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Learning Guide: Healthy lifestyles
Author: Diego Fernando Cardona Valencia, Luz Adiela Arias Valencia, Fernando Monsalve López, Jhon James Arroyave Guazarabe – Description: This self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary related with healthy lifestyles such as healthy food, quantities, countable and uncountable food, and to ask for quantities of food by using how much/ how many. All the activities are taken and adapted from Module 3, Unit 1, lesson 2, from the textbook English Please! Fast track 1, pages 87, 91 and 92. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. After that, you have to complete some reading exercises with multiple choice option, similar to the ones in Pruebas Saber. Finally, you will design a short survey related to eating habits at the school restaurant.
Learning Guide: Eating disorders
Author: Humberto Uchima Tasama, Diego Alejandro Ospina Cardona, Maria Isabel Utima Gaviria – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn and practice frequency adverbs and how they are used to express symptoms of eating disorders and the illness such disorders could lead to. The activities in this guide are related to the topic of eating disorders proposed in Way to go students’ book 8th grade, Module 2, Unite 1: lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you are asked to analyze the way frequency adverbs are used. Finally, you have some exercises to listen and use the vocabulary learned to talk about eating disorders throughout a survey.
Learning Guide: The Weather
Author: Genyvel Díaz Traslaviña, Adriana Martínez Torres, Luz Bibiana Lazo Esquivel, Olga Cecilia Gutiérrez Méndez – Description: This English self-study guide will help you describe what people do according to the weather. All of the activities are related to the topics of the weather, clothes, adverbs of frequency and some of the activities you can do depending on the weather. Besides, the activities are based on the English Please, Student’s book, pages 64 ,66 y 67. This guide aims to develop reading and writing skills, grammar and vocabulary. By the end of the guide the student will be able to write an email to a friend saying what the weather’s like, what people wear in that type of weather and what they usually do.
Learning Guide: Eating disorders
Author: Alejandro David Julio Rhenals, Yaneth Rodríguez Rodríguez, Andrés Felipe Gómez Restrepo, Gloria Inés Padilla Uribe – Description: Hello Students. This English self-study guide gives you the sequence you need to identify should and shouldn’t, use and apply them in reading comprehension and writing activities. All the activities are related to the topic eating disorders in Way to Go Student Book 8 Module 2 Unit 1. It starts with some relevant vocabulary about the topic. Then, you have to answer and read using should or shouldn’t and finish writing a plan for healthy eating habits.
Learning Guide: Animal trafficking
Author: Ferney Ríos Castro, Karen Lizeth Henao, Juan Camilo Vasquez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise presenting your opinions in written form. All the activities are related to the topic of ideal world presented in English Please! Book 2 Module 5 Unit 2 Lesson 5. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. After that, you have to answer some questions about the language used to make passive voice sentences. Then, you have to read a short text and answer some questions in order to improve your reading skills and end up writing about some solutions for each animal trafficking situation.
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: Camping trip
Author: Wilson Aguirre – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice vocabulary about camping and scouting. It starts with
some vocabulary activities, then there is a reading text and three comprehension exercises. The
listening activity offers the grammar structure in context and some questions about it. Then, there is a
speaking activity in which you will make a video about survival tips in the forest.
Learning Guide: Caring for the environment
Author: Andrea Steffania Guzmán Santacruz, Lina Constanza García Castro, Edna Lucia Rengifo – Description: This English self-study guide will help you to reinforce and obtain new knowledge about the importance of caring for the environment, leaving a good ecological footprint and reflecting on your daily actions to preserve the natural spaces that we still have. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the language used to express opinions about environmental practices and end up writing a situation considering whether it is good or bad to preserve the environment.
Learning Guide: Celebrations and festivals
Author: Andrés Bermúdez Duque, Astrid Elena Lopera Lopera, Elmer Antonio Córdoba Mosquera – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise describing traditional Colombian celebrations. All the activities are related to the topic of celebrations and festivals presented in English Please Student’s Book Fast Track 9th grade, Module 2, Unit 3, Lesson 7. It begins with a vocabulary task, a matching exercise, and writing about celebrations. Then, it asks you to complete some sentences about celebrations and customs. Next, do a multiple choice exercise about wh- question words. Finally, do a reading exercise and comprehension activity. At the end, there is a class project to do during the term to be presented at the end of it.
Learning Guide: Natural Eco Parks in Colombia
Author: Luz Adriana Herrera – Description: This English self- study guide helps you learn vocabulary about natural Eco parks in Colombia, all the
activities are connected to the learning goals and the reading in English Please! Module 1 unit 1 lesson 1
pages (124 and 125). It starts with some vocabulary activities, the you should read the text and answer
some comprehension questions related with it, then you will discover how to write comparative sentences
and finally, you will design a poster about two important natural or touristic places in Tolima.
Learning Guide: Food groups
Author: Ofelia Vargas, Cielo Barreto – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise expressing information about food groups. All the
activities are related to the topic “Food groups” presented in English Please! Student Book
1, Module 3, Unit 1, Lesson 2. It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you have
to read some information about healthy diet and answer some questions, and end up writing a
description of the meals you eat.
Learning Guide: Saving water
Author: Maritza Cardozo, Diana Rodriguez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about saving water. All the activities are connected
to the reading in English please fast track Student Book 9, unit 1 Module 4 lesson 2 (page
128,129,130,131). It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you have to read a text and work on
some activities about it, and then you will discover how to give advice to save water. Finally, you will
design a poster about giving advice to your friends and relatives to save water; that poster will be shared
with your teacher and classmates.
Learning Guide: Feelings and emotions
Author: Emerita Useche- Carlos Alvarez – Description: This self-study guide helps you to learn vocabulary about feelings and emotions and ask and answer
question with (Why) and (because). All activities are related to the book Way to Go 7 Unit 2 module 1,
Pages 49 – 52. It starts with the vocabulary activity, then a text and its reading comprehension exercises;
the language awareness section will help you discover the grammar and it ends up with a writing exercise.
Finally, the assessment task will help you check your progress.
Learning Guide: Eco-life
Author: Belkis Amaya, Yurany Rubiano, Jorge Reyes – Description: This self-study guide helps you to practise vocabulary about the environment in written and oral form. All
the activities are related to the topic Human actions and the environment, presented in Way to Go 8
Module 1 Unit 1 lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to fill in some
gaps, then answer will analyze the structure and it ends up with speaking and writing activities.
Learning Guide: Healthy food choices
Author: Ana Zoraida Ballesteros – Description: This English self-study guide will help you practice vocabulary about Healthy Food (food, cooking,
methods and nutrients). These activities are related to the book: Way to go 8th (Module 2 – Unit 2 –
Lesson 1). It presents vocabulary and structures in Present Simple and Imperative to describe aspects
related to Healthy Food Choices. First, you discover and recognize words about different dishes, then
you will practice reading comprehension in some nutrition advice relate to the five food groups and
other exercises related to nutrition and eating habits. Next, you will research about some different foods
and their nutritional sources. Also, you will write a short text about the topic; you will find an activity
related to an exercise where you can practice your pronunciation and finally you will ask a classmate
some questions about nutrition.
Are you ready? Let’s go!!
Learning Guide: Taking care of my body
Author: Luz Adriana Uran, Dora Cecilia Uribe – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice giving instructions in written form. All the activities are related to the topic taking care of my body presented in Way to Go workbook 7; Module 1, Unit 2, Lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to sort out these foods in the pyramid of food. After that, answer some questions about a reading activity for having healthy habits.
Learning Guide: Nutrition and Health
Author: Maritza Cardozo, Diana Rodriguez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice giving information in writing form. All the
activities are related to the topic of Nutrition and Health presented in Way to Go Student Book
– 2 –
8 Module 2 Unit 2 Lesson 1.
It builds on the vocabulary, language analysis and writing tasks done in the previous worksheet.
It asks you to describe a food item in a short paragraph including its name, colour, size, shape,
taste, ways to eat it, or how it is usually served (in other dishes, soups, juices, etc.). and
exchange their paragraph by at least 2 of your classmates through WhatsApp, phone call or text
message to give them feedback.
Learning Guide: Free time activities
Author: Clyde Jensen, Edgar Loaiza, Juan David Jimenez – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise describing free-time activities in written form. All the activities are related to the topic of hobbies presented in Way to Go Student Book 7, Module 1, Unit 1 Lessons 1, 2 and 3. It starts with some vocabulary revision activities. Then, you have to complete some sentences about free-time activities and end up writing the description of a traditional game.
Learning Guide: Foreign dishes
Author: Luz Adriana Herrera – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practice asking and giving information. All the activities
are related to the topic of ingredients of food, choices presented in Way to Go Student Book 8
Module 2 Unit 2 Lesson 1, page 60-64 It builds on the vocabulary and language analysis. It
helps you to improve your reading, writing and listening skills.
Learning Guide: It’s a matter of communication
Author: Anyi Mosquera – Description: This self-study guide helps you to practice reading comprehension and communication exercise, all these activities are related to the topics about “it is a matter of communication and telling story” activities presented in Way to Go student book 7, module 1 unit 3 lesson 3, 4 and module 2 unit 2 lesson 2, 3. It starts with a song, you have to take it into account to solve the other exercises. After that, you must do a reading comprehension exercise.
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.
