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Learning Guide: I’m going to have fun!
Author: Yuliana Katherine Delgado Goyes, Gloria Esperanza Ceballos Reina, Cristian Gabriel Coral Benavides – Description: This English self-study guide will help you to practice vocabulary related to free time activities and talk about your plans for the future. For this, you will use the Way to Go student’s book 7 page 13 exercise 7. This guide starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you will read a text and answer some questions about it. Later, you will identify and analyse how to use the “be going to” to talk about future plans and finally, you will write a short text about your plans for the next weekend.
Teaching Guide: COEXISTENCE IN THE CLASSROOM
Author: LUZ MARINA VITERI – Description: This plan is an easy and ready-made activity to get Ss started on practicing their communicative skills in real life emulated situations. Students design their own templates and get a chance to talk to others to exchange information.
Teaching Guide: Taking care of our bodies
Author: DILZA LEOVANI GÓMEZ ARCOS – Description: This plan is designed to help recycle vocabulary and to add a little fun to the learning process. The idea is for students to play with the key language and then to listen to this vocabulary in context.
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.
Learning Guide: Human Actions and the Environment
Author: Andrés Bermúdez Duque, Astrid Elena Lopera Lopera, Elmer Antonio Córdoba Mosquera – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary related to human’s actions and the environment. All the activities are connected to the reading in “Way to Go Student Book 8, Module 1 – Unit 1 (Pages 9, 10, 11, 12) and the “Workbook” (3, 4, 5, 6). It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then you have to read a text and work on some activities about it, then you will discover how to express actions in the present simple. Finally, you will design a campaign inviting your friends to have good environmental habits; that campaign will be shared with your teacher and classmates.
Learning Guide: The future is in your hands
Author: Marcela Martínez Granada – Description: This English self – study guide helps you to recognise your abilities and to what extent they may influence your future decisions. You can also learn some insights from an entrepreneur and influencer. You will use some useful resources presented in Student’s book English Please 3 Module 1 unit 1. It starts with a vocabulary exercise in which you find the word that does not match with the others.
Then, watch a video and answer some questions about it. You will also get some pieces of
advice about your future decisions from an expert. Finally, you will write a short paragraph that will help you to clear your mind about your strengths, skills, abilities and guide your next steps. It is necessary to spread the word. That is why, share your insights in your self-assessment will help you to listen to reinforce your plans.
Learning Guide: Job Interviews
Author: Carmen Helena Moreno, Mario Leonel Díaz, Rubelio Valencia – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise for a job interview in oral form. All the activities are related to the topic of skills and abilities presented in the English, Please! Student Book 3 Module 1 Unit 1 Lesson 3. It starts with some vocabulary and grammar revision activities. Then, you have to answer some questions about the language used to express abilities, talents, weaknesses and interests (can for ability; can’t for disability) and end up performing a short dialogue talking about your abilities.
Michael, Row the Boat – Song with Audio, Lyrics, and Poster
Author: American English – Description: An audio of song in English. 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/
Teaching Guide: Places of the neighbourhood
Author: Juan Carlos Sierra Villarraga – Description: This lesson plan provides students with the chance to talk about places of the neighbourhood and its corresponding location. Even though students are encouraged to develop the four skills, they need to pay special attention to a conversation in order to locate places and they are expected to describe their neighbourhood by creating a model scale made with disposable material. This lesson plan also gives students the opportunity to assess their peers and self-assess their own learning process.
Why English? Comics for the Classroom – Story 16: Friki with Audio
Author: American English – Description: In this story, the main character uses his love of video games to learn English. 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/
Teaching Guide: Amazing people
Author: Nancy Camargo Rodelo – Description: This plan gives the teachers the opportunity to teach in an effective and different way considering the different learning styles while engaging the students in multiples tasks. It integrates the four skills, so they can write, listen, read and speak about events related to their biographies. It also allows you to have an out-of-the-ordinary class by incorporating new strategies to assess the students’ performance and the class itself leading to improvement in classroom management and increasing motivation.
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.
Learning Guide: HEALTHY TEENS!
Author: John Jairo Preciado Barrios,José Alexander García Latorre, Claudia Camacho – Description: Are you a healthy teen? With this self-study guide you’ll learn about it and reflect on the ways you are taking care of your body. Today you’ll reinforce both vocabulary related to personal care and healthy lifestyles; also, you’ll train your writing and reading skills through some exercises
based on useful vocabulary about food’s nutritional facts, personal hygiene elements and healthy activities. These activities are taken or adapted from Way to Go Workbook Unit 2 – module 1, lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary exercises and an approach to adverbs of frequency.
Then a literal reading comprehension task. Finally, a writing task, where you must write a short text using the studied vocabulary and the adverbs of frequency.
Teaching Guide: The perfect profession for me!
Author: Lina Patricia Váquiro Rondón – Description: This plan includes activities that promote creative writing based on a model. Additionally, teacher can raise students’ awareness regarding community workers. Finally, Formative Assessment techniques are suggested in different stages of the lesson.
Teaching Guide: Health
Author: Carmen Libia Beltrán Bravo – Description: This plan helps students to recognize positive and negative eating habits. By implementing it, you can share with the students new strategies for them to learn. This plan also provides tools to improve the learning and knowledge.
Learning Guide: Being a good citizen
Author: Astrid Elena Valencia Arrubla – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about phrasal verbs; moreover, you will be able to give your opinion about what being a good citizen means. All the activities are related to the reading in English, Please! Student Book, Module 2, Unit 1, Lesson 1 pages 49-50. Firstly, you will work on some reading comprehension. Secondly, you will find some vocabulary exercises. Then, you will discover how to express necessity. In the end, you will create a comic in which you will invite your friends to be good citizens. You will share the comic with your teacher and classmates.
Teaching Guide: Different cultures, Different traditions
Author: Lizeth Catalina Murillo Urrego – Description: This plan gives students the chance to approach to other cultures from an intercultural perspective while developing their ability to recognize, accept and respect others. In addition, students will have the opportunity to express their personal opinion by observing different examples of structures and by using uncommon adjectives in order to expand their vocabulary. In the same way, they will have the possibility of establishing relationships of difference and similarity taking into account their own context.
Teaching Guide: Hobbies, sports and leisure time
Author: Michelle Escorcia Díaz – Description: This plan will give to the students a new way to learn English with enthusiasm and responsibility. It will see reflected in the student´s level in order to be better in their abilities and competences.
