2. Practice reading the new words: (A) Ask the class to repeat the new words after the teacher. (B) Then read them together/in parts/one by one.

1. Get the students to read the new words in the vocabulary. Try to read them by themselves.

4. Learn to talk about recent past events.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1. Warm-up

Talk about the activities:

-What’s your favorite sport?-My favorite sport is…

-Do you play soccer/tennis/basketball? Yes/no…

-Do you do your homework/clean your room?　 Yes/no...

Ask and answer more activities.

Step 2. Learn the new vocabulary words

3. Master the past forms of the regular and irregular verbs.

2.Target language:

What did you do last weekend? I played soccer/we went to the beach.

What did he do last weekend? He played tennis.

What did they do last weekend? They visited the library.

1. Learn the new vocabulary words:

2. Use the new language to talk about recent past events.

Teaching aids:

l　　　　 recorder

l　　　　 some pictures of activities

Teaching periods:

l　　　　 Period 1: Section A 1a-Grammar focus

l　　　　 Period 2: Section A3a-4

l　　　　 Period 3: Section B 1a-2c

l　　　　 Period 4: Section B 3a-Self-check

Period 1

Teaching aims:

1. Master the past forms of the regular and irregular verbs.

4. Be able to talk about the recent past events.

Difficult points:

3. New target language:

What did you do last weekend?

On Saturday morning, I cleaned my room.

On Saturday evening, I went to the movies.

What did he/she/they do last weekend? He/she/they played tennis.

How was your weekend? It was great/OK.