Write on the board: I think you.... last night. Put SS into pairs, and give SS two minutes to write sentences about two of the activities on the board that they think their partner did last night, e.g., I think you watched TV last night. Monitor and help as necessary.

Use the picture of the tents to elicit or teach "tent". Then, elicit or teach the verb camp (to use a tent as a holiday home) and campsite (a place for tents). Give SS up to a minute to think about their answer, then put them into pairs to discuss the question in ex 1A, p 72. Take feedback as a class.

Ask SS to look at the title "Garden Camping" and the three pictures. Check that SS can remember what a garden is. Point to the three responses in speech bubbles and give SS one minute to read the first paragraph (How does it work?) and choose their response in ex 1B, p 72. Put SS into pairs to compare opinions.

Give SS three minutes to read about three gardens, choose the answers which are incorrect and correct them in ex 1C, p 72. Have SS to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as a class.

Ask SS to find transport words in the text to match the pictures. Play the recording in ex 2A, p 72 for SS to listen and check. Check answers as a class. Tell SS to look at the text to find the missing words in ex 2B, p 72. Check answers as a class. Write go "by bus" and "take a bus" on the board to highlight absence of the article after "by". Drill the expressions in the table. Ask SS to look in the texts to find the missing verbs in ex 2C, p 72. Check answers as a class. Drill the words. Have SS to complete the exercises in Vocabulary Focus 9A on SB p.151. Play the recording in Exercise a for SS to listen and repeat the words. Students do Exercise b in pairs. Check answers as a class. Students do Exercise c in pairs. Take feedback as a class. Have SS to look at the phrases in Exercise d. Ask SS to tell the class how often they take a bus, train, taxi or tram. Play the recording in Exercise e for SS to listen and tick the sentences they hear. Check answers as a class. Ask SS to look at the example sentences in Exercise f and write three sentences of their own. Remind SS to use the past simple and a past time expression. Monitor and help as necessary. Take feedback as a class. Tell SS to go back to SB p.72 in ex 2D. Give SS half a minute to think about their answers, then put them into pairs to ask and answer the questions in ex 2E, p 72. Take feedback as a class.

For Exercise 1, play the recording in ex 2F, p 73 for SS to listen to the different sounds the letter a can have. For Exercise 2, play the recording in ex 2F, p 73 for SS to listen for which sound pattern the marked letters have in the words in the box. Check answers as a class. Drill the word pairs with the same vowel sound (want/watch, camp/taxi, train/plane, father/car). For Exercise 3, play the recording in ex 2F, p 73 for SS to listen and underline the word in each line with a different a sound. Play the recording again if necessary. Check answers as a class. Put SS into pairs for Exercise 4 to practice saying all the words.

Give SS two minutes to read the blog and answer the question in ex 3A, p 73. Check the answer as a class, asking SS to explain how they know. Give SS two minutes to read the blog again and tick the correct answers. Have SS to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as a class.

Complete the rule as a class. Write on the board: He.... ..... in a hotel. With a quizzical expression, ask: "Julian stayed in a hotel?" and elicit "He didn't stay in a hotel". Complete the rule together as a class. Ask: "Do we add -ed to the verb in the past simple negative? (no)". Check that SS can pronounce didn't correctly.. Drill didn't and He didn't stay in a hotel a few times in ex 3C, p 73.

Ask SS to read the information in Grammar Focus 9A on SB p.130. Play the recording where indicated and ask SS to listen and repeat.

Have SS to complete Exercises a and b on SB p.131. Check answers as a class. Tell SS to go back to SB p.73 in ex 3D.

Play the recording in ex 3E, p 73 for SS to listen and answer the question. Check the answer as a class. Play the recording again for SS to listen and repeat the sentences.

Play the recording in ex 3F, p 73 for SS to listen and make notes. Have SS to compare answers in pairs. Check answers as a class, pausing the recording after Julian talks about each topic and writing the answer on the board as a sentence.

Ask SS to look at the task in ex 3H, p 73. Elicit the present form of each past verb in the task (stay, visit, buy, have, go, cook, watch, read). Give SS two minutes to tick any true sentences, change the others to negative sentences and write an extra positive sentence after each one. Monitor and check that they are using the past simple correctly.

Divide the class into pairs and assign A and B roles. Student As read the information on SB p.114 and talk about their trip using the notes. Student Bs do the same on SB p.110. Student A talks and Student B listens. Remind them to listen carefully to find what four things they both did on their trips. Take feedback as a class, identifying what four things they both did.