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. |