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Learning Guide: Family life
Author: David Antonio Cordero, Yolima Esther Narvaez, Laura Mejia – Description: This English self-study guide is designed to help you learn vocabulary about the members of your family. The exercises are adapted from the Way to Go Student Book 6 page 30 and 31. The first part is about vocabulary activities and then you need to read a text and work on some activities about it, then you will discover how to use the demonstratives appropriately. Finally, you will design a graphic organizer of your family and share it with your teacher and classmates.
Teaching Guide: The animal kingdom
Author: Johana Suarez Ríos – Description: This plan gives students the opportunity to acquire a lot of vocabulary through a fun and creative way knowing the different kind of abilities. The most important, understanding that everyone has special talents and each person is valuable because of the simple fact that he or she is different from me. It could be useful to develop creative work abilities on students and to detect the best way they work both individually or in groups.
Learning Guide: Jobs and Occupations
Author: Andrés Felipe Muñoz Cortés, Margarita María Montes Montoya – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise the description of different professions and
occupations in written form. All the activities are related to the topic of jobs presented in Way
to Go Student Book 6, Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 1. Besides, you will be able to gain some
practice on your interactive skills with the App Be (the)1 challenge.
Learning Guide: The future is in your hands
Author: Marcela Martínez Granada – Description: This English self – study guide helps you to recognise your abilities and to what extent they may influence your future decisions. You can also learn some insights from an entrepreneur and influencer. You will use some useful resources presented in Student’s book English Please 3 Module 1 unit 1. It starts with a vocabulary exercise in which you find the word that does not match with the others.
Then, watch a video and answer some questions about it. You will also get some pieces of
advice about your future decisions from an expert. Finally, you will write a short paragraph that will help you to clear your mind about your strengths, skills, abilities and guide your next steps. It is necessary to spread the word. That is why, share your insights in your self-assessment will help you to listen to reinforce your plans.
Learning Guide: Safe schools
Author: César Augusto Cristancho, Cristiam André Torres Osma, Cruz Marily Rentería García. – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about safety at the school. All the
activities are connected to the reading in Way to Go 6 Student Book pages 56-57. It starts with
some vocabulary activities. Then, you have to read a text and select if the statements are true
or false according to the text.
Finally, you will write a set of instructions to prevent COVID-19.
Learning Guide: Saying No! to bullying
Author: Natalia Cardozo Durán/ Natalia Méndez Lugo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary related to bullying and types of bullying. Additionally, this guide helps you give suggestions to people experiencing bullying. The activities in this guide are connected to the reading in Way to Go Student Book 7 Module 2 Unit 3 (page 76). It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you must read a text and do some activities about it; then, you will discover how to give suggestions. Finally, you will make an informative flyer giving some suggestions to those experiencing bullying. That flyer will be shared with your teacher and classmates.
Teaching Guide: Animal Care
Author: Boris Yamit Perez Ortega – Description: This plan fosters the student communicative English skills. Also, it helps students become familiarized with animal vocabulary and how to care for them.
Learning Guide: My last vacation
Author: Jimmy Alexander Gaviria Delgado – Description: This self-study guide will give you some orientation about how to describe past events like your last vacation or your last birthday. The activities presented here are based on the Way to go student’s book 7, Module 2, Unit 2. Lesson 1. It starts with a matching exercise, then you have to answer some grammar questions (verbs in past form and the auxiliary verb used to ask questions), later you read and answer some comprehension questions, and finally you find a writing activity about your last vacation.
Learning Guide: Family Life
Author: Yeidi Ospina
Derly Yuleith Guzmán Gámez
German Eliecer Imbus – Description: This English Self-Study Guide helps you to practice vocabulary about family members. Also, you are
invited to describe in a text your family members’ physical appearance. In this way, you are going to
practice the Saxon genitive structure. All the activities are related to the family topic in Way to Go
workbook 6, Module 1 Unit 3. In the first activity, you are going to do a crossword about family members.
In the second activity, you are going to watch a picture and complete some sentences. For the last activity,
you must write a description and draw your own family tree taking into account the example given.
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.
ECO TEENS EPISODE 2: Youngsters 2.0
Author: MEN and British Council
Description:
Youngsters 2.0. Episode 2
Learning Guide: Amazing countries
Author: Diana Nataly Parrado Castañeda from Pitalito
Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise your listening skill while learning some vocabulary to describe and compare places. All the activities are related to the topics presented in the Way to Go Student Book 7 Module 4 Unit 1 Lesson 1.
Learning Guide: The future is in your hands
Author: Marcela Martínez Granada – Description: This English self – study guide helps you to plan your future decisions and our next after high school, you will also understand and express possible and imaginary situations using vocabulary related to your near future. How can you plan, set goals and take action. You will use some useful resources presented in Student’s book English Please 3 Module 1 unit 1.
It starts with a vocabulary exercise in which you choose the correct word for each sentence. Then, answer some questions about the language used. You will also improve your listening skills and will get some pieces of advice about your future decisions from an expert. Finally, you will design an unconventional mind map that will help you to clear your mind about your next steps. It is necessary to spread the word. That is why, share your insights in your self-assessment will help you to listen to reinforce your plans.
Learning Guide: Having fun
Author: Katherine Cortes Alarcón – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to practice describing sports and hobbies in written form. All the activities are related to the topic “having fun” presented in English, please! Student book 2, module 1 unit 1 lesson 1. It starts with a revision of vocabulary about sports and hobbies, then it presents some adjectives to describe a sport/hobby. It ends with writing the description of a sport or hobby.
Learning Guide: Body and mind connection
Author: Roger Ricardo Guerra, Angelica Maria Argel, Delys González – Description: Welcome to this English self-study guide our dear students, it will help you practise vocabulary
related to feelings and emotions and all the activities are related to this interesting topic
presented in the book Way to Go 3, pages 70 and 72. The first activity is based on vocabulary
and then on reading comprehension with some questions about the text Leonardo`s letter and
ends up creating a mini cartoon.
We invite you to develop all the activity with enthusiasm and a very positive attitude!
Teaching Guide: Who am I?
Author: María Benilda Cuesta Mena – Description: This plan is a significant element for teachers from Colombia. It is a plan that permits teachers to guide student’s knowledge, step by step, and provides an essential structure for learning according to students’ level and needs. As for the teacher, the lesson plan allows you to plan and organize what you want to achieve with the students in the classroom coherently. This implies making pre-practice decisions about what will be learned, what will be done and how it can be achieved in the best way.
Learning Guide: Physical Descriptions
Author: Laura Rosso, Tania Maria Camargo, Doris Helena Bravo – Description: This self-study guide teaches you about adjectives for describing people and reinforcing verb to
be. All the activities are connected with module 1 unit 2 lesson 7 (page 33)of the English please
book. It starts with vocabulary activities. Then, you will practice verb tobe with a grammar task
related to a famous singer and some concept questions to verify what you have learnt. Also, you
will find a reading activity and a writing activity in which you will talk about your favorite singer,
actress or actor.
Learning Guide: School life and people
Author: Camilo Ardila Ramos – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about School life and people developed in our
community. An academic activity proposed in the guide is connected in English Please student book 9,
Module 1 Unit 3 Lesson 7 page 34 Exercise 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. It starts with some vocabulary activity. Then,
you have to complete some statements using the previous vocabulary; you also have to complete a
reading using the words given in it. On the other hand, you have to write a paragraph about ecotourism
activities but you can use the previous paragraph as a model of yours. Finally, you have to answer some
questions according to the reading given above them.
Teaching Guide: We are all different
Author: Luisa Fernanda Tapasco Garay – Description: This plan reinforces the communicative competence in students and also it gives useful vocabulary to talk about events in present and past time, on the other hand it lets to the teacher the opportunity to assess students in a clear and meaningful way.
Learning Guide: Enjoy your free time
Author: Diana del Pilar Barreto Moreno, Carmen Julia Buitrago Escobar, Leidy Milena Camargo Sandoval – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise vocabulary related to free time activities and express what activities you can do or not during the quarantine. These activities are related to Module 1 // Unit 2// Lesson 2: “Be Smart: Do Exercise!”. You can find it in Way to Go Student Book 7. Firstly, you begin matching some vocabulary with images and slogans. After that, you listen to a friends’ conversation talking about their abilities. You could recognize the modal verb CAN. Then, you will complete a chart with the information of the audio. Finally, you have the opportunity to interview some your family members about what activities they can do or can’t do and what they want to learn how to do in time of covid.
