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Teaching Guide: Construction of peace

Author: Carlos Eduardo Marín Orozco – Description: This plan helps students to use the integrated skills (speaking, reading, listening and writing) as well as new vocabulary related to the construction of democracy and peace through positive facts. It also allows students to improve their self-esteem, to see other´s qualities and values, and to reinforce their knowledge about previous topics already taught in class.

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Teaching Guide: Eating disorders

Author: María Cristina Pineda Arboleda – Description: This plan will give the teacher the opportunity to transversalize some subjects in one topic and; on the other hand, students can make different task that will be in a complete prevention plan at the end of the class. Also, the teacher can adapt or modify the context (rural or urban); Finally, the implementation of different types of formative assessment can be found.

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Teaching Guide: Sensible Shopping

Author: Diego Alejandro Ariza Devia – Description: This activity plan gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary about shopping by playing a board game. Also, this activity gives the opportunity to the teacher to implement Formative Assessment techniques and involve students in their learning process.

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Teaching Guide: Everybody has the right to…

Author: Vanessa Alejandra Claros – Description: This activity plan provides teacher ideas about Human Rights. Students develop creativity and critical thinking because they design a Bill of Rights. Additionally, this activity plan incorporates Formative Assessment by using the Feedback Sandwich technique that promotes peer assessment.

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Teaching Guide: Eating habits

Author: Lyda Nuñez Fuentes – Description: This lesson plan allows students to give information about the nutritional value and health benefits of food. It also gives the opportunity to integrate the four communicative skills and use different assessment strategies (self-assessment/peer-assessment and classroom assessment techniques CATs).

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Teaching Guide: Health Education

Author: Emilce Lamprea – Description: This lesson plan gives students the opportunity to talk about personal interests such as their favourite dish and to ask for suggestions and recommendations about eating habits.

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Teaching Guide: Eco-friendly Homes

Author: José Ignacio Rojas Vera – Description: This lesson plans focuses on sustainability since students are given the opportunity to analyse the actions that affect the environment. Additionally, this lesson plan promotes critical thinking since students also suggest actions to protect the environment. Formative Assessment techniques are suggested to make learning more meaningful to students.

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Learning Guide: Natural disasters

Author: MARYI LORENA MONJE ARAUJO, MARIA ALESKSANDRA MUÑOZ LOZANO – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to practice natural disasters vocabulary. In addition, you can reinforce reading, listening, writing and speaking skills and pragmatic competence. These activities are taken from “English Please.St.9th , unit 2 lesson 5”. It starts with two revision vocabulary activities about the most common natural disasters vocabulary. In the first activity, you will look for natural disaster’s vocabulary in the crossword, then write the vocabulary above the picture.
In the Reading task, you read the text and answer the four multiple choice questions and choose the correct option. (Icfes test). Then, you must read the text again and answer True or False in the sentences given.
For the language task, you must write a short description about what is happening in the five pictures given. Use your notebook and write down your answers.
In the Listening task, you will listen to a conversation and match the words above the pictures according to the audio given. Then, you must listen to a conversation and complete the sentences with missing words given.
In the writing task, you should describe what happens during an earthquake. And, what can you do in case of an earthquake?
Finally, you should make a recording or video describing what to do in case of an earthquake. Record your video using an application-WhatsApp or cellphones. When you finish the activity, send me the pictures of the activities and the audio or video. If you have questions, please text me or call me.

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Learning Guide: Natural landscapes

Author: Faiver Polanía Perdomo, María Alejandra Caviedes Cuellar, Mauro Suarez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn about some rules to construct written texts and understand reading using comparative and superlative adjectives. All the activities are related to the topic of natural landscapes presented in English Please Student Book 9 Module 4 Unit 1 lesson 1, and others taken from other sources. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to match some words with the corresponding picture, complete words related to the topic, answer some questions about touristic places in Colombia, Write sentences using comparative and superlative adjectives, and write a letter a friend showing the main features of two cities in Colombia.

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Learning Guide: The weather in the world.

Author: Leidy Johanna Medina – Description: Hi! In this guide you will learn about the weather and different regions of Colombia. You will practice vocabulary to describe clothing and different customs according to the different types of weather. You will also read and then practice describing some cities in Colombia.

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Learning Guide: Favorite dishes

Author: Juanita Ponce de León, Morlin Córdoba – Description: This self-study guide allows you to practice talking about the different ways in which you can know how we live. The activities you will find here are based on the book English Please! 9th Grade, Module 3, Unit 1, pages 86 – 90. The guide starts with some images where you must fill in spaces with the correct word, then continues with countable and uncountable nouns to complete the sentences with a/an/some/any. After this, there is a reading exercise about different traditional food in our country. And then you will prepare your favorite food with the ingredients you have in your refrigerator and, finally, you will complete some sentences and prepare a video with your favorite food at home.

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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.

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