I will direct students’ attention to the four tweets in Exercise 1a and ask them to read them individually. Students will then work in pairs to discuss which two tweets they think are true and explain the reasons for their choices. After a 5 minutes, I will conduct whole-class feedback by eliciting different opinions without confirming the correct answers.

I will pre-teach key blocking vocabulary from the article such as lie, jealous, survey, and invent using short situations, elicitation, and CCQs. For lie, I will say: “I stayed at home all weekend, but I tell my friends I went to a party.” I will ask: “Did I go to the party?” (No), “Am I telling the truth?” (No). So the word is lie. For jealous, I will describe a situation where a friend posts photos from a beautiful holiday online. I will ask: “Do you want the same experience?” (Yes), “Are you completely happy with your situation?” (No), “Do you wish you had what your friend has?” (Yes). So the word is jealous. For survey, I will explain that a company asks 2,000 people questions about social media. I will ask: “Are many people asked questions?” (Yes), “Is information collected?” (Yes). So the word is survey. For invent, I will describe a person who says they had a romantic weekend although it never happened. I will ask: “Did it really happen?” (No), “Did he create the story?” (Yes), “Is the story true?” (No). So the word is invent. Students will then complete a short matching activity in which they match the new vocabulary with the correct definitions. They will compare their answers in pairs before whole-class feedback.

I will ask students to read the article “A boring weekend? Don’t tell anybody!” individually and then complete Exercise 1b by deciding which of the four tweets are probably not true and explaining why. Students will compare their answers in pairs before whole-class feedback. During feedback, I will encourage students to explain their ideas by referring to the information in the article.

Students will have 1 minute to read the statements in Exercise 1c before reading the text again. They will identify which statements contain incorrect information and correct them using evidence from the article. Students will compare answers in pairs and then justify their answers during whole-class feedback by referring to the text.

Students will work in pairs and complete Exercise 1d by discussing the questions: “What do you usually answer when people ask, ‘Did you have a good weekend?’ Is it always true?” and “When was the last time you had a really exciting weekend? What did you do?” I will encourage students to give reasons and add as much information as possible while relating the topic to their own experiences. I will monitor the discussions without interrupting, take notes of common errors and good language, and conduct delayed correction at the end of the activity.