Class 7 - Around town: Out shopping

Class 7 - Around town: Out shopping

Topics: 

• Finding your way around
• Tourist information

Learning outcomes:

• Request and provide information about addresses and and location information.
• Describes and requests information to and from tourists.

Possible tasks:

• Make a brochure to provide the location of a place in the city, directions on how to get there, as well as any other important information.
• Make a presentation to describe a place in the city: location, services provided, service hours, public accepted, costs, and an experience you had there.

Functional language:

• Where is the Central Park?
• To the right of the Cathedral and in front of the bus station.
• In this place, you can find amazing local food.

Activities

What places can you think of for each of these categories?

Stores and Shops                   Free-Time Places                         Services

Which of the places in the lists are in the picture? (page 1 on the textbook)

Places in the city - Flash card set

Resources:

• Out shopping - Workbook
• Getting around - Workbook

Class 6 - Growing up: Family memories

Class 6 - Growing up: Family Memories

Topics: 

• Growing up with your family.
• Growing up with your friends.

Learning outcomes:

• Describe family memories when growing up.
• Describe experiences when growing up with friends and neighbors.

Possible tasks:

• Contest bringing back the good old days, each participant describes a dear memory they have with a person from their past.

Functional language:

• I lived with my parents, my grandparents and brothers. We used to visit my uncle every weekend.
• I had a lot of friends, they were very nice to me and we had a lot of fun.
• Narrating stories.

Resources:

• Teenage years - Workbook
• Online Workshop - Growing up: Changes

Class 5 - Growing up: Teenage Years

Class 5 - Growing up: Teenage Years

Topics: 

• School and teenage years
• Midterm Writing Task
• Midterm Oral Task

Learning outcomes:

• Recognize and describe experiences during teenage years.

Possible tasks:

• Contest: the funniest teenage experience you remember.

Functional language:

• Where were you born? When were you born?
• I lived in Chicago until I was 10 years old.
• I moved to Boston in 2010.
• I was part of the music band at my high school.

Resources:

• Teenage years
• Teenage years - Workbook

Additional resources:

• Why teenage brains are so hard to understand?
• Teenage Years Vocabulary Game

Class 4 - Growing up: Childhood and Teenage Years

Class 4 - Growing up: Childhood and Teenage Years

Topics: 

• Childhood memories
• School and teenage years

Learning outcomes:

• Recognize and describe childhood memories.
• Recognize and describe experiences during teenage years.

Possible tasks:

• Using two pictures of the same person, one as a baby and one recent, describe the possible changes he/she has had. Compare to the others.
• Contest: the funniest teenage experience you remember.

Functional language:

• Where were you born? When were you born?
• I lived in Chicago until I was 10 years old.
• I moved to Boston in 2010.
• I was part of the music band in my high school.

Resources:

• Childhood
• Childhood - Workbook
• Teenage years
• Teenage years - Workbook

Additional resources:

• Childhood memories
• Why teenage brains are so hard to understand?

Class 3 - Celebrations: Traditions

Class 3 - Celebrations: Traditions

Topics: 

• Traditions
• Inviting to events

Learning outcomes:

• Identify cultural traditions (recipes, arts and crafts, words and ways of speaking) which are passed down through the generations.
• Write invitations to different events, requesting different types of information.

Possible tasks:

• Choose a tradition from your country, look for an equivalent in other culture and compare.
• Write an invitation to a holiday celebration. Give descriptions and information about it.

Functional language:

• What is a tradition?
• Custom and traditions.
• Cross-cultural differences and misunderstandings.
• You are invited to, it is recommended to, please come at, do not forget to.
• Dear, hi, take care, see you soon, best wishes, best regards, all the best, warm regards.

Resources:

• Traditions
• Traditions - Workbook

Additional resources:

• Traditions - Vocabulary Flashcards
• Bet You Didn't Know: Christmas | History

Class 2 - Celebrations: Festivals and things

Class 2 - Celebrations: Festivals and things

Topics: 

• Planning special occasions
• Special days

Learning outcomes:

• Describe plans to celebrate special occasions.
• Describe what people do: buy, eat, dance, etc, in special days.

Possible tasks:

• Choose a destination to travel this December, and check what festivals they have there. Plan your trip accordingly.
• Display some ornaments, food and description of some holidays. Students have to match them with a specific celebrationand describe the country or region.

Functional language:

• We're going to plan a big wedding.
• They are going to travel to San Andres for their honeymoon.
• What are you doing for New Year's eve?
• We are travelling to Europe in December.
• In my house, we have a little Christmas tree with a lot of ornaments; we usually drink punch, which is an egg-based beverage with rum, we enjoy singing Christmas carols.

Resources:

• Festivals and things
• Free Talk
• Festivals and things - Workbook

Additional resources:

• Top 10 Celebrations Around the World
• 10 Unusual Celebrations and National Customs

Class 1 - Celebrations: Special days

Welcome!

Course Documents

• Syllabus
• Pacing Guide
• Compromiso Académico

Class 1 - Celebrations: Special days

Topics: 

• Celebrations, holidays, festivals.
• Celebrations around the world.

Learning outcomes:

• Recognize and set apart the meaning of celebrations, holidays and festivals within different contexts.
• Describe the types of celebrations that exist in the different cultures.

Possible tasks:

• Choose a country and make a list of holidays. Count how many are due to religious, weather, political reasons. Compare with your classmates.
• Make a timeline of a festival in the world. Look for similar festivals in Colombia. Compare.

Functional language:

• Festival, holiday, celebration
• Tradition
• What do you usually do in a festival, celebration or holiday?
• We always go to/They usually eat
• There are many/There are a lot of/There are some

Resources:

• Special days
• Special days - Workbook

Additional resources:

• Top 10 Celebrations Around the World
• 10 Unusual Celebrations and National Customs