Practice Lab · Unit 4 · Oral classroom activity

Last Weekend Roulette

The class prepares a short weekend story. The teacher loads the active Course 2 roster, the roulette chooses a speaker, and the selected student tells the story in the simple past.

Teacher-led15-minute preparationSimple pastNo grade

See the teacher model Open the roulette

Before the roulette

Prepare your intervention.

You have 15 minutes to prepare your weekend story before your turn. Speak about real or imagined completed actions from last weekend. The teacher gives oral feedback; this activity does not collect or grade a submission.

4 connectorsFirst, Then, After that, Finally.

4 past actionsUse completed actions in the simple past.

1 phrasal verbUse one expression from Unit 4.

1 idiomUse one Unit 4 idiomatic expression.

Four scenes from a teacher model: studying English, visiting family, playing soccer, and watching a movie

Teacher model · read it first

Model a complete weekend story.

Use the four pictures in order. Point to each picture as you say the connector and action.

Last weekend was busy. First, I studied English on Friday night. Then, I visited my family on Saturday morning. After that, I played soccer with my friends. Finally, I watched a movie at home and called it a night. I was on the go all day.

Use the images to demonstrate the order.

Teacher tool

Choose the next speaker.

Load the active Basic English Course 2 roster with an authorized teacher or administrator account. Each selected student stays in the pool until the teacher ends the turn, then the name is removed so everyone can participate once.

Preparation time15:00

Student Roulette

Names are only loaded after the gradebook authorizes the signed-in teacher account.

STUDENT

Selected student

It is your turnWaiting for the roulette

Prepare with the class, then let the roulette select the next speaker.

First…Then…After that…Finally…

Listening speedExpressions play at 1.0x.

Use one phrasal verb

Click to compare the base and past forms.

Use one idiomatic expression

Click to hear the whole expression in a model sentence.

Classroom record

Participation rounds

0 students ready

Round	Student	Speaking target
No participant has been selected yet.