Greet students by inquiring about their weekend e.g. how was your weekend? Now, show them the first ppt slide about stages of life and ask what each stage shows Write down the stages below each picture and ask what students did in each stage in their personal life. Start with an example e.g. when I was a child I was very noisy/when I was 12 I was very shy Pair up students, give them a 3-minute time limit Get whole class feedback

Elicit some of the sentences students made in lead-in activity and board them Show the second ppt slide and ask some CCQs about past tenses e.g. Is Diego at the World Cup Final now? (no) so, when? (2010) is it past or present? (Past)

Show the third ppt slide Hand out HO1 and ask students to complete the chart and then check their answers in pairs Once they are done, make sure they know the difference between 'was' and 'were' by asking what pronouns come before them Write the form on the board e.g. subject + was/were + ... Get drills for was /wəz/ and were /wə/ and mark the stress Differentiate between positive and negative stress forms

Show the fourth ppt slide and set up the activity by asking students to choose the correct alternative Do the first one as a sample Hand out HO2 Once they are done, ask them to check their answers in pairs

Ask students to come to the board and circle the correct answer If there are different answers, invite students to give reasons for their choice

Show the fifth ppt slide and ask the students to complete the sentences for themselves Model one sentence Hand out HO3 and ask them to work in pairs Now, ask them to talk to other classmates and find out about their past

Ask students to tell the class about any similar acts they shared with their classmates Also, ask them if they remember anything about what their friends told them Write down any mistakes students might make and deal with it in the end