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Area Inglés Grade Sixth

Workshop 8 Date August 3rd – 14th

Unit Families
Understanding goal Students will be able to describe family relationships and
their personal possessions using possessive adjectives
and the verb to be.
Performance of understanding Students use correctly the possessive adjectives and the
verb to be to answer yes/ no questions.
Time 100 minutes

YES /NO QUESTIONS WITH POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES

Exploration:
1. Look at the picture and answer the following yes/no questions.

Retrieved from: English time workbook 3 page 10

Oxford
Example:
Is their mother at work? No, she is not. She is in her house.
a. Is their father at the Gym?
______________________________________
b. Is their school bag in the school?
______________________________________
c. Is his brother a baby?
______________________________________

Clarification:
1. Look at the picture about a family and answer the yes / no questions.
Example:
Is her book blue? No, it is not. It is red.

Additional Resources:
1. Grammar reference Everything 1a page 18.
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Picture retrieved from: https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/Images/young-learners-sample-papers-

2018-vol1.pdf

a. Are they his sisters? _______________________________________

b. Are their skirts yellow? _______________________________________
c. Is his t-shirt blue? _________________________________________
d. Is this their cat? _________________________________________
e. Is his guitar black? _________________________________________

Explanation chart:
Yes / No questions:
● These questions only have two possible answers: Yes or No.

Short answers:
Examples:
Is your name Juan? Is this his uncle? Are Laura and Catalina her sisters?
Yes, it is./No,it is not. Yes, he is. / No, he is not Yes, they are. No, they are not.

Long answers:
Examples:
Is your name Juan? Is this his uncle?
Yes, My name is Juan. Yes, this is his uncle.
No, My name is Pablo. No, this is not his uncle.

Are Laura and Catalina her sisters?

Yes, they are her sisters.
No, they are not her sisters.

Application:
1. Open your English book on page 16 of the student’s book.

Additional Resources:
1. Grammar reference Everything 1a page 18.
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2. Read the text My Family (picture 1), use friendly words to understand the
text.
3. How often does the possessive adjective My appear in the text?
4. In your English notebook answer the yes/no questions according to the
text My Family. Look at the examples and use short and long answers:
Examples:
Is his name Mike? Is his father forty-four years
old?
Yes, it is. His name is Mike. No, he is not. He is forty-two
years old.

a. Is his father William? ________________________________

b. Is his mother Angela? ______________________________
c. Is his mother thirty-nine years old? _____________________________
d. Is his brother Albert? _____________________________
e. Are his sisters Paula and Sofia? _____________________________
f. Are they nine and seven years old? _____________________________

Criteria of assessment:
Criteria ✔/X How can it be improved?
Students use correctly possessive adjectives in their
answers.
Students answer correctly yes/no questions according to
the text using short and long answers.
The students organize the application evidences and
present them clearly (made in the notebook or in a
Word document).
The students deliver the evidence on time according to
the teacher’s instructions.

What can I do if I don’t understand? / (Y si no entiendo, ¿qué puedo hacer?)

1. Identify the friendly words. (Words in English that look similar to Spanish)
2. Highlight the unknown words. (New words in English)
3. Use the dictionary to understand the unknown words and write these new words in
your English notebooks.
4. Ask one of your family members for help to understand the information in the
workshop.
5. Contact your English teacher. Each school have established how.
Vocabulary:
mom: mother / parents: mother and father / living room: sala / according to: según

Additional Resources:
1. Grammar reference Everything 1a page 18.
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PICTURES

Picture 1:

Retrieved from: Everything 1a page 16 of the Student’s book.

Designed by: Revised by: Approved by:

Camila Meneses Lizbeth Chaparro Judith Alvarez

Additional Resources:
1. Grammar reference Everything 1a page 18.