Practicing Communicative Skills Listening & Writing & Reading & Speaking

PROCESO DIRECCIÓN DE FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL INTEGRAL
ENGLISH WORK’ SHEET
Main Topic PRACTICING COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS

Listening 4 & Writing & Reading & Speaking
Objective To practice the communicative skills.
Time 10 hours.
 Video demonstrating fluency in reading the text in English.
 PowerPoint presentation according to the model. It must contain the following: o
1. WARM UP activity 2 questions (Activity 1).
Learning  2. 10 attractions in New York city. (Activity 2). O

Evidences:
 3. Table: Grammatical Cathegories. (Activity 3). O
 4. Photo: Free and initial list based on listening (Activity 4). O
 5. Photo: Free and initial list based on Reading (Activity 5). O
 6. Photo: key words (Activity 6).
 o 7. Text in English and Spanish with verbs highlight (Activity 7).
 o 8. Reading comprehension 5? (Activity 8).
 o 9. Verbs table (Activity 9). O
 10. Y/N Questions & WH Questions (Activity 10).
Note: if you do not use link, send each file separately. Do not submit
compressed file.
Thank you
WARM UP activity! Answer the following questions
a. What do images represent?

2 The Statue of Liberty is 3 New York's most famous
1 love to new one of New York City's (and bridge crosses the East River 4 United States address
the USA's) most iconic from Manhattan to Brooklyn
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1
attractions. The monument

york was a gift from France in
1886
b. What do you know about New York? Write 3 ideas
 New York City is the largest city in the State of NY, it was the capital of the United States in 1788
 The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France for the alliance between the two in the American
Revolution of 1776
 Taxis in the city were originally red and green. It was only in 1912 that the city adopted yellow for its
taxis.
CONTEXTUALIZATION activity.
Enter to https://www.viator.com/New-York-City/d687?localeSwitch=1
And select 10 attractions in New York city. Put photo, name and 2 sentences
about each place.
Example:
• It is located at 460
Madison Avenue, in
New York City N.Y
1 St. Patrick's
Cathedral • St. Patrick’s
Cathedral is the
largest gothicstyle
Catholic Cathedral
in the country,
Completed in
1878
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2 Statue of Liberty  The Statue of Liberty is one

of New York City's (and the
USA's) most iconic
attractions. The monument
was a gift from France in
1886, celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the signing of
the Declaration of
Independence.
 The statue is 151 feet (46m)
tall and stands, fittingly, on
Liberty Island at the mouth
of New York Harbor. Lady
Liberty welcomes visitors
and immigrants with the
famous words, "Give me
your tired, your poor / Your
huddled masses yearning to
breathe free."
3 Ellis Island  New York City’s Ellis Island
was America’s busiest
immigrant inspection station
for more than 60 years,
from 1892 to 1954
 As the gateway for over 12

million immigrants to the
United States, it processed
more than 50 percent of the
nation’s current ancestors.
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4 Empire State  When it comes to buildings,

Building New York's Empire State
Building is top of the heap.
The 102-story iconic
skyscraper
 completed in 1931, is not

only an architectural wonder
but it offers wondrous 360-
degree views of Gotham
from its two observation
decks.
5 National  It is a rare greenscape in

September 11 lower Manhattan, shaded by
Memorial & rustling white oaks that
were chosen for their muted
Museum
yellow hue come autumn
 Two enormous fountains,

designed by architects
Michael Arad and Peter
Walker, mark the footprints
of the fallen towers with
plunging waterfalls.
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6 Brooklyn Bridge  New York's most famous

bridge crosses the East River
from Manhattan to
Brooklyn. Taking a walk
across this historic
suspension bridge is a must-
do NYC activity, with
fabulous views on every side
 Built in the 1870s and '80s,
the Brooklyn Bridge was one
of the first suspension
bridges to be constructed in
the USA.
7 Central Park  Central Park, a huge

rectangular slice of
oxygenating greenness, is
New York City's lungs and
soul.
 Taking up a mammoth 843

acres (341 hectares) in
Uptown Manhattan, Central
Park is laced with walkways,
jogging paths, and
woodlands. Not just a place
for relaxation, Central Park
is also home to a zoo,
skating rink, theater,
reservoir, boating lake,
fountains, bridle paths, and
a carousel.
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8 Rockefeller  A complex of 19 buildings

Center and gardens, the Rockefeller
Center is where you'll find
the famous ice rink and
Christmas tree, Radio City
Music Hall, the NBC Studios,
and the Top of the Rock
observation deck atop the
soaring Art Deco GE Building
at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
 For shopping and dining

there are more than 100
stores, 40 eateries, and an
underground shopping
concourse.Go behind the
scenes on an NBC Studios
tour, stopping off to have
your photo taken at the
news desk or give an
impromptu weather report
9 Niagara Falls  Every second, 750,000
gallons of water thunder
over Niagara Falls. Visitors
from around the world
travel to witness this
thunderous natural wonder
and feel the spray from the
powerful falls on their skin
 Situated on the border

between New York and
Canada, Niagara Falls is one
of the world's most
spectacular sights. The
Niagara Falls State Park on
the New York side of the
falls boasts the superlative
of America's oldest state
park
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10 Observatorio  The tallest building in the

One World Western Hemisphere, this
lower Manhattan
skyscraper has a high-
speed elevator that takes
visitors directly to the
102nd floor in less than
60 seconds.
 Visitors say the 360-

degree views bring out
the best of Manhattan
and offer stunning views
of the surrounding
waterways and the city's
iconic skyline
Organize the title of the listening file #4
York
in
is a
Roof Top Growing
__roof top__ _gardening___ ___is a_ _growing___ ___trend_

_in___ ___new_ __york__ __city__ .
La jardinería en las azoteas es una tendencia creciente en la ciudad de Nueva York
And read the following introduction about topic:

Topic: New York is a city notoriously short on space, but also one whose residents are big on
innovation. In the Big Apple, the latest trend is rooftop farming. Individuals and restaurants
are beginning to grow some of their own food in the only space available to them - their
roofs. While the practice is currently an environmental rather than a financial trend, some
companies hope it can become a money-making business model, providing a cheaper
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alternative to store-bought produce, especially in low income neighborhoods where fresh

vegetables are expensive and scarce. Source: VOA
Then, select words and complete the following table:

GRAMMATICAL CATHEGORIES
PRONOUNS NOUNS VERBS ADJECTIVE ADVERBS PREPOSITION CONJUNCTIONS ARTICLES
S S
topic
New york a
city notorio
usly
short on
space but
also
one
whose
residents
are big on
innovatio in the
n
big
apple the
latest
Trend is
rooftop
farming
individu and
als
restaura are
nts
beginnin to
g
grow some of
their own
food in the
only
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space availabl to
e
them
their roofs while the
Practice
is
currently an
environ rather than a
mental
financia
l
trend some
compani
es
hope
it can become a
money
making
bussines
model providing a
cheaper
alternati to
ve
Store-bought especia in
produce lly
low
income
neighbor where
hoods
fresh
vegetabl are expensi and
es ve
scarce
source voa
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Open the video off line file named: Annex A - Listening # 4-

Roof Top Gardening is a Growing Trend in New York City.
Listen the file two or three times and make a free and
initial list on your notebook with the words that you understand or you
recognize. Write them in English and Spanish.
 Growers Cultivadores
 Leanerd aprendio
 How to make como hacer
 Plants capture captura plantas
 Rainwater agua lluvia
 One day un dia
 Going go to buy voy a ir a comprar
 Start now empezas ahora
 Start growing empezar a crecer
 We have tenemos
 Up here when we aquí arriba cuando nosotros
 Still have todavía tiene
 The supermarket el supermercado
 Street calle
 With con
 Many people tanta gente
 Think pensar
 Are ways hay amneras
 Cities ciudades
 Green verde
 Grow crecer
 Food comida
 Pizzería pizzería
 Example ejemplo
 Parking estacionamiento
 The restaurant el restaurante
 Planted platado
 Variety variedad
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 Garden jardín
 When chace cuando la oportunidad
 Schools escuelas
 Corporations corporaciones
 Kilometres away kilómetros de distancia
Read
the Annex B – Listening Exercise and identify know
vocabulary. On your notebook, Make a list in English and
Spanish. (without use dictionary)
 Food comida
 Schools escuelas
 Vegetables vegetales
 People gente
 Operation operación
 Because porque
 Thanks gracias
 Gardening jardinería
 Love amor
 But pero
 They ellos
 New nuwvo
 Called llamar
 Experiencie experiencia
 What cuando
 Started comenzando
 Interest inetresante
 Sustainability sustanciablemente
 Completed completado
 After después
 Books libros
 Talking hablando
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 How como
 Grow crecer
 Capture captura
 One day un dia
 Buy comprar
 Start comenzar
 Growing creciendo
 We nosotros
 Have tener
 The supermarket el supermercado
 many muchos
 planet planeta
 live vivo
 cities ciudades
 Green verde
 Sustainable sostenible
 Example ejemplo
 Parking parqueadero
 Two old dos viejos
 Supplement cuplemento
 Back espalda
Copy the following 20 keywords in your notebook and translate

them. Then, Listen several times the file of Annex A. and
complete
the blanks of Annex B using these words.
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 Mistakes : errores



 Reading : leyendo
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 Food: comida
 People: gente
 Pizzería: pizzería
 Schools: escuelas
 Transportation: transporte
 Tomatoes: tomates
 Plants: plantas
 Manager: gerente
 Because: porque
 Street: calle
 Skills: habilidades
 Outside: fuera de
 Vegetables: vegetales
 Company: empresa
 Thanks: gracias
 Área: área
 Operation: operación
 Boyfriend: novio
 Mistakes: errores
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1. What started as an interest in sustainability has become a rooftop oasis,
complete with tomatoes, cucumbers, ________ and herbs.
apples.
lettuce.
carrots.
2. The couple learned how to make soil, grow plants, capture __________, and
trap urban heat.
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air.
rainwater.
clients.
3. "Also, with so many people on the planet, we can't all have ____ acres," Kusmenko
says.
10.
100.
1000.
4. Roberta's Pizzeria bought two old railway cars and planted vegetables on top of
them.
True.
False.
It's not said on the video.
5. Rooftop farms can provide ________ produce.
cheaper. faster.
more
expensive.
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Identify the verbs, highlight them in the text and

organize them in the following table. Complete all columns. If
you need add lines
SOME KEY VERBS

PAST
# PRESENT PAST PARTICIPLE TRANSLATION
1 love loved loved amar
2 farm farmed farmed agricultor
3 call called called llamar
4 start started started comenzar
5 interest interested interested interesar
6 turn turned turned girar
7 read read read leer
8 talk talked talked conversar
9 grow grown grow cultivar
10 learn Learned/learnt Learned/learnt aprender
11 make made made realizar
12 capture captured captured capturar
13 trap trapped trapped atrapar
14 say said said decir
15 go gone gone ir
16 buy bought bought comprar
17 have had had haber
18 live lived lived vivir
19 leave left left salir
20 Think thougth thougth creer
21 To be been been ser
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22 beautify beautified beautified embellcer

23 park parked parked estacionar
24 provide provided provided proporcionar
25 work worked worked trabajar
a. Ask 5 YES/NO Questions about the

text. (answer them)
1. ¿Are they experiencing rooftop farming? Yes, they are/ no, they aren´t.
2. did they learn how to make land? Yes, they did / no, they didn´t
3. Did they start to have skills? Yes they did / no, they didn´t
4. Is roberta's pizzeria an example of success? Yes, she is/ no, she isn´t
5. ¿Do they Love New York? Yes, they do / no, they don't
Ask 5
WH-Questions about the text.
(answer them)
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Hear a phrase over and over. Repeat the words immediately

after the speaker says them. (This is called shadowing).
Keep practicing until your speed and intonation match the speaker's.
Reading an audio in the shade is one of the best exercises to
improve your listening and speaking skills at the same time. Not
only will you take advantage of pronunciation but you will also
acquire the rhythm and natural speed of English.
El shadowing consiste en escuchar y repetir

todo lo que dice el orador, imitando todas y
cada una de las características de ese locutor.
Mediante esta técnica podrás lograr varios
objetivos:
1. Mejorar la comprensión oral

2. Mejorar la pronunciación: sonidos, entonación, ritmo y acentuación
3. Mejorar la fluidez y soltura al hablar
¡¡¡Practice a lot before recording!!!

Record a video, in which, you read fluidly in English, the text of this
listening activity named: Roof Top Gardening is a Growing Trend in New
York City.
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At beginning, Say in English: a greeting, your name,

program, group´s code, trimester and date.
~ Hello/ Good morning/Good afternoon/Good evening ~
My name is ...
~ My group’s code is … /My group number is …
~ My training program is TECHNOLOGIST IN
~ I´m in ... trimester.
~ Today is …
Organize the learning evidences from this worksheet as follows:
1. Download the file named: Evidences: listening 4
* Paste in that file, on the corresponding slide, photo of your notebook

or your digital file, with each activity carried out correctly, in the
following order:
• 1. WARM UP activity 2 questions (Activity 1).

• 2. 10 attractions in New York city. (Activity 2).
• 3. Table: Grammatical Cathegories. (Activity 3).
• 4. Photo: Free and initial list based on listening (Activity 4).
• 5. Photo: Free and initial list based on Reading (Activity 5).
• 6. Photo: key words (Activity 6).
• 7. Text in English and Spanish with verbs highlight (Activity 7).
• 8. Reading comprehension 5? (Activity 8).
• 9. Verbs table (Activity 9).
• 10. Y/N Questions & WH Questions (Activity 10).
2. Video (Activity 11).
3. Send your file: Evidences: Listening 4, in the time planned, by the link
arranged to this.
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Note: Send each file separately. Do not submit compressed file.
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PROCESO DIRECCIÓN DE FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL INTEGRAL

ENGLISH WORK’ SHEET

Main Topic PRACTICING COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS

Learning  2. 10 attractions in New York city. (Activity 2). O

 4. Photo: Free and initial list based on listening (Activity 4). O

 5. Photo: Free and initial list based on Reading (Activity 5). O

 6. Photo: key words (Activity 6).

 o 7. Text in English and Spanish with verbs highlight (Activity 7).

 o 8. Reading comprehension 5? (Activity 8).

 o 9. Verbs table (Activity 9). O

 10. Y/N Questions & WH Questions (Activity 10).

WARM UP activity! Answer the following questions

a. What do images represent?

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attractions. The monument

b. What do you know about New York? Write 3 ideas

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2 Statue of Liberty  The Statue of Liberty is one

 As the gateway for over 12

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4 Empire State  When it comes to buildings,

 completed in 1931, is not

5 National  It is a rare greenscape in

 Two enormous fountains,

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6 Brooklyn Bridge  New York's most famous

7 Central Park  Central Park, a huge

 Taking up a mammoth 843

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8 Rockefeller  A complex of 19 buildings

 For shopping and dining

 Situated on the border

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10 Observatorio  The tallest building in the

 Visitors say the 360-

Organize the title of the listening file #4

__roof top__ _gardening___ ___is a_ _growing___ ___trend_

La jardinería en las azoteas es una tendencia creciente en la ciudad de Nueva York

And read the following introduction about topic:

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alternative to store-bought produce, especially in low income neighborhoods where fresh

Then, select words and complete the following table:

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Open the video off line file named: Annex A - Listening # 4-

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Copy the following 20 keywords in your notebook and translate

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1. What started as an interest in sustainability has become a rooftop oasis,

complete with tomatoes, cucumbers, ________ and herbs.

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It's not said on the video.

5. Rooftop farms can provide ________ produce.

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Identify the verbs, highlight them in the text and

SOME KEY VERBS

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22 beautify beautified beautified embellcer

a. Ask 5 YES/NO Questions about the

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roof top _gardening_ _is a_ _growing_ _trend_