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Writing Test A1 Set 1
Author: MEN, Pearson and British Council
Description: Writing Exam from the Evaluation Tools designed by MoE, Pearson and British Council.
Learning Guide: Free time activities
Author: Sirley Achagua Góngora Alejandro Barbosa María Fernanda León Velásquez – Description: This English self- study guide helps you to write about hobbies and interests and to understand
the main idea and details in a short text talking about free time activities. All the activities are
related to the topic free time activities, presented in Way to Go student book 7th, Module 1, Unit
1, lesson 2. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to read a short
text about free time activities in present simple (adverbs of frequency) and end up writing a text
about your own activities.
ECO English for Colombia – Poster – Town
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 complementary poster.
Learning Guide: Having a good life
Author: Guillermo Javier Enríquez León, Diana Yazmín Arboleda Piedrahita, Víctor Ernesto Yepez Araujo, Mary Luz Muñoz Cárdenas – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice vocabulary about good and/or bad habits to care for your health. All the activities are connected to the reading in Way to Go Student’s Book 6, page 26, exercise 1. It starts with a vocabulary activity. Then, you will to listen and read a text and work on some activities about it; then you will discover how to express frequency through some concept questions. Later, you will design a poster about your good and bad habits, and finally you will present it in a short video to share it with your teacher and classmates
Teaching Guide: School habits
Author: Olga Mayorga Saenz – Description: This plan provides teachers and students with time to talk about habits specifically at school or classes. It makes students reflect upon how good habits at school can help them to have better academic results and better coexistence at school. Besides, it gives teachers some strategies to assess students’ level.
Learning Guide: Helping the environment
Author: Cindy Stefani Rivera Miranda – Description: Students, welcome to this self-study guide where we will learn some vocabulary related to environmental problems and some ways to protect our environment. Please, follow instructions. First you have to practice a vocabulary about environmental problems, then you have to read a text finding strategy to answer specific and inferential questions. And then, you have to ask some partners about some ways they could use to protect their environment, but using demonstratives adjectives explained in this self-study guide.
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.
Learning Guide: Food and nutrition
Author: Carolina Triviño Giraldo, Carolina Jaramillo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise giving instructions in written form. All the activities are related to the topic of food presented in English Please Student Book 9 Module 3 Unit 1 Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have
to answer some questions about the language used to describe routines (Third person rules) and other questions about a specific reading. After that, you end up writing a paragraph describing a relatives’ day.
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.
Teaching Guide: This is me and my community
Author: Diana Rocío Muñoz Hernández – Description: This lesson plan gives students the opportunity to foster cultural knowledge of the world throughout the creation of videos. Besides, it gives teachers a chance to integrate English grammar topics to the students’ real life throughout meaningful projects. All in all, this lesson plan is a simple and fun way to have the students engaged with the learning process while interacting and knowing their own community.
Learning Guide: Healthy and unhealthy food
Author: Giraldo Alvear Moreno – Description: This English self-study guide helps you strengthen your English knowledge about the use of “there is /there are”, increase your vocabulary about food and drinks and reflect on the benefits of the food groups for your body. All the activities are related to food and eating habits presented in English Please Student Book 9, Module 3 Unit 1. It includes interesting information that shows you why food is important for your body.
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: Globalization Problems
Author: Andrés Fabián Rivera Zapata – Description: This lesson plan helps students to know about reading strategies such as SCANNING. It also lets them know about its use in increasing reading skill levels and, in the same way, it will be a good way to assess students´ level of reading comprehension and a good chance to apply some Classroom Assessment Techniques and check their effectiveness.
Learning Guide: Health Issues
Author: Fredy Ticora y Johanni Naranjo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you describe eating disorders and identify general and specific
information in a short text. All the activities are related to eating disorders. It is presented in Way
to Go Student Book 8, Module 2 unit 1 Lesson 1 page 50 Exercise 1, and page 51 Exercises 4 and
5. Also, in Way to Go Workbook 8, Module 2 unit 1 Lesson 1 page 17 exercises 1-2. It starts with
an activity of vocabulary. You must match some pictures with some signs of possible eating
disorders. Then, there is a listening exercise with the vocabulary seen. Then, you must look at the
information and label the photos. After that, you must read the last information and complete the
text with an eating disorder. Later you must describe an eating disorder using the photos, the
useful expressions and the vocabulary Study. There is also a reading about the topic with questions related
with the text. Finally, you must evaluate your work.
Teaching Guide: Local cultures
Author: Margarita Archila Velandia – Description: This plan is a good opportunity for students to talk about their past experiences in a free and spontaneous way. Also, it is convenient for teachers as it provides the chance to make students remember their personal past experiences and use the wh-questions.
Learning Guide: Typical Food
Author: Jhonny Lemos, Alfredo Mejía Valencia, Jorge Sánchez Marín – Description: This self-study guide will take you through a series of activities which aim to improve your vocabulary in terms of a healthy lifestyle. It starts with a vocabulary review, then you have to match the names of some fruits and their definitions, then you will work on grammar by using quantifiers to complete the activities. After that, you will read a text about some Colombian dishes and you will complete some charts with the information from the texts. Finally, you will create a new chart to describe a Colombian dish and foreign dish. The information can be found on Módulo 3, unidad 1, lección 1 en página 86-88 from the English please Student’s Book 9h grade.
Activate: Games for Learning American English – Dice Template
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: Sports and hobbies
Author: Elizabeth Moreno García. Paola Azucena Rojas Muriel, Sandra Patricia Agudelo Acero – Description: This English self-study guide helps you express your likes and dislikes about sports and hobbies in a written form. The activities are related to the topic “That’s interesting to me” presented in Way to Go Student Book 6 Module 2 Unit 2 Lesson 1. It includes vocabulary on sports and hobbies and expressions to give reasons about your likes and dislikes. You are going to have examples about people’s interests and, finally, you are invited to think and write about your own interests. Enjoy expressing what you like the most.
Teaching Guide: Classroom language
Author: TERESA MERCEDES CHACON RODRIGUEZ – Description: This plan is a great way to start the school year. The idea is to provide language to be used for classroom management throughout the rest of the lessons.
Learning Guide: My Health Care Routine
Author: Sandra Milena Zárate Gómez. Sandra Milena Granados Trujillo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice expressions about healthy and unhealthy routines to care for your health, also, recognizing vocabulary related with this topic in reading, speaking and writing abilities. All the activities are related to the personal care presented in Way to Go Student Book 6 Module 2 Unit 3 Lesson 2. It starts with some expressions revision activities through speaking and listening. Then, you have to answer some questions about health and unhealthy habits to identify your own daily habits (Give information for personal care) and end up identifying healthy and unhealthy habits in daily life, selecting activities of the text.
