Unit 9 How was your weekend?

unit 9 how was your weekend?
language goal
in this unit, students learn to talk about recent past events.

new language
what did you do over the weekend? i cleaned my room.
what did she do over the weekend? she did her homework.
what did he do over the weekend? he went to the movies.
what did they do over the weekend?' they played tennis.

section a
additional materials to bring to class:
wall calendar
newspaper and magazine pictures for follow-up activity 1
blank cards and markers for follow-up activity 2
point to the previous saturday and sunday on a wall calendar and say, saturday and sunday are the weekend. this is last weekend. then tell some things you did last weekend such as,/ cleaned my house over the weekend. use quick sketches (in the board along with gestures to demonstrate the meaning of each activity,
ask students, what did you do over the weekend9 accept one-word answers and rephrase these answers in complete sentences. for example, if you ask, what did you do over the weekend? and a student says. the beach, rephrase it by saying, oh, you went to the beach over the weekend.
ask several different students and help these students say complete answers.
1 a    this activity introduces the key vocabulary.
focus attention on the picture. ask students to tell what they see. name each activity and ask students to repeat:went to the movies, played soccer, went to the beach,did homework, played tennis and cleaned my room.
point out the numbered list of activities. say each one again and ask students to repeat.
then ask students to match each activity with one of the pictures. say, write the letter of each activity next to the words. 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 activities in the picture in activity la.ask students to tell what the person did in each picture.for example, she played tennis, or lucy played tennis.play the recording the first time. students only listen.
play the recording a second time. this time say. listen to the recording and write the days and times lucy did each thing under the pictures. point out the sample answer under the picture of lucy playing tennis; on saturday morning.
correct the answers.
1 c    this activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.
point to the example conversation. ask two students to read the dialogue to the class.
say, now work with a partner. student a, pretend to be lucy. student b, ask questions about what lucy did on different days and times over the weekend.talk about the activities in the picture.