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Learning Guide: Traditional Masks from Putumayo
Author: Orlando Peña Camelo, Omayra Criollo Escobar, Carolina Carvajal Niño – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about how to make a Jean and Putumayo handcraft like masks. All the activities are connected to the reading in English, please! Student Book 10th grade, Module 2, Unit 2, lesson 6 (page 68). It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you have to read a text and work on some activities about it, then you will discover how to express abilities. Finally, you will design a brochure about Putumayo Masks, that brochure will be shared with the teacher and classmates in an oral presentation.
Learning Guide: People around me
Author: Camila González Plata, Javier Luis Pérez Pino, Elizabeth Jaramillo Bedoya – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to practice describing people in written and oral form. All the activities are related to the topic of people around me presented in the Way to Go Student book 6, page 33, exercise 1, and page 34, exercise 4. It also asks you to create a video describing a superhero in which you can improve your oral skills and practice the vocabulary you have learned. You should watch the videos created by at least three of your classmates and give them feedback as well as you do your self assessment.
Teaching Guide: Environment
Author: Lilian Yiced Arango Muñoz – Description: This lesson plan, though intended for 9th graders, can be implemented from 8th to 11th grade since what is challenging for students is not the topic, but the reading strategies they must develop. First of all, according to standardized tests (SABER) inferential reading it is one of the toughest strategies and, in this lesson plan, the teacher does not give the answers but tools for them to improve. Second of all, it provides different ways to assess the learner’s competence. Moreover, it is designed to lower the affective filter and use ICT resources to trigger self-learning and, eventually, transform the students into critical thinkers.
Teaching Guide: Money makes the world go round
Author: Maria Consuelo Amaya Sanches – Description: This lesson plan has been designed to allow students improve their reading skills, identify important information related to spending money and present it to the class. Students have the opportunity to work in groups, interact with other students, make decisions, come up with conclusions and present factual relevant information to the class.
Learning Guide: Technology around the world (Frequency adverbs)
Author: Yoheinis Cujia Romero,
Elizabeth Martínez González – Description: This English self-study guide helps you describe and talk about technological devices and the use of frequency adverbs presented in Way to Go Student Book 7, Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities from the B the 1 challenge application. Then, you have to label some pictures of the vocabulary using the words in the Word Bank. Finally, you must create some sentences about the topic.
Learning Guide: Feelings, emotions and values.
Author: Clyde Jensen, Edgar Augusto Loaiza, Juan David Jiménez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise describing feelings, emotions and values in written form. All the activities are related to the topic of feelings and emotions presented in Way to Go Student Book 7, Module 2, Unit 1, Lessons 1, 2, 3. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to complete some sentences about feelings and emotions and end up writing the description of a sportsperson.
Teaching Guide: Local cultures
Author: Margarita Archila Velandia – Description: This plan is a good opportunity for students to talk about their past experiences in a free and spontaneous way. Also, it is convenient for teachers as it provides the chance to make students remember their personal past experiences and use the wh-questions.
Learning Guide: Taking care of the environment
Author: Francisco Miguel Mendoza, Leonardo José Pacheco, Jesús Miguel Correa – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice the reading and speaking skills regarding the taking care of the environment topic. All the activities are related to the topic of skills and abilities in the Way to Go Students book 7, Module 3, Unit 2, from page 103 to 108. It starts with some vocabulary and grammar revision activities. Then you are requested to answer some statements and complete some gaps related to expressions and modals to give advice: should/shouldn’t in order to describe and give solutions to environmental problems, and end up with the design of a poster to be socialized to the class.
Learning Guide: Animal trafficking
Author: Ferney Ríos Castro, Karen Lizeth Henao, Juan Camilo Vasquez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise presenting your opinions in written form. All the activities are related to the topic of ideal world presented in English Please! Book 2 Module 5 Unit 2 Lesson 5. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. After that, you have to answer some questions about the language used to make passive voice sentences. Then, you have to read a short text and answer some questions in order to improve your reading skills and end up writing about some solutions for each animal trafficking situation.
Teaching Guide: daily routines
Author: Mónica Elizabeth Ortiz – Description: This plan is easy to adapt and requires very little materials and preparation. It is a great plan to practice language already taught and a way to engage students in hands on activities.
Teaching Guide: Earth Day
Author: Gleiber Martínez Arias – Description: This activity plans raises students’ awareness on positive actions to take care of the environment. It also provides students with some vocabulary about environment. Finally, teachers can use Classroom Assessment techniques to check that students have learnt some vocabulary.
Teaching Guide: What were you doing two days ago?
Author: Ivon Hernandez Hernandez – Description: This plan is very useful for teachers and students who want to work on students’ capacities to tell and write stories. also reinforce their vocabulary and speaking abilities. Teachers can use this plan to reinforce verbs and use some activities about how to assess students in a formative manner that allow students to be engaged in their own learning process to take an active role.
Learning Guide: Eco-life
Author: Belkis Amaya, Yurany Rubiano, Jorge Reyes – Description: This self-study guide helps you to practise vocabulary about the environment in written and oral form. All
the activities are related to the topic Human actions and the environment, presented in Way to Go 8
Module 1 Unit 1 lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to fill in some
gaps, then answer will analyze the structure and it ends up with speaking and writing activities.
Why English? Comics for the Classroom – Story 9: Opportunities with Audio
Author: American English – Description: A story: Meet Cuy. He has a goal and works toward the goal. Does he achieve it? Read and find out! These resources were originally created for English language learners and teachers around the world by the Office of English Language Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Visit the American English page here: https://americanenglish.state.gov/
Teaching Guide: Geography
Author: Mary Sol Pérez Herazo – Description: This lesson plan gives students the opportunity to know their context through geography vocabulary and reflect on the use and care of natural resources. They will also learn to express their ideas on the subject using the present simple.
Teaching Guide: This is my home.
Author: Darsy Espinoza Parra – Description: This task plan gives the students a chance to know about themselves, their interest, favourites places and their homes and it also gives you a valuable opportunity to teach vocabulary and grammar in a fun way.
Drawing what they like, to do the topic more appealing and explain their drawing helps to memorize expressions easier.
Learning Guide: Enjoy your free time
Author: Cristian Camilo Durán, Julián Andrés Parra, Ligia Bernardita Ortega – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice giving personal information about what you like to do in your free time in written form. All the activities are based on this topic presented in the book Way to Go 7, Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 1.