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Teaching Guide: Teen culture
Author: Denys Sandoval – Description: This plan aims at improving students oral, listening and written skills based on the topic Teenagers, their culture and social problems. This class gives the teachers a good opportunity to identify the abilities of their students to express their ideas, tips and suggestions and work on the practice of reading comprehension.
Learning Guide: What do people around me look like?
Author: Mercedes Andrea Dejoy Armero, Gaby Doris Caicedo Parra, Zoila Rosa Melo Guerrero – Description: This guide will help you describe your family and people around you in written form through grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension and writing activities. First, you will label some images to practice adjectives, then you will check some short readings and answer questions; and finally you will write about your family and best friend. The topic is related to the contents appearing in the English, Please! Student’s book 9, Module 1 Unit 3 Lesson 8.
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.
Learning Guide: What are you wearing today ?
Author: Gladys Osorio Prieto, Lucila Supelano Castellanos – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn to use clothes vocabulary and describe some traditional dresses, and read a text about traditional costumes. The activities are related to the book Way to Go, student’s book 6th page 143 ,module 4 ,unit 2 and workbook 6th page 51.
It starts with some clothes vocabulary activities.Then you have to read a text and work on some activities about that. After that, you will analyze what you see based on the question, what people are wearing today?
Learning Guide: Visiting places in Colombia
Author: Marizol Colmenares Peña, Nelson Farfán Arévalo, Ángela María Díaz Barrera – Description: This self-study guide in English helps you talk about past experiences). All the activities are related to the topic
of visiting places in Colombia, which are presented in the Way to Go, Workbook 7, in the module 2, unit 2,
lesson 3 (page 23). It begins with a vocabulary review about visiting places in Colombia. Then, you will find
a text related to a blog of a young girl, who mentions all about her experiences in the Parque Gallineral and
San Gil city. Then, you will know Laura’s experience who has traveled around some Colombian cities. Finally,
you will write about your travel experience as well and recommend people to do tourism in Colombia.
Learning Guide: My ecological footprint
Author: Luz Miryam Montilla Montaña – Description: This English self-study guide helps you create an action plan to take care of the environment. All the activities are related to the topic “My ecological footprint” presented in Way to Go Student Book, Module 1 Unit 2. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the language used to describe plans (gerunds), do some tasks related to an article and end up writing an action plan to save the planet.
Teaching Guide: Traditional Games are funny!
Author: Jhonn Fredy Mora Restrepo – Description: This lesson plan is very useful for teacher and students, it gives the students the opportunities to know vocabulary related to traditional games and learn about present simple tense. Likewise it allows students to talk about an interesting topic how it is, number of players, what it needs to play and so on. Also it makes a reflection to get practice in some traditions that we are leaving thanks to new trends such as; social networks, video games and apps.
Activate: Games for Learning American English – About Board Games and Templates
Author: American English – Description: A guide about board games in class. 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: Healthy and Unhealthy Food
Author: Eliecer Díaz, Julio Dario Vega, Yasmin del Carmen Arteaga – Description: This English self-study guide helps you talk about food preferences and how to find out about each other’s eating habits, you will be able to talk about healthy and unhealthy diets presented in English, Please! 1. Students’ book Module 3 Unit 1 Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary. Then, you have to answer some questions about language used to describe what food or drink you like and dislike and what is healthy or unhealthy and end up writing short paragraphs you usually eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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: This is my neighborhood
Author: Zaide Milena Díaz, Lorena Patricia Mendez, Julieth Rangel – Description: This English self-study guide will help you practice vocabulary and reading about places in town.The activities present in this guide are related to the book “ way to go 6º ”, Module 3 , Unit 2. The guide starts with a matching and unscramble activities to help you practice vocabulary, then continued with reading exercises about describing places in town with some comprehension questions, after that, you will practice preposition of place using the vocabulary places in town, finally, you will find a writing activity where you can describe your neighborhood and draw a map of it.
Learning Guide: What is a model citizen?
Author: Cesar Augusto Cruz – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about different actions, how to help
people. All the activities are connected to the reading in Way to Go Student Book 8 Module 3
Unit 2 Lesson 1 (pages 100, 101, 102). It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you
have to read a text and work on some activities about it, then you will listen to people talking
about the topic, and finally you will discover how to express your experiences.
Learning Guide: Daily routine
Author: Viviana Mosquera Suaza – Description: This home self-study English guide aims to strengthen the vocabulary used to write a daily routine, it also reviews the forms of the present simple,
This guide takes as reference the student’s book Way to go 6 module 1 unit 2 lesson 1. It begins with vocabulary activities, then reading and ends with a writing and self-evaluation activity.
Teaching Guide: The weather
Author: Rosario Rocha Sarmiento – Description: This lesson plan gives teachers the opportunity to make more dynamic classes and it also provides a valuable opportunity to students to develop their speaking skills. Students can develop autonomy as they are encouraged to choose the topic they want to talk about, negotiate with people in a group and work as a team.
Learning Guide: Being clean is cool and fun
Author: Silvia Maria Vital, Nasser Aguas, Hugo Rafel Henandez – Description: This English self-study will help you to recognize different elements and actions to keep you personal hygiene. These activities are related to the ones in the book “Way to go 7th grade, module 1. Unit 2, page 26. The guide starts with some voabulary activities about hygiene elements and actions. Then, you have to read a short text to notice grammar rules. After that, there is an infographic you must complete with the corresponding heading and finally, you will find a production activity, which asks you to make a poster to show you can write about hygiene elements, their uses and why they are important.
Teaching Guide: Talking about past experiences
Author: Olga Rocío Rojas Porras – Description: This plan can help students develop skills in the use of simple past tense to narrate a trip’s events, through cooperative work and a pleasant and motivating learning environment where they can assess during class, their skills, strengths and advances.
Learning Guide: My people
Author: Alba Rocío Ramírez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn new vocabulary about family members and how to mention people in your family. All the activities are related to the topic “My people” presented in Way to Go Student Book 6, Module 1 Unit 3 Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to write some sentences about family members. There is a listening exercise to complete and end up drawing and writing about your family tree.
Teaching Guide: Sport and hobbies
Author: Vilma Cancimancy – Description: This activity plan gives the students an opportunity to make a presentation about likes and hobbies, and to exchange information in an easy way. This activity challenges students to speak in another language in a stress-free environment.
