Choosing a lesson warm-up
Purpose
Разминка — не отдельный мини-урок и не экзамен. За 3–7 минут она помогает переключиться на английский и подготавливает именно тот тип мышления, который понадобится дальше.
A useful warm-up
START WITH THE NEED
retrieve, activate or prepare
What must learners use next?
SET ONE OUTPUT
one clear learner action
Rank three options and give one reason.
ADD A LIMIT
3–7 minutes + language support
Five target words; four minutes.
PROTECT THE LESSON
stop while it is still a warm-up
Move into the main objective on time.
Start from the lesson need
| Need | Warm-up |
|---|---|
| retrieve previous language | recall three phrases from the last lesson |
| activate a topic | predict the topic from five keywords |
| prepare interaction | answer one prompt and ask a follow-up |
| prepare description | describe one photo with five target words |
| prepare a decision | rank three options and give one reason |
| lower speaking pressure | complete two sentence starters |
Twelve adaptable formats
- Three true facts about today.
- One photo, five useful words.
- Finish: This week I want...
- Odd one out with four topic words.
- A two-minute category race.
- Answer and ask one follow-up.
- Repair one useful sentence.
- Rank three options.
- Predict the topic from keywords.
- Continue a two-line story.
- Choose a mood and give one reason.
- Recall three items from the previous lesson.
Set one constraint
A prompt becomes teachable when it includes level, topic, output and time:
A2 travel: rank train, plane and car for a weekend trip. Give one reason. Five minutes.
Correction policy
Исправляйте только ошибки, связанные с целью урока или мешающие пониманию. Полная коррекция каждой реплики превращает разминку в тест и снижает готовность участвовать.
Avoid
- explaining new grammar for twenty minutes;
- asking a broad How was your week? without language support;
- using the same personal question every lesson;
- choosing a fun task unrelated to the lesson objective.