Unit 9 How was your weekend? － By Huang Lin chun from Ji shui No. 3 Middle School

Period 1

Monday May 9th, 2011 Sun.Mon.Tue.Wed.Thu.Fri.Sat What day is it today? 4, What did I do last weekend? 2.What’s the date today ? stayed at home watched TV 3.When was last weekend? 5.How was my weekend? （ boring)

－ What do you usually do on weekends? － I usually …… 玩电脑游戏 做作业 去图书馆 打扫房间 看望我爷爷奶奶 － What did you do last weekend? － I played computer games did my homework went to the library cleaned my room visited my grandparents 小结动词过去式的构成 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. I did my homework. I went to the library. I cleaned my room.

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_

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

一. 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, Summary 二.The Simple Past Tense

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Period 2

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…

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).

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).

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

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

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

Homework 1. Memorize the rules to form the simple past tense verbs. 2. Memorize the irregular verbs am→was is→ was are→were do→did go→went have→had sit→sat see→saw read→read write→wrote spend→spent

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Period 3

2 1

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. NameHow was his/her weekend? What did he/she do? MingIt was great.He went to the beach. Tony Sarah It was OK. He did his homework and watched TV. It wasn’t very good. She cleaned her room and studied for the math test.

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…

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. NameHow was his/her weekend?What did he/she do?

Period 4

Geography

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

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?

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.

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

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

Period 5

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。

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

What’s the simple past tense of these verbs? 1. have → 2. cook → 3. read → 4. see → 5. watch → had cooked read saw watched

Do you know how to use these phrases? 1. a little difficult: 2. play (… ) with sb./sth: 3. 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.

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

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

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

Period 6

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.

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

Writing Write a report about how you helped Old Henry last weekend. Last weekend, I went to visit Old Henry…