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Learning Guide: Eco-friendly Home

Author: Jenny Acero,Margarita Adame – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice vocabulary about furniture and places of the house. Some activities are related to the topic of how we can help the environment presented in Way to Go Student’s Book 6 Module 3 Unit 1 Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities about furniture and places of the house. Then, there are some reading and writing activities where the student has to provide ways to help to the environment.

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Learning Guide: Natural disasters

Author: MARYI LORENA MONJE ARAUJO, MARIA ALESKSANDRA MUÑOZ LOZANO – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to practice natural disasters vocabulary. In addition, you can reinforce reading, listening, writing and speaking skills and pragmatic competence. These activities are taken from “English Please.St.9th , unit 2 lesson 5”. It starts with two revision vocabulary activities about the most common natural disasters vocabulary. In the first activity, you will look for natural disaster’s vocabulary in the crossword, then write the vocabulary above the picture.
In the Reading task, you read the text and answer the four multiple choice questions and choose the correct option. (Icfes test). Then, you must read the text again and answer True or False in the sentences given.
For the language task, you must write a short description about what is happening in the five pictures given. Use your notebook and write down your answers.
In the Listening task, you will listen to a conversation and match the words above the pictures according to the audio given. Then, you must listen to a conversation and complete the sentences with missing words given.
In the writing task, you should describe what happens during an earthquake. And, what can you do in case of an earthquake?
Finally, you should make a recording or video describing what to do in case of an earthquake. Record your video using an application-WhatsApp or cellphones. When you finish the activity, send me the pictures of the activities and the audio or video. If you have questions, please text me or call me.

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Teaching Guide: Daydreaming on the future / Future expectations

Author: Deisson Erney Murillo Aluma – Description: This plan provides students with useful expressions and insights to help them reflect about their future dreams and expectations. As students at this grade are concerned about their future ahead once they finish high school, it could be a good opportunity to help them to express their desires, concerns or expectations regarding their life after school.

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Teaching Guide: Describing people

Author: Jane Doe – Description: This plan allows students to get familiarised with the vocabulary about body parts. It also helps to identify useful vocabulary to describe the body. As students at sixth grade are very active learners, the lesson plan provides them with a meaningful opportunity of learning by using attractive material and activities.

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Teaching Guide: Environment

Author: Maria Fernanda Trujillo Rojas – Description: This lesson plan gives the students a chance to make self-conscious about the importance of taking care of the environment through identifying the main actions that people can do for it. Also, the students could share their ideas in a communicative way.

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Teaching Guide: Eco-tourism

Author: Arturo Echenique – Description: This activity plan can be used for introducing vocabulary about either landscapes or eco-parks in Colombia while allowing the students to practice their productive skills.

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Learning Guide: From day to day

Author: Avendaño Gracia Ana
Yamile, Hurtado Abril Marisel,Escobar Alvarez Judith
Esperanza,Medellín Herrera Andrea
Consuelo – Description: In this self-study guide the pedagogical tasks are divided in: instruction, planning and report.
Instruction:Students identify specific information about the daily routine from texts suggested.

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Planning: According to the audios and short texts suggested, students write their daily routine.
Report: Students record a voice note or video about their daily routine.

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Teaching Guide: Environmental problems

Author: Oscar Javier López – Description: This lesson plan was based on the textbook Way to Go 8 allowing teachers to use it as a resource in their classes. On the other hand, it does not dependent on it, as activities are well explained and can be adapted at schools that don’t have it. The lesson is part of the unit 1 and it’s about things people would like to do to reduce the impact of human actions polluting the environment.

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ECO English for Colombia – Cartilla Estudiantes

Author: MEN – Description: The ENGLISH FOR COLOMBIA or ECO program aims to progressively and cumulatively develop the four basic communication skills: listening, speaking, reading and basic writing to achieve an A1 level based on the Common European Framework (CEF). This is the student’s workbook.

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Activate: Games for Learning American English – Would You Rather? Game Board

Author: American English – Description: The Board game, Would You Rather? It is a game that promotes discussions. 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/

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Learning Guide: Daily routines

Author: Paula Andrea Rua Arcila – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about daily routines and how to describe your daily activities in a written form. All the activities are connected to the Way to Go Student Book 6 Module 1 Unit 2 (page 8). 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 talk about your routines in a specific lapse of time. Finally, you will write about your daily activities and when you do them.

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Teaching Guide: Free Time/Personal Care

Author: Adriana Cocuy Sánchez – Description: This plan provides a great opportunity for students to get to know themselves, their classmates and others. Moreover, they have the chance to share ideas regarding their daily activities and talk about how they can look after their personal hygiene.

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Teaching Guide: The weather

Author: Vicky Cantillo González – Description: This lesson plan gives students and teachers the opportunity to verify how the learning process is going and offers chances to learn not only the new language but a meaningful topic (the weather) in a very creative and productive way. Finally, it provides students with enough vocabulary to describe the weather and teachers with a bunch of activities to conduct a meaningful class.

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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.

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Learning Guide: When we eat!

Author: Martin Alonso Gonzales – Description: This Self-study Guide was designed to help you know about vocabulary related to food and drinks, things you like or dislike, countable and uncountable nouns. All the activities are aligned with the English Please student book 9 Module 3 unit 1. This guide starts with some interesting activities about vocabulary revision. Then, you have to revise some grammar tips. Consequently, you need to read, and then answer true or false statements from a reading about special dishes in Colombia. Finally, you are required to write a paragraph about a typical Colombian dish.

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