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Teaching Guide: Good citizenship practices

Author: Rafael Eduardo Acevedo Rivera – Description: This plan gives students a chance to use their knowledge in a practical way about modal verbs like should. Students can be an active actor of change in school by promoting good citizenship practices that other children in the institution can consider and apply to construct a better community. Besides, this lesson plan has plenty of activities that can measure students’ skills in different grades of difficulty by using formative and also summative assessment.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Learning Guide: Saying No! to bullying

Author: Natalia Cardozo Durán/ Natalia Méndez Lugo – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary related to bullying and types of bullying. Additionally, this guide helps you give suggestions to people experiencing bullying. The activities in this guide are connected to the reading in Way to Go Student Book 7 Module 2 Unit 3 (page 76). It starts with some vocabulary activities. Then, you must read a text and do some activities about it; then, you will discover how to give suggestions. Finally, you will make an informative flyer giving some suggestions to those experiencing bullying. That flyer will be shared with your teacher and classmates.

Learning Guide: Extreme sports

Author: Marcela Martínez Granada, Paola Andrea Lizarralde, Zulma Yaneth Duque Ortiz – Description: This English self – study guide helps you to practise vocabulary related to extreme sports and it also gives you the opportunity to train your ear and become familiar with the English sounds. Through this module, you will be able to talk about possibilities and uncertainty. Way to Go Students book 8 Module 4 unit 1.
It starts with some exercises to practise vocabulary related to extreme sports, then you will improve your listening skills with 2 comprehension tasks. You will learn some expressions to
talk about degrees of possibility and certainty. Finally, you will read an email and reply to it. Do not forget to complete your self-assessment

Learning Guide: Solving Problems

Author: Yorlay Andrea Ocampo, Adriana Restrepo, María del Pilar Ríos Vallejo – Description: This self-study guide provides you some clues to get better with the management of feelings and emotions. This guide is based on the book Way to GO 8° unit 3, module 3, lesson 2, Where you can increase your reading skill and vocabulary.

Learning Guide: Fairer World

Author: Dorany Cardona Valencia, Jose Omar Pineda Loaiza, Gilma Lilian López – Description: This English self- study guide helps you to practice how to express thoughts in a written way. All the activities are related to the topic fairer world, presented in a way to go student book module 3, unit 3 , lesson 1. It starts with some vocabulary predictions and revisión of activities to compose and write. Then, answer some questions about language following instructions. Zero and first conditional.at the end up writing about foundations in Colombia.

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