Level Unit Unit Title Topic/Theme Basic 02 11 Top Notch Fundamentals Past Events Outdoor activities (past tense)

) Grammatical Feature(s) Prompts/Sentence Starters The past tense of be: Statements, questions, and contractions When were you last at the movies? I was there on Saturday. The simple past tense: I read a book and took a nap. Regular verbs, irregular verbs What did you do last weekend? I made a cake. Statements, questions, and short answers Questions/Conversation Starters 1. What are some activities that you like to do? 2. Tell us about your favorite activity. Why do you like it? When was the last time you did the activity? 3. When were you last at the movies? 4. When did you last play soccer? Read a book? Exercise? Buy a new outfit? Eat ice cream? 5. What did you do last weekend? 6. Where were you at 7:00 last night? 9:00? Midnight? What were you doing? 7. What are three (3) things you did to get ready this morning? 8. How old were you in 2010? 2005? 9. When was the last time you o argued with your parents? What were you arguing about? o watched a soccer match? Which team won? o lent money to a friend? Did your friend pay you back? o saw an interesting movie? Who was in the movie? Did you like the movie? Why or why not? o laughed your head off? What was so funny? Vocabulary Activity the state of being active; lively action or movement Weekend the end of the week, notably the time between Friday evening and Monday morning To argue to be in oral disagreement; dispute To lend to give (money) on condition that it is returned To pay back to repay or return To laugh ones head off to laugh out loud Suggested Extension Activities Materials/Notes Have students come up with five (5) other When was the last time you questions. Have students interview each other. Have students stand in a circle. The first person says something that he/she did to get ready this morning. The 2nd person repeats and adds an activity. Game continues until all students have spoken.

Questions/Conversation Starters 1. What are some activities that you like to do? 2. Tell us about your favorite activity. Why do you like it? When was the last time you did the activity? 3. When did you last play soccer? Read a book? Exercise? Buy a new outfit? Eat ice cream? 4. What did you do last weekend? 5. Where were you at 7:00 last night? 9:00? Midnight? What were you doing? 6. What are three (3) things you did to get ready this morning? 7. How old were you in 2010? 2005? 8. When was the last time you o argued with your parents? What were you arguing about? o watched a soccer match? Which team won? o lent money to a friend? Did your friend pay you back? o saw an interesting movie? Who was in the movie? Did you like the movie? Why or why not? o laughed your head off? What was so funny? Questions/Conversation Starters 1. What are some activities that you like to do? 2. Tell us about your favorite activity. Why do you like it? When was the last time you did the activity? 3. When did you last play soccer? Read a book? Exercise? Buy a new outfit? Eat ice cream? 4. What did you do last weekend? 5. Where were you at 7:00 last night? 9:00? Midnight? What were you doing? 6. What are three (3) things you did to get ready this morning? 7. How old were you in 2010? 2005? 8. When was the last time you o argued with your parents? What were you arguing about? o watched a soccer match? Which team won? o lent money to a friend? Did your friend pay you back? o saw an interesting movie? Who was in the movie? Did you like the movie? Why or why not? o laughed your head off? What was so funny? Questions/Conversation Starters 1. What are some activities that you like to do? 2. Tell us about your favorite activity. Why do you like it? When was the last time you did the activity? 3. When did you last play soccer? Read a book? Exercise? Buy a new outfit? Eat ice cream? 4. What did you do last weekend? 5. Where were you at 7:00 last night? 9:00? Midnight? What were you doing? 6. What are three (3) things you did to get ready this morning? 7. How old were you in 2010? 2005? 8. When was the last time you o argued with your parents? What were you arguing about? o watched a soccer match? Which team won? o lent money to a friend? Did your friend pay you back? o saw an interesting movie? Who was in the movie? Did you like the movie? Why or why not? o laughed your head off? What was so funny?