Unit 8 How was your school trip?

A: I dreamed an interesting dream last night. It was in winter vacation. B: Where did you go? A: I went to the North Pole. B: What was the weather like ? A: It was snowy, but not very cold. B: Did you skate there? A: Sure. And I made a lovely snowman, after that I went to swim in a small river.

B: Oh, my God! A: Then I went back and had lots of hot food. B: How was the food? A: It was really delicious. B: How were the people? A: There were no other people there, only me. B: Cool! But you know it was only a dream.

A’s dream is really funny, so B tells the other classmates about the dream. Sam went to the North Pole last night. It was snowy, and pretty cold. He skated, made a snowman and ate delicious food. He was a hero, he swam in a river, and you know, there were no other people there, only himself. Oh, my God!

Make your own story about day off Here are some phrases to use: Watch TV with a friend 和朋友一起看电视 Take a class 上课 Sleep late 睡得很晚 Help mom and dad 帮助爸妈 Go for a drive 开车兜风 Went camping　去野营

Model story: I slept very late last day off because I played computer games at midnight the night before. When I got up, I found there was a new sport car in the yard. I felt excited. I called my best friend Lily and went for a drive with her. But it was too bad, I must take a math class that day. It was about 4 p.m when I got back home. I watched an interesting program on TV with Lily. And then we had a big dinner, that was wonderful. After dinner, I helped mom and dad with the housework. I thought I had a nice day off.

Make a plan for your next day off! On my next day off, I don’t want to go for a drive. That sounds really boring. Oh, really? I think that sounds fun. What do you want to do? Let me think… I think I will go camping on my next day off. I am going to take a lot of pictures in the mountains. That will be fantastic. I think so.

Pair work: on your next day off? What do you want to do? What will you do What are you going to do I want to … Do you want to … No, I think that sounds boring. on your next day off?

Listening practice: Who helped mom and dad on the last day off? Who slept late on that day? Who went for a drive on that day? Why? What else did Tina do on her last day off?

Who said these things on their day off? It was really boring. The weather was terrible. Sounds like a busy day off! Can you believe it? Tina Tina Tina Tony

Tapescript How was your day off, Tina? Oh, it was awful. Really? What happened? Well, we went camping and the weather was terrible. It rained and rained all day long. Oh, that’s too bad. Ugh! Because the weather was so bad, we went for a drive. It was really boring. Sounds terrible, Tina. How about your day off, Tony?

It was terrible. I studied very hard for my math exam last week, so I slept late. Can you believe it? When I woke up, it was already 12 o’clock. I got up and went to my friend Dave’s house, but he wasn’t there. He was at the beach! So what did you do? I helped my mom and dad clean the yard. Sounds like a busy day off!

Reading and Writing Dear Tom, How was your day off? Did you have fun camping? I didn’t have a very fun day. I visited my cousins. It rained all day. In the morning, I stayed in the house and watched DVDs, played computer games, and read. In the afternoon, Uncle Martin put some of his old things out in the yard and had a yard sale!No one came to the sale because the weather was so bad.Luckily,we brought our umbrellas and rain coats,so we didn’t get wet. see you soon, Nick

3.Watched DVDs 4.Played computer games 5.Read Take notes of the things Nick did on his day off, and write one or two sentences to give your opinion about the day. 1. Visited his cousins 2.Stayed in the house 3.Watched DVDs 4.Played computer games 5.Read In my opinion, Tom really had a bad day, it sounds boring.

Exercise for the reading List all the things Nick did on his day off, and write one or two sentences to give your opinion about the day. 1. He visited his cousins. 2. He stayed in the house and watched DVDS, played computer games and read in the morning. 3. He helped his uncle have a yard sale in the afternoon. But no one came to the sale. In my opinion, it was a terrible day off and playing computer games was the only interesting part of it!

Language points Helped mom and dad clean the yard Help sb. do sth.帮助某人做某事 I helped my mom do the housework. Help sb. to do sth. I helped my mom to do the housework. Help sb. with sth. I helped my mom with the housework.

Language points Sounds like a busy day off! Sound: 系动词，“听起来” Sound like表示“听起来像．．．”，后接名词． It sounds like a good idea! That feels like the best way to go.

Language points have fun doing sth. Did you have fun camping? We had fun playing in the water last Sunday. They are having fun playing football on the playground.

Language points It rained all day. I studied all night. all day == the/a whole day I studied all night. I studied the whole night.

Language points some of his old things Some of: …的一些 Some: 一些的．．． Some of the boys are my friends. Some boys are singing in the classroom. One of ：．．．之一 China is one of the biggest countries in the world.

Exercise today buy win watch meet have won met had buy watched Maria _________ the first prize in yesterday’s singing competition. We _____ a famous basketball player. I _____ pizza for lunch. It was terrible! I helped Sally ______ a new watch. We ________ a movie about living in the future. met had buy watched

Story Time A dog has a piece of meat in his mouth. As he is walking by the lake, he looks around and sees himself. He thinks that is another dog. That dog has a piece of meat in his mouth, too. He says to himself, “I want to eat more meat. I must get his meat. Then I can have two.” He opened his mouth . Then the meat fell into the lake…