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Learning Guide: Healthy food

Author: David Antonio Cordero, Marco Antonio Gómez, Laura Mejia – Description: This English self-study guide helps you practise giving instructions in written form. All the activities are related to the topic of healthy or unhealthy food 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 a reading end up writing a text about your healthy habits

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Learning Guide: Natural resources

Author: Elsa Diaz
Paola Manjarrés
John Murillo – Description: This self-study guide allows you to practice talking about the different ways in which you can
express comparisons. The activities you will find here are based on the book English please 9! Student book 1, Module 2, Unit 5, page 64 and Module 4, Unit 1, page 126.
The guide starts with a puzzle chart to find some opposite words to help you remember some vocabulary. Then, it continues with a matching exercise. After that, you will demonstrate your understanding about the way the adjectives are written, when making comparisons and answering some questions.
In addition, you must complete the sentences with the suitable adjective form. Also, you must listen to an audio about weather and landscape to choose the correct options for the worksheet.
Finally, choose two cities in the world, where you would like to go in order to compare them.

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Learning Guide: Routine activities

Author: Oscar Mauricio QUintero – Description: This English self-study guide helps you learn vocabulary about routine activities. All the activities
are connected to the book English Please! 9 module 2 unit 1. (page 51). It starts with some
vocabulary activities, then you must read two routines and work on some activities. Finally, you
will record a video presenting your routine and asking about your father/mother routine
activities.

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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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Learning Guide: What is a Model Citizen?

Author: Betsaida Hernández Rojas – Description: This English self-study guide helps you to learn vocabulary about the good deeds citizens perform. Also, it helps you to know how to talk about your experiences as a good citizen. These activities are in the Way to go student´s book in module 3, unit 2 lesson 1 on page 102. To start, you have two activities related to the useful vocabulary for this self-study guide. Then you are going to do a listening for specific information exercise. Then there are some examples and activities that will help you to learn about present perfect tense use and form. To finish you must do a presentation talking about your experiences as a good Colombian citizen, elaborate a poster to illustrate your presentation and record it through a video to send it to your teacher.

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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.

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Learning Guide: Helping the environment

Author: Yudith Camila López Cuasquer, Nubia del Socorro Cuaspa Miramá, Oscar Hernán Ayala Chávez – Description: This English self-study guide will help you to practice how to give advice and suggestions using the modal verb Should. The vocabulary is related to actions in order to save the environment with activities from the English Please Student’s Book 9 Module 3, unit 2 lesson 5. The main emphasis of this lesson is on giving recommendations to care for the environment using should and shouldn’t.

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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 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 and finally, you should write some steps to dance a rhythm that you like, you need to use the sequential linking words.

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