Greet the children using the finger puppet. Elicit T's name and the frog's name.

T sticks the flashcards in pairs of opposites (tall/short, thin/fat, young/old, dark/fair, curly/straight). Children listen to the song and point to the flashcards.

Pre-listening: Ask ss if they remember Pirate Meg from the story. Ss answer. While listening: Tell ss they are going to listen to a chant. Elicit the meaning of 'chant'. Ask ss to listen and say how many questions there are in the chant. Use fingers. Start the CD and demonstrate counting the first 2 questions as an example. Then Ss listen to the entire track and answer. Post-listening: Elicit the questions and answers that ss can remember. Ss say the questions and answers. Give ss page 9 of the coursebook. Ask the ss to listen to the CD again and compare the questions and answers they gave with the ones in the chant. Divide the class in 2 groups: one asks the questions, one answers. Children join in their parts. Then they swap roles.

Draw ss' attention to the 'Wanted' posters of pirates. Elicit/explain the meaning of 'Wanted'. Ask questions about each pirate in turn: Is Long John Silver young? (No, he isn't.) Has Ned got a scar? (Yes, he has.') Secretly choose a pirate. Get the children to ask questions to guess which pirate the T is thinking of. Ss ask, T answers: Is he old? No, he isn't. Has he got straight hair? No, he hasn't. etc. Ask 2 individual ss to take turns to come to the front of the class and choose a pirate. The rest of the class asks questions to find out who the pirate is. Divide the class into pairs. They take turns to choose a pirate and play with their partner in the same way.

Show the frog finger pupet and explain that Frodo is going to use his magic to help children pronounce words correctly. Say the word 'dark' and draw ss' attention to the vowel sound / :/. Say the word 'short' and draw ss' attention to the vowel sound / :/. Explain and demonstrate that ss should listen and open their arms if the word has the sound / :/ and make a circle with their arms if the word has the sound / :/, repeating the words at the same time. Tell ss: Listen to Frodo saying the words. Pretend to be Frodo and say the words: dark... short.... tall... car.... scarf.... small.... scar The children listen, repeat and respond with the actions.

Draw ss' attention to Pirate Meg again. Read the first 2 questions and ask individual ss to say the answers by choosing the appropriate answer from the box. Draw children's attention to the example. Children work individually and write the answers. T monitors and helps if necessary. Whole-class FB.

Give HW: Black Beard, AB, pg.7. Say goodbye to the children yourself and with the finger puppet.