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Learning Guide: Classroom Items
Author: Yenny Naranjo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise reading literal texts. All the activities are related to the topic
objects in the classroom in Way to Go Student Book 6 Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 2. It starts with some vocabulary
revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the language used to write singular and
plurals (some/a/an) and end up Reading a text to answer multiple choice questions.
Learning Guide: Discovering amazing natural places
Author: Diego Fernando de la Portilla Guerrero – Description: Dear students: In this guide you will learn about landforms and the use of a graphic organiser to write simple, complete paragraphs in English. Sometimes writing appears to be difficult for us, but using this technique will help you to understand the organisation of a paragraph in English. You will also have to use your abilities to complete a crossword and identify a place in our country you will have to write some lines about. You will spend about one hour completing this task that will help you to learn new vocabulary and practice your writing skills.
Learning Guide: Music
Author: Ingrid Lizeth Campos, Constanza Barco Suarez, Yurani Paola Osorio – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice giving comments about your likes and dislikes in written form. All the activities are related to the topic ‘Music’ presented in “English Please 9°” student book, Module 2, unit 6, lesson 6. It starts with some vocabulary about musical genres. Then, you must read a text about likes and dislikes and answer some questions. Finally, you must write a short text about your likes and dislikes in relation to music.
Learning Guide: Students personal care.
Author: William René Gonzalez Martinez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you know vocabulary about personal care, habits, food and physical activities, sentences in simple present tense. All the proposed activities are related with “Way to Go 7th” Student Book, Module 1, unit 2 “I Can take care of my body”. Then, there are five different activities to do, learn and enjoy, Student must read carefully taking into account the instructions and examples. At the end of the guide you will find the answer key to contrast your answers with the correct ones.
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Teaching Guide: My people (people I admire)
Author: Cristian Camilo Moncada García from Armenia
Description: This plan is a useful tool for catching the students’ interest in writing graphic organizers; specifically mind maps about celebrities or family topics. The way this lesson plan is created, gives students the opportunity to learn how to organize ideas properly about people generating impact positively from the individual learning to the collaborative work based on the ZPD theory. In other words, there is a multifunctional purpose in the application of this lesson plan that can be worthy for other subjects and contexts students will face.
Learning Guide: A normal day
Author: Jonathan Flórez Moncada, Ivonne Julieth Sánchez Ramos, Amparo Gómez Albarracín – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise how to describe someone’s daily routine. All the
activities are fairly related to the topic of daily routines presented in Way to Go Student Book 6.
It starts with a vocabulary activity about routines. Then, you will read a text and select True-
False. Based on the text, you discover the grammar topic and do a practice activity. Finally,
there is a meaningful speaking task that has two options. You have to choose one. Remember
that there are useful resources you can explore to improve your learning process.
Teaching Guide: Healthy physical routine
Author: Luz Elena Hurtado Giraldo – Description: This plan is useful for teachers because they can use it when the head English teacher is absent, so another teacher can give it to students. It gives teachers an opportunity to assess students` level in a transversal way and make the learning process more attractive.
Why English? Comics for the Classroom – Story 20: A Lucky Guy with Audio
Author: American English – Description: A story: Derek travels to the U.S. Find out all the opportunities he misses throughout his stay because he doesn’t know English. Does he finally get a job in the end? 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: Showing the touristic places of our city
Author: Dilsa Judith Calderón Zubieta – Description: This task plan gives the students the role as a central part of the class, it allows students work with their context so they can find the usefulness of English in real life. In addition, it allows you to create a good teaching-learning atmosphere in which interaction is the clue (teacher-students, students-students, students-community). It gives the students the opportunity to know more about them, their context and more about you as their teacher.
Teaching Guide: Healthy food menu
Author: Olga Yaneth Parra Ramírez – Description: This plan gives the students a chance to know about healthy food and make choices regarding the food they want to eat to be healthy. They can also use their creativity and language skills to design and present a healthy menu to the class.
Michael, Row the Boat – Song with Audio, Lyrics, and Poster
Author: American English – Description: An audio of song in English. 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/
Using Favorite Songs and Poems with Young Learners
Author: American English – Description: A guide on songs in the classroom. 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/
Learning Guide: Human Actions and the environment
Author: Andrés Felipe Muñoz Cortés, Margarita María Montes Montoya – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to describe the human actions that affect the environment and express what you would do to promote the care of it. All the activities are related to the topic of human actions and the environment presented in Way to Go Student Book 8, Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 1. Besides, you will be able to write about the environmental problems that affect your school or community.
Teaching Guide: Daily routines
Author: Carlota Quinto Gómez – Description: This plan allows the students develop and improve their English knowledge, and it also give you the opportunity to know the progress of your students in the English language.
Learning Guide: Urban tribes
Author: Fanery Patricia Hidalgo Benavides, Marisol Vallejo Narváez, Silvana Yamile López Muñoz – Description: This self-study guide helps you practise describing Urban Tribes in written and spoken form. All the activities are related to the English, please! Fast Track – Student’s Book 10, Module 1, Unit 1, Lesson 2, Pages 14, 15 and 17. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you will read the texts and work on some comprehension questions. After that, you will discover how to use the gerund as a verb. Finally, you will write a description about your favorite urban tribe and the same information will be shared through a 1-minute audio in the English group via WhatsApp.
Teaching Guide: Touristic places
Author: Ricardo Yepes Carmona – Description: This task plan focuses on describing cities around Colombia. It also looks towards raising awareness on the variety of cities Colombia has. T can integrate social studies to make students identify key aspects about Colombia. Finally, this plan incorporates peer assessment techniques that make students provide feedback to other peers.
Teaching Guide: Greetings around the world
Author: Emilio Criado Rocha – Description: Through this activity plan you can see how each one of the stages lead your students to practice writing and speaking in different moments throughout the lesson. Besides, in this plan, students can learn by themselves, because they ́ will be the main actors in the class and you will only be a guide waiting to give feedback when necessary. And finally, with this activity plan you can forget the traditional English grammar classes and produce more dynamic and participative classes, which motivate students to be interested in learning of conversational English and work real themes that are more appropriate for discussions.
Learning Guide: Daily Routines
Author: Myriam Yaneth Parra Accevedo, Yineth Alejandra Hernández Mateus, Juan Pablo Rodríguez. – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise how to describe someone’s daily routine. All the
activities are fairly related to the topic of daily routines presented in Way to Go Student Book 6
Module 1 Pages 20-21. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you will have to
listen to a recording and tick the information you hear. The following exercise is based on the
analysis and practice of a specific grammar point, where you will need to complete, select, and
write certain information. After that, you will have time to do some activities to practice your
pronunciation. Finally, there is a meaningful speaking task that will have you talk about a family
member’s daily routine using the language and vocabulary learned.
Teaching Guide: Clothes and weather
Author: Nidia Yaneth Gutiérrez Velasquez – Description: This plan is aligned with 6th grade standard and it motivates students to use English language in a real activity like a fashion show.
