9th grade – Página 5

Learning Guide: Activities to keep fit

Author: Kevin Alexis Ordoñez Ortega – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise reading, listening and writing skills. All the activities are related to the topic of dances around the globe presented in the English Please Student’s Book 1 Module 2 Unit 2 Lesson 4. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer some literal and inferential questions. After that, you have to listen to an audio in order to answer some questions; then you have to analyze some grammar aspects and finally, you will write some steps to dance a rhythm that you like using sequential linking words.

Learning Guide: It’s holiday time! What do you do on holiday?

Author: Héctor Jesús Lombana Córdoba – Description: Dear student, through this guide you will practice vocabulary related to holiday activities and you will answer some activities related to the English, please! 1 Student’s book pages 76 and 78. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you will read a short text and answer some reading comprehension questions; later, you will discover how to use the Wh question words and end up writing some questions to your classmates about holiday activities. I hope you learn, practice and have fun!

Learning Guide: How do you dress for the weather?

Author: Gaby Doris Caicedo Parra
Mercedes Andrea Dejoy Armero
Zoila Rosa Melo Guerrero – Description: Dear student, this English self-study guide will help you to practice vocabulary about the weather and clothes. All activities are related to the English, Please! Fast track student’s book 9. First of all, you will review some vocabulary related to clothes and the weather. Then, you will read some descriptions about the weather in other countries, and answer some reading comprehension questions. Later, you will discover the uses of adverbs of frequency and the present simple tense, and finally you will design a flyer to illustrate the weather in your town/city and the clothes you use accordingly. I hope you have fun developing the activities!

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: 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.

Teaching Guide: A day in a famous person’s life

Author: Alcira Sánchez Arévalo – Description: This lesson plan gives the teacher a chance to integrate the skills of listening, reading, speaking and writing by taking the topic: “A day in famous person’s life” as the starting point to help students to ask and answer WH questions.

Teaching Guide: The family

Author: Flor Isenidh Avendaño Avendaño – Description: This lesson plan gives the students the opportunity to talk about their family, to know about their classmates’ families, to share relevant information with other students in class, and to play and enjoy when learning.

Teaching Guide: Natural Landscapes

Author: Nayire de Jesús Cárdenas Bermúdez – Description: This lesson plan gives the students a chance to become familiar with vocabulary about geographical features, in addition they have the opportunity to describe landscapes in Colombia or places they know.

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.

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.

Teaching Guide: Teenagers

Author: Walter Dominguez – Description: This plan lets students know more about you, not as a teacher but as a person, and it also gives the opportunity to check students understanding and know what they do at their homes. It’s one of the biggest opportunities to know your students better, even if you are substituting another teacher or it’s your first class with that course.

Teaching Guide: How was my life before social networks?

Author: Liseth Patricia Jiménez Arias – Description: This lesson plan is very useful if you are thinking on teaching simple past tense

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