Dates English Teacher

Activity 2b Work in pairs. Ask your friend about his/her last weekend. 5 min

Objective: to give less-controlled practice in talking about weekend activities

Ask the pupils to work in pairs. Explain that, first, one pupil asks the questions in activity 2a and the other answers, then they swap over.

Activity 2c Report. 5 min

Objective: to give further practice in talking about weekends

Ask three or four pupils to report to the whole class about their partners‟ weekends.

Activity 3a Look and make a story. Use the words. 10 min

Objective: to practise making a story using the pictures and the suggested vocabulary

Work with the whole class. Using the words in the cloud the pupils make a story about Mr Whitfield. You could ask more than one pupil to talk about each picture.

Activity 3b Work in pairs. Answer the questions. 5 min

Objectives: to practise talking about events in the past; to practise inferring meaning from context

In pairs the pupils read and answer the questions.

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   Post-activity
   

Activity 4 Copy and complete the sentences. 8 min

Objectives: to revise the vocabulary; to reinforce the story structure

The pupils copy the sentences and complete them in their exercise books using the words in the cloud. Remind that every story has basic components: characters, setting, plot, theme, and conflict or problem. These elements answer the basic questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How?

Answer key:

Mr Whitfield decided to go (1) fishing. In the morning Mr Whitfield went to the (2) supermarket and bought (3) bread, sausages and (4) fruit. Before (5) fishing he decided to have (6) lunch. After (7) lunch he decided to have (8) a rest. He didn‟t catch any (9) fish but he had a nice (10) day. On the way home he went to the (11) supermarket again and bought some (12) fish. His children were happy.

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   Homework 2 min
   

Ask the pupils to look at the homework on Page 112. Check that everybody understands what to do with the task. If necessary, explainhow to do the homework.

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   Evaluation. Giving marks