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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.

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Teaching Guide: Describing what you see

Author: Johny Barrera Tafur – Description: This plan is framed within the scope of the suggested English curriculum for Module 4: Globalization, in which students can discover different cultural aspects of various countries in terms of body language communication. Students have the chance to work individually and in groups in order to achieve the expected goals in this lesson.

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Teaching Guide: CELEBRATIONS IN MY COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD

Author: Claudia Patricia Olarte Suárez – Description: This lesson plan gives the students language tools to talk about not only Colombian Celebrations but also celebrations around the world. It is also a great opportunity to do jigsaw reading activities with students to promote more interaction and involvement with the topic of the lesson.

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Learning Guide: Holidays

Author: Diana Gómez – Description: This self-study guide in English helps you practice listening and speaking. The exercises of the 2 activities
are related to the topic holiday activities in the book English Please 1 Fast Track, pages 76-77. It starts
with some vocabulary, then you will listen to an audio about holiday and answer some questions about it.
Then, you will analyze some questions related to using wh questions and it ends up with a speaking
activity in which you will interview a partner.

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Learning Guide: From Day to Day

Author: Janeth Lago Romo, Ana Cecilia Moreno, Campo Hugo Barrera – Description: This self-study guide will help you to practice vocabulary about time, actions, frequency adverbs, and other expressions. Also, you will describe and write about activities you do every day and enjoy doing a role play and a report about partner’s routine. Besides, you will check the progress with the App Be (the)1:Challenge. Finally, you will assess all your job.

These activities are related to the Book “English Please” 9, Fast track 1, Module 3. Now! Enjoy it learning English!

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Learning Guide: My Family

Author: Erika Quintero,Dario Rojas, Flor Andrea Uribe Mora – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise to give opinions in written form. All the
activities are related to the topic related to family members in English please Student Book 9
module 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision and activities based on family members. Then,
they have to answer some questions about the language used and write a text about their family,
using vocabulary related to family members, possessive adjectives and possessive ‘s. You can use
the text “My Lovely Family” as a reference.

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Learning Guide: Helping the environment

Author: Yudith Camila López Cuasquer, Nubia del Socorro Cuaspa Miramá, Oscar Hernán Ayala Chávez – Description: This English self-study guide will help you to practice how to give advice and suggestions using the modal verb Should. The vocabulary is related to actions in order to save the environment with activities from the English Please Student’s Book 9 Module 3, unit 2 lesson 5. The main emphasis of this lesson is on giving recommendations to care for the environment using should and shouldn’t.

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Learning Guide: Take care of my body.

Author: Olga Lucía Mateus Castro
Carlos Ferney Sanchez Gomez
Wilmer Javier Ortiz Meneses – Description: This learning guide for the English area was prepared to help you learn vocabulary and giving instructions
to take care of your body. All the activities are related with how to be a healthy teen presented in Way to
Go Book 7 Module 1 Unit 2 Lesson 1.
In the vocabulary section you will learn about healthy food and objects for your care and some verbs used
to carry out these activities. Then, you will work on a reading task to learn more about the topic and finally
you will create a video tutorial to inform people about what to do to take care of their bodies. This guide
is designed to be developed in one hour.
Enjoy the activities and let’s continue learning together!

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Teaching Guide: I was sick

Author: Erika Insignares Barrios – Description: This plan guides students to find out more about common diseases and communicate the possible ways to prevent or cure them. It also allows teachers to have the students practice present perfect and past simple through different group and individual work activities, while practicing their reading and writing skills.

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Learning Guide: Healthy

Author: Aleida Isabel Calderón, Ayda Maria Barreto, Miriam Rosa Herazo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise asking and giving information about eating habits, nutritional value and health benefits of food. Some activities are related to the topic of health presented in Way to Go 8 Student Book Module 2 Unit 2 lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary activities, then you have to complete sentences, read a text,and to finish writing a short paragraph about a healthy lunch dish about your region.

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Teaching Guide: Every Day activities

Author: Sonia Avellaneda Pinzón – Description: This plan gives the opportunity to learn and practice vocabulary about daily routine with all the skills. Students has the opportunity to listen a native speaker through the video and compare the activities that she does and the activities we usually do here in Colombia.

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Teaching Guide: Top 10 places in Colombia

Author: Gustavo Antonio Herrera Cardona – Description: This activity plan focuses on biodiversity in Colombia through a Reading activity. This topic raises awareness about the actions we can take to protect our landscapes in the country.

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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.

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Home on the Range – 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/

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Learning Guide: How’s the weather in your city?

Author: Zulma Rocío Barreto Medina – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise and write comparisons. All the activities are related to the topic of weather and seasons presented in Way to Go Student Book 7 Module 4 Unit 1 Lesson 3. It starts with some vocabulary, revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the language used to write comparisons and end up with a practical exercise, writing comparative sentences

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Teaching Guide: Let’s travel around Colombia

Author: Carmen Teresa Morales Marulanda – Description: This plan helps teachers who want to make the students become aware of the tourist places in Colombia and their most important aspects by providing them with a variety of activities that gradually take them to practice vocabulary and the uses of the modal verb “can”.

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Teaching Guide: How to be a good citizen

Author: Claudia Raquel Tabares Ortega – Description: This plan will be useful for helping students to reflect upon their citizenship, considering their duties and rights (rules) for being part of a community. In this lesson plan the teacher will find strategies to promote ideas sharing regarding citizenships themes.

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Learning Guide: Every Job is Important

Author: Edna Lucy González Jácome – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise the present simple tense of verbs related to professions and occupations in written form. This topic is related to the page 111, exercise 3 of your Way to go 6 student’s book, Module 3, Unit 3, Lesson 1. It starts with vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the activities of those professions, and end up writing about the professions and occupations of your family.

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