Unit 9 How was your weekend?Language goal: In this unit students learn to talk about recent past events. New languages: 1. Master the new vocabulary words. 2. Master the past forms of the regular and irregular verbs. 3. New target language: What did you do last weekend? On Saturday morning, I cleaned my room. On Saturday evening, I went to the movies. What did he/she/they do last weekend? He/she/they played tennis. How was your weekend? It was great/OK. 4. Be able to talk about the recent past events. Difficult points: 1. Master the past forms of the regular and irregular verbs. 2. Use the new language to talk about recent past events. Teaching aids: recorder some pictures of activities Teaching periods: Period 1: Section A 1aGrammar focus Period 2: Section A3a4 Period 3: Section B 1a2c Period 4: Section B 3aSelf-check Period 1 Teaching aims: 1. Learn the new vocabulary words: 2.Target language: What did you do last weekend? I played soccer/we went to the beach. What did he do last weekend? He played tennis. What did they do last weekend? They visited the library. 3. Master the past forms of the regular and irregular verbs. 4. Learn to talk about recent past events. Teaching procedures: Step 1. Warm-up Talk about the activities: Whats your favorite sport?My favorite sport is Do you play soccer/tennis/basketball? Yes/noDo you do your homework/clean your room? Yes/no. Ask and answer more activities. Step 2. Learn the new vocabulary words 1. Get the students to read the new words in the vocabulary. Try to read them by themselves. 2. Practice reading the new words: (A) Ask the class to repeat the new words after the teacher. (B) Then read them together/in parts/one by one. 3. Read and remember the new words. 4. Explain some words: The past forms of some irregular verbs: was; did; went Useful expressions: have a test; stay at home; what about=how about; practice doing sth. Step 3. Presentation 1. Teacher asks students: “What did you do last weekend?” Help the students to answer the question with the past tense. For example: I cleaned my room/ washed the clothes/played basketball/went to the movies Accept one word answers and rephrase the answers in completed sentences. 2. Have the students work in pairs, ask the question. And try to answer with complete sentences. Then practice asking and answering the conversation. Step 4. 1a Look and match 1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. 2. Have students read the list of the activities first. Read each one and ask students to repeat. 3.Then look at the pictures and try to match the answers. 4. Check up the answers. Step 5. 1b Listening practice 1. The teacher reads the instructions to the students. 2. Get the students to look at the pictures, and then tell what the person did in each picture inactivity1a. 3. Play the recording for the first time, students only listen. 4. Play the recording again. Students listen to the recording, try to fill in the day and “morning, afternoon, evening” by themselves. 5. Check up the answers. 6. Play the recording, let the students repeat after the recording. Then practice reading the conversation. Step 6. 1cPair work 1. The teacher explains the instructions to the students.2.Ask two students to read the example conversation in class. 3. Roles play the conversation about Lucys weekend in pairs. 4. Have some pairs of students work to the class. Step 7. 2a Listening practice 1.The teacher explains the instructions to the students. 2. Get students to read the sentences in activity 2a. And explain: “You will hear a conversation. The people will talk about some activities and people. Now listen and try to underline the words you hear. 3. Play the recording for the first time, students only listen. 4. Play the recording again, students listen and try to underline the words. 5. Check up the answers. Step 8. 2b Listening practice 1. The teacher explains the instructions to the students. Look at the picture in activity 2a, learn the names of Carol; Ben and Emma. Ask students to identify each person by name. 2. Look through the sentences in activity 2a. 3. Play the recording. Listen and try to fill their names in the blanks. 4. Listen again and check up the answers. 5. Play the recording and get students to repeat after the recording. Step 9. 2cPair work 1. The teacher explains the instructions to the students. Practice the conversation with the words given in the box. 2. Students read the example and the words in the box. Do the activity in pairs and make their conversation. 3.Ask some pairs to present the conversations in class. Step 10.Grammar focus Review the grammar box first. Then students read the sentences and find if there are some questions. If have, explain them: the past forms of the regular verbs and irregular verbs. Step 11. Summary 1. The new vocabulary words. 2. The new target language. 3. The regular and irregular verbs. Step 12.Homework 1. Remember the vocabulary word