CURSO DE DOCENCIA

UNIVERSITARIA.

PLAN DE CLASES Y ESTRATEGIAS

UNIT 7

ON VACATION

LESSON 1

Greet someone arriving from a trip.

Greet someone arriving from a trip.

CONVERSATION MODEL.

A. Read and listen to someone greeting a person arriving from a trip.

A: Welcome back!

B: Thanks.

A: So, how was the flight?

B: Pretty nice, actually.

A: That’s good. Can I give you a hand?

B: That’s OK. I’m fine.

A: Are you sure?

B: Absolutely. Thanks.

B. Rhythm and intonation.

Listen again and repeat. Then practice the conversation model with a

partner.

GRAMMAR.

THE PAST TENSE OF BE: review

I

He was We were

She wasn’t on time You weren’t late.

It They

QUESTIONS.

Was your flight long? ( Yes, it was./ No, it wasn’t,)

Were your Friends with you? (Yes, they were./ No, they weren’t.)

How was the traffic? (It was terrible)

How long were you away? (Two weeks)

B. Grammar practice.

Complete the conversation with the affirmative or negative past tense of be.

1. A: Welcome back! How……………the drive?

B: Not great. The traffic ……………..really awful.

There …………..so many cars on the road.!

A: Too bad. …………… you alone?

B: No. My brother ……….with me.

2. A: Where ………….you last week?

B: We………… on a cruise.

A: Really? How ……… it?

B: It ……… pretty short. Only three days!

VOCABULARY:

Adjectives to describe trips.

It was so comfortable.

It was quite scenic.

It was really boring.

It was kind of bumpy.

It was pretty scary.

It was rather short. It was very long.

INTENSIFIERS

So

Pretty

Really

Quite

Very

Kind of

rather

PAIR WORK.

Use the adjectives and intensifiers in the vocabulary to describe a trip you took.

“ Last year, I went to a small town in the

mountains. The bus trip was very bumpy. ”

NOW YOU CAN

Greet someone arriving from a trip.

A. Pair work.

Greet someone arriving from a trip. Change the Conversation Model, usingthe adjectives and intensifiers and tha past tense of be. Then changeroles.

A: Welcome back!

B: ………………..

A: So, how was the …………….?

B: ………….., actually.

A: That’s ……………. Can I give you a hand?

B: ………………………

ResponsesComfortable

Scenic That’s good!

Short

Boring

Bumpy That’s too bad

Scary

long

Grammar quiz.

A. complete the conversation with was, were, wasn’t, or weren’t.

1. A: ___________ you out of town last week?

B: No, I _________. Why?

A: Well, you __________ at work all week.

2. A: How ____________the food?

B: Great! There __________ lots of fresh seafood

and the fruit __________ delicious.

3. A: So________your vacation OK?

B: Well, actually it _____________. The food __________

terrible and there ____________ too many people.

4. A: Where _________ you last weekend?

B: I _________ on vacation .

A: Really? How _________ your trip?

5. A: How long _________ your trip?

B: Only a few hours, but we ____________

pretty tired.

6. A: ____________ your brother on vacation las week?

B: Yes, he _________. He and his wife __________

on a cruise.

HOMEWORK

On a separate sheet of paper, unscramble the words to write questions,

Using was or were.

1 your/ vacation/ very long

2 your luggage / where

3 the drive / comfortable

4 you / on the morning flight

5 your Friends / late

6 there / a lot of people / on the train