / am / are + verb + ing.
Practice12 min
Act out the Lesson 4 dialogue in pairs. Match and speak (Lesson 7) using the pictures.
Production13 min
Mime chain: one pupil mimes a festival activity, the class asks What are you doing?, the pupil answers.
Check and close5 min
Check spelling: making, cooking, singing.
Homework Write four sentences about what your family does at a festival.
Grade 4, Unit 5: What are you doing? (present continuous). A 40-minute PPP lesson.