Didactic Unit Sessions

Week 1 Animals
5 sessions
VOCABULARY: Adjectives to describe
animals
GRAMMAR TOPICS: Comparative and
superlative forms of adjectives.
Simple past review
FUNCTION: Compare animals according
to their characteristics.
Talk about past events
MINI PROJECT

EJES TEMÁTICOS
WEEK 1 ANIMALS
Adjectives to describe animals
Warm up: Give these animals a characteristic. Use the adjectives from the box. Look at the images and
think of the most important characteristics these animals can have.

CUTE SMART FIERCE HARD WORKING FAST TALL DISGUSTING

WISE

Smart
Tall

Cute Fierce

Hard working
 Wise

Disgusting Fast

Exercise 1

small thin tall giant

round flat crooked blobby
brown and white green and yellowish brown orange
swift slow quick slow

Heavy Fat Short underweight

. round sleek elliptical triangular
Gray and Pink brown purple green
Slow rushing springy brief
 Short Light Fat tall
oval oval round blobby
Brown blue brown and pink white and black
Slow snappy bustling swift

Exercise 2
Watch the following video about comparative and superlative form:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KIiaLupHuA&t=136s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7vtKASIu4s

Exercise 3
Compare the animals in the picture below
Look at the example and write the sentences:
1. The mouse is smaller than the rat
2. A snail is slower than a tortoise
3. The bear is than heavier the sheep
4. A giraffe is taller than an elephant
5. The gorilla is stronger than the monkey
6. A fox is faster than a cat
7. A butterfly is bigger than a fly
8. A whale is longer than dolphin
9. The worm is thinner than the snake
10. A wolf is fiercer than a dog
Exercise 4
Compare the people using their information:

Example:
Mike is older than Pete
Mike is younger than Kate
1. Mike is heavier than Trig
2. Pete is thinner than Mike
3. Pete is taller than Trig
4. Pete is younger than Kate
5. Trig is shorter than Mike
6. Trig is heavier than Pete
7. Trig is shorter than Kate
8. Kate is older than Mike
9. Kate is taller than Pete
10. Kate is more beautiful than Trig

Now make superlative sentences:

Trig is the smallest
1. Pete is the youngest
2. Mike is the heaviest
3. Trig is the smallest/shortest
4. Kate is the oldest
5. Kate is the tallest
6. Kate is the lightest
Exercise 5
Now compare people in your family:
My brother is taller than my father
My mother is younger than my father
My father is older than my brother
My mother is more intelligent than my father
My father is heavier than my brother
And make superlative sentences:
My brother Juan is the tallest in my family
My brother Luis is the lightest in my family
My mother Esperanza is the most beautiful in my family

Exercise 6
Answer the questions about Colombia and the world:
Which is…?
1. the biggest city in Colombia? Bogotá is the biggest city in Colombia
2. the longest river in the world? Amazonas in the longest river in the world
3. the tallest building in Bogotá? Bacatá is the tallest building in Bogotá
4. the largest airport in Colombia? The Dorado airport is the largest in Colombia
5. the most populated city in the world? The Tokyo city is most populated in the world

Listening and pronunciation practice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOXHiiJUfcw : Watch the video and practice the pronunciation of the

sentences. Listen and repeat.

Exercise 7
Listen to part A of the conversation. Then listen again and practice with a partner
(Audio 1)
Then listen to part B and answer the question
Answer: Wendy answered two questions well

(Audio 2)
 MINI PROJECT: Read about the most popular dinosaur: the tyrannosaurus Rex.
Do the comprehension exercises. Read the sentences in the paragraphs carefully. If you find a
word you don’t know, before looking up in a dictionary, try to guess the word by context. Read
the words before and after the unknown word.

Tyrannosaurus Rex (T-Rex)

By Guy Belleranti

One of the most dangerous dinosaurs was the Tyrannosaurus rex. It looked like a huge lizard with sharp
teeth. It lived over 60 million years ago.
From nose to tail, T-rex was as long as a school bus. It was taller than a house. It weighed more than an
airplane. T-rex’s head was as long as a kitchen table.T-rex was one of the biggest meat-eating dinosaurs.
It could eat hundreds of pounds of meat in one bite. Animals that eat meat have sharp teeth. T-rex had
60 of them! Some of the teeth were as big as bananas. When T-rex lost a tooth, it grew a new one.
T-rex stood on two powerful legs. It also had two small arms. Its strong tail helped keep it from falling
over.
It might be fun to see a live Tyrannosaurus rex, but I wouldn’t want to meet one. Would you?

1. How many teeth did a Tyrannosaurus rex have?

a. thirty b. sixteen
c. sixty d. seventy

2. How long ago did Tyrannosaurus rex live? The Tyrannosaurus rex lived 60 million years ago

3. What did Tyrannosaurus rex eat?

a. leaves from tall trees b. other dinosaurs
c. small insects d. people

4. Which dinosaurs had sharp teeth?

a. all dinosaurs b. dinosaurs that had tails
c. dinosaurs that were big d. dinosaurs that ate meat

Match each vocabulary word on the left with its definition on the right.
1. powerful (4) not safe
2. pounds (5) room where people cook
3. school bus (2)units of weight
4. dangerous (1) strong
5. kitchen (6) yellow fruits
6. bananas (3)yellow vehicle that brings kids to
School

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSM8GcShChk: Watch the video and answer these questions:

What kind of dinosaur is it? It is a Tyrannosaurus rex

What is it trying to do? The Tyrannosaurus rex is trying to eat people.

What is the mistake the girl made? The girl is mistake was to turn on the flashlight

Work in GROUPS. Choose s dinosaur and make a dinosaur report talking about its characteristics.

Full name of your dinosaur: Diplodocus