Unit 11 | Session 1

Flashback Friday
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Describe people, places, and things in the past
 Unit 11 | Session 1
Flashback Friday
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Describe people, places, and things in the past

Lesson overview

1 GET STARTED: Match!

2 PREPARE: Describing people, places, and
things
3 PREPARE: Statements with “was” and “were”
4 PREPARE TO SPEAK: I remember…
5 SPEAKING: I remember…
6 PROGRESS CHECK
GET STARTED
Match!
Match the adjectives (1–5) with their opposites (a–e).

1 awful e
___ a boring
2 exciting ___
a b noisy
3 fast d
___ c old
4 new c
___ d slow
5 quiet ___
b e wonderful
PREPARE
Describing people, places, and things
Work with a partner. Take turns using the adjectives below to describe the pictures.

awful beautiful cute exciting new old quiet wonderful

PREPARE
Statements with “was” and “were”
Use the worksheet to play tic-tac-toe with a partner.
Make statements with “was” and “were.”
Check your partner’s statements.

It was a museum.
It wasn’t a house.

Good job!
PREPARE TO SPEAK
I remember…
Listen and complete the story about one boy’s vacation.

I remember a family trip. I 1_____ 13 years old. My mother, father, sister,

and I 2_____ together. My brother 3_____ there.

We 4_____ in Washington, D.C. It 5_____ summer, but it wasn’t 6_____.

Washington was really 7_____. The buildings were 8_____, and the

people were very 9_____. It was a 10_____ vacation.

PREPARE TO SPEAK
I remember…
Read about the vacation again. Then complete the chart.

I remember a family trip. I was 13 years old. My mother, father,

sister, and I were together. My brother wasn’t there.

We were in Washington, D.C. It was summer, but it wasn’t hot.

Washington was really exciting. The buildings were beautiful, and

the people were very friendly. It was a wonderful vacation.

The place / The time The weather The people The things
PREPARE TO SPEAK
I remember…
Take notes about your own memory.

The place / The time The weather

The people The things

SPEAKING
I remember…
Share your memory with other students.

I remember my brother’s 8th birthday

party. It was in July. We were at home.
The party was very noisy. …

USEFUL LANGUAGE
I remember …
... (people) were there.
It was … (adjective).
We were in/at … (place).
It was … (time/year).
They/We were … (adjective).
PROGRESS CHECK
Now I can …

❑ use adjectives to describe people, places, and things.

❑ use “was” and “were” in statements.
 Unit 11 | SessIon 1
Flashback Friday
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Describe people, places, and things in the past

Thank you!