Unit 9 How was your weekend?

students work in pairs. as they talk, move around the room monitoring their work. offer language or pronunciation support as needed,
2a    this activity gives students practice in understanding the key vocabulary in spoken conversation.
point to the five sentences and ask a student to read these sentences to the class.
say, you will hear <t recording of a conversation. the people will talk about some of the activities and people, but they will not talk about others. please underline the words you hear on the recording.
play the recording the first time. students only listen.
play the recording a second time. this time, ask students to underline each word that is said on the tape. point out the sample answer, grandmother.
correct the answers.
2b    this activity provides listening practice using the target language.
call attention to the pictures of carol, ben, and emma and ask students to identify each person by name.
say, now i will play the recording again. listen to the students talking about what they aid over the weekend. write c for carol, b for ben or e for emma next to each statement in activity 2a. the first one has been done for you.
play the recording the first time. students only listen.
point out the sample answer, s, in statement 1. say,sonia visited her grandmother.
play the recording again. ask students to write a letter in front of each statement to show what each person did.
check the answers.
2c   this activity provides guided oral and writing practice using the target language.
call attention to the dialogue and the list of activities in the box. explain that students have to complete the dialogue using the activities words in the box.
students do the activity in pairs. when they have filled in the blanks, they practice the conversation. have several pairs perform their conversations for the rest of the class.
3a    this activity provides reading practice using the target language.
point to the three scenes in the picture. ask students to describe what the person in each scene did. (picture 1 shows: she went to the beach. picture 2 shows: he did his homework and watched tv picture 3 shows: she cleaned her room and studied for the math test.)
after that, read the three dialogues with a student.the second part of each dialogue is incomplete.
say, the rest of the sentences are listed above the picture. read them to the class or have a student read them. say, write the correct number on the blank lines in the speech bubbles to complete the conversations.