1. Unit 9 How was your weekend?
－By Zhou Zurong
from Mianyang Foreign Languages School
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2. Period 1

3. Monday May 9th, 2005 Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

4. －What do you usually do on weekends?
－I usually play computer games/do my homework/go to the library/clean my room/visit my grandparents…
－What did you do last weekend?
－I played computer games/did my homework/went to the library/cleaned my room/visited my grandparents…

5. What did you do last weekend?
I did my homework.
I played computer games.
I went to the library.
I cleaned my room.

6. 1a Match the words with the pictures.
1. did my homework _d_
2. played
soccer __b__
3. cleaned my room __f__
4. went to the beach _c_
5. Played
tennis _e_
6. went to the movies _a_

7. 1b Listen and write the day and “morning”, “afternoon” or “night” below each picture.
Saturday
afternoon
afternoon
Sunday

8. is→was do→did play→played go→went clean→cleaned
Pair work: Read the tape script on page 97. Find out the verbs of simple past tense. Then make your own conversation with the following expressions after the model of 1b.
is→was do→did play→played go→went clean→cleaned
A: How was your weekend, Lucy?
B: It was great.
A: What did you do?
B: I played tennis and went to the beach.
A: That’s cool.
B: What about you, Tina?
A: Well, my weekend was OK. I played computer games and cleaned my room.

9. Homework: Memorize the simple past tense of the following verbs.
do→did, go→went, is→was, are→were, have→had,
stay→stayed, play→played, visit→visited, practice→practiced study→studied,

10. Period 2

11. Revision
Q: What did you do yesterday/yesterday morning/afternoon/evening/last weekend/last Saturday/Sunday…?
A: I did my homework/played soccer/cleaned my room/visited my grandparents/went to the beach/stayed at home…

12. Listening practice 1. did some homework/sports
A: Pre-listening. Find the words or phrases that you don’t know in 2a.
1. did some homework/sports
2. studied for the science/math test
3. went to the pool

13. B. While-listening. Listen and finish exercise 2a & 2b.
1. ____ I visited my (aunt/grandmother).
2.____ I did some (homework/sports).
3.____ I studied for the (science/math) test.
4.____ I went to the (pool/beach).
5.____ I played (volleyball/tennis).

14. B. While-listening. Listen and finish exercise 2a & 2b.
1. E I visited my (aunt/grandmother).
2. E I did some (homework/sports).
3. B I studied for the (science/math) test.
4. C I went to the (pool/beach).
5. C I played (volleyball/tennis).

15. PAIRWORK Practice the conversation below
PAIRWORK Practice the conversation below. Use the information in the box.
A: What did you do last weekend?
B: I_____________.
A: What about your friend, Carol?
B: She __________. What did you do?
A: I _________ and _________.
visit (a person)
go to (a place)
stay at home
have a party
do some reading
practice English
study for the (math) test

16. Summary The rules to form the simple past tense verbs:
A. Regular verbs:
1. 动词原形+ed e.g. play→played clean→cleaned visit→visited stay→stayed practice→practiced ask→asked watch→watched stay→stayed
2. 以e结尾的+d e.g. live→lived dance→danced
3. 辅音字母+y结尾，变y为i+ed study→studied try→tried carry→carried
4. 重读闭音节结尾,且末尾只有一个辅音字母的动词，双写尾字母再加ed
e.g. stop→stopped plan→planned

17. am→was is→ was are→were do→did go→went have→had
B. Irregular verbs:
am→was is→ was are→were
do→did go→went have→had
sit→sat see→saw read→read
write→wrote spend→spent

18. Homework
Memorize the rules to form the simple past tense verbs.

19. Period 3

20. 2 1

21. How was his/her weekend?
PAIRWORK Ask and answer questions about Ming’s, Tony’s and Sarah’s weekends and fill in the following blanks.
A: How was Ming’s weekend?
B: It was great.
A: What did he do?
B: He went to the beach.
Name
How was his/her weekend?
What did he/she do?
Ming
It was great.
He went to the beach.
Tony
Sarah
He did his homework
and watched TV.
It was OK.
She cleaned her room and
studied for the math test.
It wasn’t very good.

22. Writing Write a report about Ming’s, Tony’s and Sarah’s weekends based on the box above.
Ming had a great weekend. He went to the beach. Tony…

23. How was his/her weekend?
Interview Interview your classmates about their weekends and fill in the following blanks. Prepare a report about it. The teacher will check the work next period.
Name
How was his/her weekend?
What did he/she do?

24. Period 4

25. Geography

26. a d c

27. Sally Jim cleaned her room played soccer did her homework
2a Listen. What did Sally and Jim do last weekend?
Complete the chart.
Sally
Jim
cleaned her room
played soccer
did her homework
went to a movie
went to the library
visited his friend’s house

28. 3a Read the following questions and try to understand them.
1. Where were the students from?
2. How many students did homework or studied?
3. When did the five kids go shopping?
4.Did any kids visit friends?
5.How many kids cleaned their rooms? When?

29. Answer the following questions.
1. Where are the students studying?
2. How many students did homework or studied?
3. When did the five kids go shopping?
4.Did any kids visit friends?
5.How many kids cleaned their rooms? When?
They are studying at No. 3 Middle School.
Ten kids did homework or studied.
They went shopping on Saturday afternoon.
Yes, two kids visited friends on Sunday.
Nine kids cleaned their rooms on Sunday.

30. Do you understand these language points?
1. spend (spent): spend time/money on sth./(in) doing sth.
2.…what they did last weekend?
3. went shopping (go + ving)
4. play sports=do sports

31. Homework
1. Translate this passage into Chinese.
2. Finish 3b.

32. Period 5

33. Homework check. 孩子们怎么度周末?
　　　上周,我们询问了十位三中的学生周末干了些什么。大部分孩子的周末都有趣味。十个孩子作了作业或学习。星期六下午，五个孩子购物，三个去图书馆。有两个孩子还玩了电脑游戏。星期六晚上，七个孩子去看了电影或呆在家里看电视。星期天，有两个孩子去拜访了朋友，九个孩子打扫了房间，还有五个孩子做了运动。

34. did my homework visited my aunt played soccer watched TV
went to the library
played soccer
watched TV

35. What’s the simple past tense of these verbs?
have →
cook →
read →
see →
watch →
had
cooked
read
saw
watched

36. Do you know how to use these phrases?
a little difficult:
play (… ) with sb./sth:
talk show:
not very difficult.
e.g. This dictionary is a little expensive.
I won’t buy it.
玩, 戏弄, 摆弄; 不大认真考虑(某一问题);与...一起玩
e.g. play with fire;
Tom likes to play chess with his grandfather.

37. Jay Zhou in TALK SHOW
What did you do last month?

38. The following phrases will help you:
acted in a film/held an individual concert /
did an ad/wrote a new song/
practice the piano/made an MTV

39. Writing
Write down what Jay Zhou did last month. The beginning is done for you.
Jay Zhou was really busy last month…
_____________________________________

40. Period 6

41. Read the story and find out what you don’t understand.
Do you think that everyone enjoys their weekend? Old Henry does not. Last month, he went for a walk with Wang Wang, his cute dog. It was a nice day and Old Henry was happy. He sat down and watched Wang Wang play with a friendly black cat.
Then it was time to go home. Old Henry looked for his dog. But Wang Wang wasn’t there…
Now Old Henry is very sad. He has no dog and no friend. He doesn’t want to do anything.

42. Discussion Imagine you work for the Heart-warming Project
Discussion Imagine you work for the Heart-warming Project. Discuss with your classmates what will do to help Old Henry to be happy again.

43. Writing Write a report about how you helped Old Henry last weekend.
Last weekend, I went to visit Old Henry…
Everyone will get old. To love the old is to love yourself.