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 st...
