Unit 10 Where did you go on vacation?

unit 10 where did you go on vacation?

language goal
in this unit students learn to talk about past events.

new language
where did you go on vacation? i went to the mountains.
where did they go on vacation? they went to new york.
where did he go on vacation? he stayed at home.
where did she go on vacation? she visited her uncle.
did you go to the beach? yes, i did. /no, i didn't.

section a
ask questions about what students did last saturday.write some past tense statements on the board. ask,who went to the movies last saturday? point to a student who raises his or her hand. sara went to the movies last saturday. repeat. write this sentence on the board.underline the word went. ask, who visited a friend last
saturday? point to a student who raises his or her hand.carlos visited a friend last saturday. repeat. write this"sentence on the board. underline the word visited.
point to the words went and visited in the sentences on the board. say, we use these words to talk about things that happened in the past.
then write these pairs of words on the board: go-went,visit-visited. ask a student to point out the words that talk about the past.
1 a    this activity introduces the key vocabulary.
focus attention on the picture. ask students to tell what they see. say, each picture shows something a person did in the past. name each activity and ask students to repeat:went to the mountains, went to new york city, went to summer camp, visited my uncle, stayed at home, went to the beach, and visited museums.
point out the numbered list of activities. say each one again and ask students to repeat.
then ask students to match each phrase with one of the pictures. say, write the letter of each picture next to the name of the activity. point out the sample answer.
check the answers.
1 b    this activity gives students practice in understanding the target language in spoken conversation.
point to the picture. ask students to tell what the person did in each scene. for example, tina went to the mountains or she went to the mountains.
play the recording the first time. students only listen.
play the recording a second time. this time say, there are three conversations. the people talk about what they did on vacation. listen to the recording and write numbers of the names in the white boxes in the picture. please write only five numbers. point out the sample answer next to the picture showing went to the mountains.
correct the answers.
1 c    this activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.