1.　　　 Ask students to take out a piece of paper. And write about what they did last weekend.

3.　　　 Check out their answers.

1) cleaned my room　　 2) did my homework

3) visited my aunt　　　 4) went to the library

5) played soccer　　　　 6) watched TV

　Activity 2

2.　　　 Students work alone and fill in the blanks.

1.　　　 Call students attention to the six pictures in 3b. Say, here are some things that the boy did .

Ask students: What did he do last weekend?

4.　　　 Help students understand some problems they may have.

Step 6: Writing

　 Activity 1

3.　　　 Ask some to students say their ideas . Answers will vary.

2.　　　 Students read the article alone. Circle the activities they like. Underline the activities they don’t like.

1.　　　 Read the article to the class. Let students pay attention to the verbs in the past. List them on the blackboard.

Asked, did, was, went, played, watched, stayed, visited, cleaned

8.　　　 Check some pairs.

Step 5: Reading

7.　　　 Have students work in pairs. First talk about what Sally and Jim did last weekend. Then talk about their own weekend.

Model: A: What did Jim do?

　　　 B: Jim went to the movie.

　　　 A: What did Sally do?

　　　 B: She cleaned her room.

　　　 A: What did you do last weekend?

　　　 B: I visited my sister.