Unit 9 How was your weekend

Unit 9 How was your weekend？Language goalIn this unit, students learn to talk about recent past events.New languageWhat 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 AAdditional materials to bring to class:wall calendarnewspaper and magazine pictures for Follow-up activity 1blank cards and markers for Follow-up activity 2Point 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. Pointout 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.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. Correct the answers.3b 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 asking and answering questions like this about what the people in the pictures did over the weekend. Practice in pairs. Use the dialogue as an example.Help students find partners. Then say, First read the dialogue together. Both students read both parts. Then make your own dialogues like that one. Tell what the people in activity 3a did over the weekend.Here is a sample dialogue:A: How was Sarah's weekend?B: It wasn't very good. She cleaned her room and studied for the math test. Ask pairs of students to present their dialogues to the class.4 This activity provides oral practice using die target language.Play a model round of the game. Draw simple pictures of two things you did over the weekend. For example, a picture of a TV, and a picture of a tennis racket. Point to the picture of the Ty and ask a student to make a sentence about what you did (you watched TV). Do the same with the picture of the tennis racket and another student (you played tennis). Write the two sentences on the board and underline the -ed in watched and played and remind students to use the past tense.Now ask students to priictice the activity in groups of four. Each students draws two diings she or he might have done over the weekend on a piece of paper. The students then take turns to make sentences about each other's pictures in past tense. Walk around the class offering assistance where necessary.Ask a student to draw two pictures about his or her last weekend on the bonrd. Class members guess the correct past tense sentences. Then write wh- words on the board (who, what, where, when, why, how) and encourage students to ask follow-up questions, for example. Who did you play tennis with9。