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Activity 2a Answer the questions about your last weekend. 5 min
Objectives: to get ready to talk about weekend activities; to revise Past Simple
Ask the pupils to work individually. Explain that they read the questions and write their answers in their exercise books. Askthemnottowritelongsentences.Theycanwritea wordoraphrase,e.g.inanswertoquestion3theycanwrite„By bus‟.

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

Objective: to give less-controlled practice in talking about weekendactivities
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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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‟tcatchany(9) fishbuthehadanice(10) day.Onthe wayhomehe wenttothe(11)supermarketagainandbought some (12) fish. His children werehappy.

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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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