10 a simple past affirmative statements
- 1. Photocopiable: D.R. © Macmillan Publishers, S.A. de C.V. 2010 Level 1 Student’s Worksheet Follow the instructions. 1 Read your sentence and memorize it. 2 Tell your group your sentence. 3 Talk about the correct order of the sentences in the story. 4 Stand in a line to show the correct order of the sentences in the story. I went on a terrible date last week. I went out with a friend of a co-worker. At first, I was very excited, but when he picked me up at my house, he didn’t even get out of the car. He just honked his horn at the front of the house. My dad was really mad. Then the restaurant he took me to wasn’t very nice. The menu didn’t have a very big selection, and the food wasn’t very good. It was expensive, and he didn’t pay for my dinner. We went Dutch! The worst thing was that he didn’t tip the waiter. I was so embarrassed. After that, we went to a club, and he couldn’t dance. So, do I want to see him again? Yes, I do, because he’s CUTE!! A Terrible DateUnit 10A ✂
- 2. Level 1 Teacher’s NotesTeacher’s Notes Written by Annette Flavel Design: Jordan Publishing Design Photocopiable: D.R. © Macmillan Publishers, S.A. de C.V. 2010 Lead-in» Tell the students that they are going to reconstruct a story. Write on the board pick up, honk the horn, tip the waiter, cute, and go Dutch. Put the students into groups and ask them to use dictionaries to find the meaning of these words and phrases and then predict what the story will be about. Elicit ideas from the class. ●● Divide the class into groups of eight and give each group a set of eight paper strips. ●● Tell each person to take a strip, read it, and memorize what it says. Give them time to do this. Clarify any vocabulary questions the students may have. In those groups that do not have eight members, give strong students more than one strip. ●● Ask the students to stand in a line in the order of their story. To do this, each student has to say their statement aloud, without reading the strip. The students then organize themselves in the right order according to the chronology of the story. If students have more than one strip, they will need to move accordingly. ●● When the groups finish, have them say their sentences aloud to check the story order (the story is in the correct order on the worksheet). Ask concept- checking questions, such as What was the first thing the date did wrong?; What happened at the restaurant?; Does she want to go out with him again? Alternative Put the students into pairs and divide the worksheet into four, not eight (i.e., four pairs of sentences) and give the students the first two sentences. Have the students read the sentences, and explain that the rest of the story is in three sections on the wall in the classroom. Have the students take turns standing and running to the story strips on the wall. They have to remember the information, and then run back to their partner and dictate as their partner writes. When pairs finish, have them put the sections in the correct order. Follow-up ●● Collect the strips from the students. Divide the class into groups of four and ask the students to make a group list of things that could go wrong on a date. ●● Have the groups share their ideas with the class, helping with any vocabulary and corrections. a perfect date Ask the students to write eight sentences describing a perfect date that happened in the past (real or imaginary). Remind them to use sequencing words.Ask the students to then cut the story into strips, mix up the story, and have a partner put it in the correct order. Web homework Ask the students to go on the Internet and type worst date into a search engine. They should find a blog entry that interests them, using a dictionary (e.g., www. macmillandictionary.com) to help them, and prepare to tell their classmates about it in the next class. Objectives: to use simple past statements and sequencing words to talk about a past event Time: 30–45 minutes Skills: speaking—working as a group to order a story; discussing dates Vocabulary: words to describe a bad date Grammar: simple past statements and sequencing words Preparation: hand out one copy per group of 8 (cut out and mixed up) A Terrible Date Unit 10A