Write the names of the following animals on the board: bear, hippo, and deer. Have a picture of each animal to clarify vocabulary. Ask: "Where do you usually see these animals?" Elicit some responses, e.g., at the zoo, on a safari, in the forest, on TV.

Ask SS to look at the three pictures. Ask SS to answer the questions in ex 1A, p 66. Ask SS to share what they discussed with the class. Write the names of the animals on the board and copy the information about each animal to find out how much students know about them.

Give SS time to answer the questions individually. Tell SS to underline any new vocabulary they find. Put SS into pairs to compare their answers. Check answers as a class. Ask SS to identify the parts of the stories that give the answers in ex 1B, p 66.

Ask SS to read the stories again to find the information needed to complete the table in ex 1C, p 66. Have SS to complete the exercise individually. Check answers as a class.

Write on the board: He_____ out the window. Elicit or teach the missing word "looked". Ask: Is "looked" a present event or past event? (a past event). Ask SS to read Wild Stories on SB p.66 again and add the past simple verbs to the table. Play the recording in ex 2A, p 67 for SS to check the answers. Discuss the questions about the form of the past simple as a class. Point out that the verbs in A have regular past simple forms and the verbs in B have irregular past simple forms in ex 2B, p 67. Tell SS that there is a list of verbs with irregular past simple forms on SB p.103.

Ask SS to discuss the questions in pairs. Check answers as a class. Ask the class: "Why do you think wild animals come into people's homes?" in ex 1D, p 66. Take feedback as a class.

For Exercise 1, play the recording in ex 2C, p 67 for students to listen to the pronunciation of talked and lived. Play the recording again for students to listen and repeat. For Exercise 2, play the recording in ex 2C, p 67 for students to listen to the pronunciation of the regular past simple forms. Play the recording again if necessary. Check answers as a class. Put SS into pairs for Exercise 3 to practice saying the verbs.

Write 2-3 example sentences on the board using Past Simple: positive form: "I visited my grandparents last weekend" "She watched a movie yesterday evening" "They played football in the park on Sunday" Underline or color-code key parts: Past Simple verbs (visited, watched, played) Time expressions (last weekend, yesterday evening, on Sunday) Ask SS to notice the patterns and prompt with: "Where does the verb change in Past Simple?" "Do we use -ed or irregular forms for past actions?" "Where can we put the time expression?"

Ask SS to read the information in Grammar Focus 8B on SB p.128. Play the recording where indicated and ask SS to listen and repeat. Draw attention to the spelling of "-ed" endings and remind SS that there is a list of verbs with irregular past simple forms on SB p.103 in ex 2E, p 67.

Have SS to complete Exercises a-d on SB p.129. Check answers as a class. Give SS two minutes to complete the exercises in Exercise d using I or we. Ask SS to compare answers in pairs. Take feedback as a class. Tell SS to go back to SB p.67 in ex 2E. Tell SS to look at the sentence beginnings and make sure they notice they all indicate the past 2F, p 67. Give SS two minutes to complete the sentences with their own information. Monitor and help as necessary.

Play the recording in ex 3A, p 67 and have SS to write down the incorrect information individually. Play the recording one more time for SS to check their answers. Check answers as a class. Before you play the recording in ex 3B, p 67, give SS two minutes to try to complete the sentences with the correct verb. Play the recording to check the answer. Ask SS to add the words or phrases to the verbs to make past simple phrases in ex 3C, p 67. Check the answers by writing them on the board. Explain that the verb "have" is commonly used to refer to eating or drinking, e.g., I had orange juice for breakfast. Have SS to complete the exercises in Vocabulary Focus 8B on SB p.150. Play the recording in Exercise a for students to listen and put the activities in the correct order. Check answers as a class. Play the recording in Exercise b for students to listen and repeat the verbs in their present and past forms. Ask SS to complete c individually. Check answers as a class. Monitor Exercises d and e and help as necessary. Tell SS to go abck to SB p.67 in ex 3F.

Look at the picture in ex 3D, p 67. Ask: "What are they doing?", "What are they?', or "Which activities to do in your free time?" Open class feedback.

Point to the five pictures. Say: "These are Emily's activities yesterday". Ask SS to talk for a minute about the free time activities in the five pictures. Play the recording in ex 3D, p 67 for them to listen and put the pictures in the correct order. Play the recording again if necessary. Check answers as a class.

Have SS to complete Emily's statement with the phrases in 3d. Play the recording in ex 3E, p 67 for students to check their answers. Check answers as a class.

Tell SS to look at the three sentence beginnings. Give SS two minutes to complete the sentences and write one using their own ideas in ex 3G, p 67. Monitor and help as necessary. Put SS into groups to read and compare their sentences from 3g. Put SS into pairs to prepare their answers to Questions a-c. Take feedback as a class.

Divide the class into pairs and assign A and B roles. Student As read the information about Leo on SB p.113. Student Bs read the information about Charlotte on SB p.111. Student As tell Student Bs about Leo, then Student Bs tell Student As about Charlotte in ex 4(speaking) p 67. Note down any common mistakes to deal with when giving feedback.