Unit 9 How was your weekend?

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1 b    this activity provides reading practice using the target language.
draw pictures of the happy face and unhappy face on the board. write the word vmm under the happy face and the words not fun under the unhappy face.
ask students to name some activities they think are fun and some that are not fun. for example, a student might say doing homework or cleaning my room are not fun.
point out the happy face under the pictures in la.say, he played the guitar. it was fun. the happy face shows it was fun.say, a'oic draw a happy face or an unhappy face for letters a, c, and a,
correct the answers.
2a    this activity provides listening and writing practice using the target language.
call attention to the names jim and sally and the write-on lines under each name.
say, now you are going to hear a conversation between jim and sally. they are talking about what they did over the weekend. listen to the conversation and write what each person did.
play the recording the first time. students only listen.
point out the sample answer, cleaned her room.
play the recording again. ask students to hu in the phrases telling what each person did. remind students that they can look back at earlier activities in this unit to get spelling help, if they wish.
2b    this activity provides guided oral practice using the target language.
call attention to the example in speech bubbles.ask a pair of students to read the dialogue to the class.
say, now practice talking about what jim and sally did over the weekend. practice in pairs- use the dialogue as an example.
help students find partners. then say. first read the dialogue together. read both parts. then make your own dialogues like that one. tell what sally and jim did over the weekend.
as students practice, move around the room monitoring progress.
ask pairs of students to present their dialogues to the class.
2c    this activity provides open-ended oral practice using the target language.
point out the example in speech bubbles. ask two students to read the dialogue to the class.
with a student, say a conversation about what you did over the weekend. you may wish to write two or three activities on the board for students to use in their conversations.
help students find partners. as they practice their conversations, move around the room monitoring progress and giving language support as needed.
ask some pairs to present their real-life conversations to the class.
3a    this activity provides reading practice using the target language.