1.　　　 Point to the activities in the picture in 1a. Ask students to listen carefully.

4.　　　 Students read the phrases aloud.

　 　Activity 3

a)　　　 Students work in pairs to ask and answer about what the girl in 1a did on different days.

Model: A: What did she do in Picture a?

　　　 B: She went to the movie.

　　　 A: What did she do on Saturday morning?

　　　 B: She played tennis.

b)　　　 Check some pairs.

Step 4: Listening. (1b)

1.d　 2.b　 3.f　 4.c　 5.e　 6.a

3.　　　 Check the answers.

2.　　　 Ask students to match each activity with one of the pictures.

1.　　　 Point to the pictures in 1a and ask students to tell what they see. Name each activity and repeat in the past tense.

went to the movies, played soccer, went to the beach, did homework, played tennis, cleaned my room

2.　　　 Check some pairs.

　　 　Activity 2

1.　　　 Students ask and answer in pairs about their last weekend in the same way.

2.　　　 Go on asking students: What did you do last weekend?

　　　　　　　　　　　 How was your last weekend?

　 Help students answer, using the past tense of the verbs.

　 Pay attention to the change of verbs’ form

　 watch TV ... watched TV,　　　　 play soccer ... played soccer

　 do homework... did homework,　 go to the beach ... went to the beach

　 am / is / ... was,　 are ... were

　 Model: T: What did you do last weekend?

　　　　 S: I played soccer and did homework.

Step 3: Practicing

　 　　Activity 1

Teaching procedures

Step 1: Warming up

　　　 Ask students about what they do on weekends.

　　　 Model: T: How is your weekend?

　　　　　　 S: It’s great/ terrible, good, OK. / Not bad.

T: What do you usually do on weekends?

　　　　　　 S: I usually play soccer / do my homework / clean my room ...

　　　　　　 T: How about your friend?

　　　　　　 S: She / He usually stays at home and watch TV.

Step 2: Presenting

1.　　　 Make a list of the verb phrases students said just now on the blackboard.

For example: play soccer, do my homework, clean my room, stay at home , watch TV ...