Read the poster then answer the exercise about it. Pg 89

VOCABULARY for READING ONE…p.90

Pilot

Flight

Took off

Landed

The person who flies an airplane

A trip in an airplane

Left a place in an airplane; past form of take off

Arrived somewhere in an airplane

VOCABULARY for READING ONE…p.90

Set a record

Media

Contest

Handsome

Hero

To do something faster and better than other people

Newspapers, magazines, radio and television

A game where people try to win; a competition

Good looking Someone you

respect very much

VOCABULARY for READING ONE…p.90

READING ONE:Lindberg Did It!!!!!!! Pg. 91

Reading for main ideas. Pg. 92

READING FOR DETAILS..p.93

1. How old was Lindbergh when he flew across the Atlantic?....25

2. On what date did he take off from New York?.... May 20, 1927.

3. At what time in the morning did he take off from New York?..7:52 a.m.

4. How many people were in Lindberg plane when he took off from New York?....Only one, Lindberg himself..

READING FOR DETAILS..p.93

5. How many miles was Lindberg’s flight?.....3,610 miles.

6. For how many hours was he in the air?....33 hours and 30 minutes.

7. How many sandwiches did he bring on his trip?...5.

READING FOR DETAILS..p.93

8. On what date did he land in Paris?...May, 21st.

9. About how many people greeted him when he arrived in Paris?...150,000 people..

READING TWO:Timeline of Lindberg’s Life..p.94 What is a TIMELINE? In this unit, a timeline is a chain of

events which is arranged from the beginning to the end to show what happened in the life of this person…..

This time line shows the events in Lindberg’s life…..let’s read it together….

Lindberg lived in the past….he died in 1974…

READING TWO:Timeline of Lindberg’s Life..p.94

During his life, he was a pilot, a father, a book writer and an environmentalist…

He had high points and low points in his life…in other words, he had successes and failures….

All this happened in the …past……..

Go to pages 96 in your book..let’s do these exercises together………..

Before we discuss the past….

A synonym is a word that is similar in meaning to another word. Read each sentence. Change the underlined word to a synonym from reading one. Pg 96 in the book

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

It is used for actions completed in the past at a definite

time: For a past action when the time is

given Ex: I met him yesterday When the action clearly took place

at a definite time even though this time is not mentioned

Ex: I bought this car in Montreal

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

It is used for an action whose time occupied a period of time now terminated

Ex: I worked in that bank for four years

SOME SIGNAL WORDS. . . Yesterday

Last Night

Last Week

Last Year

A month ago. . .

Two years ago. . .

FORMING THE SIMPLE PAST

For regular verbs, add –ed to the simple form of the verb.

For irregular verbs, change the verb.

For negatives, use did not or didn’t with the simple form of the verb.

For questions, use did before the subject.

I visited New Orleans last year

I go to the movies everyday. I went to the movies yesterday

She didn’t come toClass

Did he call you lastnight?

THE SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Affirmative: I talked to her last night

Question: When did you talk to her?

Negative: I didn’t talk to her

SPELLING OF REGULAR VERBS (1)VERB ENDING CONSONANTS +

eChange

CONSONANTS + yStudy

VOWEL + y Play

ED FORM ADD –dChanged

DROP –y, ADD –ied

Studied

ADD –ed onlyPlayed

SPELLING OF REGULAR VERBS (2)

VERB ENDING CONSONANT +

VOWEL+ CONSONANT ( CVC)

Stop

ED FORM DOUBLE THE

CONSONANT AND ADD –ed

Stopped

Now let’s do the exercise on page 100..complete the paragraphs with the simple past form of the verbs

given:

When you tell a story in the past, it is important to know what happened first and what happened next…use time order words to do that…………

Time-Order WordsFirst

Then

Next

Later

Finally

Time-Order Words

Lindberg decided to enter the contest. First, he needed to build a light weight airplane. Then, he………..Finally,...Now, let’s complete the paragraph together….

Time-Order Words come at the beginning of sentences…we use FINALLY at the end of the story..

Complete the paragraph with appropriate time order words

Thank you for paying attention