Teacher: Laura González

AGENDA

• Introductions and administrative topics

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• Introduction to Unit 1

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• Review of the verb To Be (Edpuzzle video)

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• Talking about people, personal information, and places (book)

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• Exercises (book and platform)

LESSON OBJECTIVE

We will learn to ask for personal information using the appropriate vocabulary and question forms, in order to have a short conversation to get to know a person.

Meeting People

What do you see in the picture?

The name of this unit is…

We are going to describe ourselves and other people in this unit.

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WARM UP

• In BORs, share screen and sound.
• Answer the questions according to the information in the video.

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• Go HERE for a video on

personal information

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How many country names are there? Page 7

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Go to Activity A

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This is ____________________

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Where’s she from?

__________________________

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What does she do?*

__________________________

Go HERE to practice occupations

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Go to Activity A

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Who is this/that?

Who is she/he? Who are you/they?

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This is ____________________

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Where’s she from?

__________________________

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What does she do (for a living)?

__________________________

Go HERE to practice occupations

AGENDA

• Warm up: Finish first exercise and Jeopardy game
• Countries and nationalities
• Review contractions, jobs, and occupations
• Practice pronunciation
• Questions in English
• Exercises and speaking activities

LESSON OBJECTIVE

We will learn to ask people that we meet for their personal information, including country of origin and nationality, by asking appropriate questions with the verb to be, in order to have a conversation

to get to know a person better.

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

• We’ll go to breakout rooms.
• Work on Activity A, page 7.
• Use the numbers from the map.
• Ask the questions: Where is she/he from? What does he/she do?
• Write the answers.

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GRAMMAR

• Is Norma from Canada? No, she isn’t./ No, she’s not.
• Where is she from? She’s from Mexico.
• Norma and I (We) are from Mexico.
• We aren’t Canadian.

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• Katya and Pablo are doctors.
• Where are they from?
• They are from Peru.
• They aren’t Mexican.
• They’re Peruvian.

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR

Page 8, Activity D

1. Complete the spaces with the correct form of the verb to be.
2. Listen to check.

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR

/aim/

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/iur/

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/jiz/

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/shiz/

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/its/

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/wiur/

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/iur/

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/ther/

WARM UP

Describing People

• In breakout rooms (BORs), describe the people in the cards.
• Use words that you know.
• All members of the group should participate.
• Describing people - Random cards (wordwall.net)

VOCABULARY

• Who is he?

_______________________________

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• Where’s he from?

_______________________________

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• What does he do?

_______________________________

Asking for personal information

Norma is from Mexico.

• We are mentioning here the country. What about the nationality?

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• Norma is _________.

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• Luis is from Costa Rica. He’s .

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Norma is from Mexico.

• We are mentioning here the country. What about the nationality?

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• Norma is Mexican__ .

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• Luis is from Costa Rica. He’s Costa Rican .

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What is the nationality?

• Activity #1 in Discussions.
• Share screen.
• Match the country with the nationality.
• Countries & Nationalities 2 - Find the match (wordwall.net)

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In English, we can use contractions (pronouns and to be)

/aim/

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/iur/

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/jiz/

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/shiz/

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/its/

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/wiur/

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/iur/

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/ther/

How to form it – Apostrophe and final part of verb to be (in long sentences) ‘m / ‘s / ‘re

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Why we have to learn it – It is a more natural and common way of speaking.

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When to use it – In informal and everyday speaking

Before you listen

Look at the pictures

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Describe the people using contractions of the verb to be.

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Go to page 9 in the Digital Resource (platform book).

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While you listen

VOCABULARY

VOCABULARY

Extra Material

English Vocabulary: Countries, Nationalities, and Languages – Espresso English

VOCABULARY

Short Discussions

Answer the questions with your partners in breakout rooms:

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• What is your first name?
• What is your last name/ family name/ surname?
• What is your nationality?
• Do you have a family member with a different nationality?
• What part of the country are you from?
• What is your job/ occupation? / What do you do?

After you listen

GRAMMAR

• Who is he?
• Is he Korean?

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We have two types of questions:

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Information questions

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Yes/No questions

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GRAMMAR

• When asking for information, we use:

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• What
• When
• Where
• Who
• Why
• How old / How many / How much

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• A: ___________________________________________
• B: I’m from South Korea.

GRAMMAR

Provide information questions for these answers:

GRAMMAR

d. Information or Fact (thing)

c. Age

b. Place

a. Person

e. Purpose / Reason

GRAMMAR

TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Speaking Activity:

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• In breakout rooms, you will ask for personal information.

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• The questions can be yes/no questions or information questions.

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• Follow the prompts:

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• Be / your name _______________________________
• Be / your parents _____________________________
• Be / your parents’ names ______________________

TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Remember to ask as many extra questions as possible.

Use yes/ no questions and information questions.

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1. Verb To Be / you / only / a student? ……….……….……….
2. Verb To Be / you from ? …………………………………………
3. Verb To Be / your favorite movie? …………………………….
4. Verb To Be / your best friend? ………………………………….
5. Verb To Be / members / your family? …………………………
6. Verb To Be / your family member / occupation? ..………...
7. Verb To Be / your favorite place in Costa Rica?..................
8. Verb To Be / you interested in other cultures? ………..……..

TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Remember to ask as many extra questions as possible.

Use yes/ no questions and information questions.

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1. Be / You / a student /only ? ………………. ………. Are you only a student?
2. Be / you from ? ………………………………………… Where are you from?
3. Be / your favorite movie? ……………………………. What is your favorite movie?
4. Be / your best friend? …………………………………. Who is your best friend?
5. Be / members / your family? ………………………… Who are the members of your family?
6. Be / your family member / occupation? …………. What is your ____’s occupation?
7. Be / your favorite place of Costa Rica?.................. What is your favorite part of CR?
8. Be / you interested in other cultures? …………….... Are you interested in other cultures?

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Homework: Tasks 3, 4, 6, and 7

Describing people and occupations

Let’s read the following statements:

1. Lucas is from San José. He’s an accountant.

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2. Mario and I are siblings. We’re artists.

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3. Riza is a firefighter. She’s very brave.

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4. Jim is from Colombia. He’s a receptionist.

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• Where are the contractions in these sentences?

Pronunciation Practice

• In break-out rooms.
• Take turns and read out loud the following sentences:

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1. I’m Claudia, and I’m from Chile. I’m not from Costa Rica.
2. They’re from Toronto, Canada. They’re happy there.
3. We’re not from the U.K. We’re from another country.
4. She’s a nurse. She’s from China. She’s Chinese. She isn’t Costa Rican.
5. We’re at the table. We aren’t here to talk. We’re here to eat.
6. They’re from Japan. They’re Japanese students.

TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Let’s go back to the conversation.

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Practice the conversation.

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Use new information.

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Practice the contractions.

TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Let’s talk!

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Ask your partner where she / he is from. Where are you from?

Ask your partner what he / she does. What do you do?

Ask your partner about his / her family. (Mother, father, siblings, spouse, children, etc.) Tell me about your family. Is your family big? Do you have siblings? Do you have children?

Ask your partner about his friends. Tell me about your friends.

TASK INSTRUCTIONS

Task information

Homework: Tasks 3, 4, 6, and 7 in platform

AGENDA

• Warm up activities and announcements
• Q&A review and talk about homework
• Describing people and people’s jobs
• Final activities and exercises for Unit 1
• Introduction to Unit 2

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LESSON OBJECTIVE

We will learn to describe people and their occupations using the appropriate adjectives and grammar forms, in order to have a conversation about what people

do for a living.

“I believe that teaching is an easy job.”

Do you agree with this comment?

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Yes, I agree.

No, I don’t agree.

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For you, what jobs are easy?

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__________________________�__________________________

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Let’s talk about jobs!

Answer the questions with your partners in the break-out rooms.

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Share your personal ideas!

VOCABULARY

Describing people and occupations

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• We are going to use adjectives:
• A cold day
• A tall man
• An interesting job

VOCABULARY

“What is something or someone that you think is ___________?”

In the Main Room

GRAMMAR

My best friend is a(n) __________ person. ☺

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My neighbor is a(n) ____________ person. ☹

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• “You are happy.” (right now)
• “You are a happy person.” (personality trait)

GRAMMAR

• Subj + Verb Be + Adjective (right now)

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• _________________________

• Subj + Be + A / An + Adjective + Noun

(personality trait or characteristic)

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• __________________________

GRAMMAR

• Subj + Verb Be + Adjective (right now)

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• He is sad. (his feelings at the moment)

• Subj + Be + A / An + Adjective + Noun

(personality trait or characteristic)

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• He is a sad person. (his personality)

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR

My friend’s job is dangerous.

Kim’s friend is an interesting person.

Is your brother happy?

My father is not a rich man.

GRAMMAR

GRAMMAR

This is a speaking activity.

Discuss the following options. Explain your ideas.

“Do you agree or disagree?”

Conversation

What expressions do you use to start

a conversation?

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• _______________________________
• _______________________________
• _______________________________

Conversation

What adjectives describe the jobs?

PRACTICE FOR THE ORAL TEST

Select one of the roles. Practice a conversation.

You have to use the information from the chart.