SUBJECT:

Reading & Writing Skills SSG

7th
GRADE
GROUP: 7-___ /  A /  B
TEACHER: ________________________________
February 15th to February 19th
N° 1
WEEKS:
February 22nd to February 26th
Scenario: Let’s Meet and Greet /Theme: It Starts with a Handshake / Review Project: 1
STUDENT’S FULL NAME:
____________________________
Fill out all the spaces above.

1. Getting ready to do my self-study guide

Suggested Materials
Conditions of the place to study
Expected time to work on this guide
 Notebook, pencil, pen, eraser, highlighters, etc.
 Self- study guide n°1 for 7th Grade
 Computer & Internet access if possible
 Work in a place where you do your assignments
and homework daily.
 80 minutes

2. Recalling what I have learned/What I am about to learn

Context: Dear student,

The following tasks will help you review information about greetings,
farewells as well as personal information you studied in primary school. It is
important to read every instruction and complete every task in the guide.

Pre-Activity:
 Look at the following expressions in the boxes. They refer to different ways of saying hello and
saying goodbye.
NAME: __________________________________ GROUP: _________ LEBB/SSG:________ / SUBJECT: __________________________
  You can also see examples of introductions and personal information. Be sure you understand
every expression before continuing with the tasks.
 To see more information about these topics, go to annex #1.
Greetings

 How are you? - Fine, thanks. And you?

Good morning,
Simon!  How do you do? - I´m fine, thank you.

How are you?
Hello, …/ Hi, …
Good morning/ afternoon/ evening.
Good/ Nice to see you again.
I’m glad/ happy/ pleased to see you.
 How have you been? - Very well. And
you?
 How are things? - Not too bad, thanks.
 How is your girlfriend? - She’s fine
 What´s new? – Not much.

Leave- takings / Farewells

 Good- bye  I must go now.

 Bye  Sorry, I have to go
 I’ll say good bye now.
 See you later/ See  Take care
you soon.  Good night.
 See you tomorrow.  Have a nice day/
 See you next week weekend.

 We can use the following expressions to introduce ourselves and other people. Please, practice
the expressions and read the examples.
Introductions
Introducing yourself: Introducing someone else:

NAME: __________________________________ GROUP: _________ LEBB/SSG:________ / SUBJECT: __________________________

 May I introduce myself? My name is….. / I am May I introduce Mr/ Mrs/ Ms /Miss ….?
…… This is ….
Let me introduce myself. My name´s ….. / I Have you meet…?
´m….. I´d like you to meet…
I´d like to introduce myself. I´m… I want you to meet…
I don´t think we´ve met. I´m… Nice to meet you!
Please to meet you Mr. … Nice to meet you, too!
 Now, look at the following examples. Then, practice.
Examples:

Introducing yourself

Simon: Hello. I´m Simon. Simon: Chen, this is my friend Richard.

Chen: Hi, Simon. My name is Chen. Richard: Hi, Chen. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Chen: Nice to meet you, too, Richard.
Simon: Nice to meet you, too.

 Now, let´s study personal information. Look at this registration form. Then, read the questions
and complete the answers, using information from it.
Registration Form

First name: Mariela Middle name: Pamela Last name: Smith

Address: 67 Shoes Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

NAME: __________________________________ GROUP: _________ LEBB/SSG:________ / SUBJECT: __________________________

 Nationality: American Age: 15 Date of birth: 18/02/2004 Occupation: Student
Cell phone number: 323- 891-1890 E- Mail Address: pamelasmith-34@gmail.com

1. What´s her first name? Her first name is _______________________________________.

2. What´s her last name? Her last name is _______________________________________.
3. What´s her middle name? Her middle name is _______________________________.
4. Where is she from? She is from _______________________________________________.
5. What´s her cell phone number? It is __________________________________________.
6. What´s her e-mail address? It is _______________________________________________.

3. Putting into practice what I have learned through main activities

Main Task 1. Classify the following expressions according to what we studied in the previous sections
of the guide by completing the table. Please, use all the words from the box.

Good morning / See you tomorrow / See you soon / Good afternoon / How are you? /
See you then / Good evening / Hello / What’s up? / Hey! / Take care / How's it
going? / How are you? / Good-bye / Bye / Good night / See you later /

Greetings Farewells

Main Task 2. Complete the following dialogues by using expressions from the box. Don´t repeat the
expressions.

Brazil /My name's / I don’t think so. / Nice to meet you. / It’s nice to meet you, too /

Dialogue 1
Carmen: Hi! _________________________Carmen. What's your name?
Paula: I'm Paula.
Carmen: Are you a new student?
Paula: Yes, I am. I'm from ____________________. And where are you from?
Carmen: I'm from Spain. __________________________

NAME: __________________________________ GROUP: _________ LEBB/SSG:________ / SUBJECT: __________________________

 Paula: Nice to meet you, too.

Dialogue 2
Mike: Hi! Don.
Don: Hi! Mike. Who’s your friend?
Mike: Have you met Tina before?
Don: No, ________________________________
Mike: Don, this is my friend Tina. Tina, this is my colleague Don.
Don: Hello Tina, it’s nice to meet you.
Tina: ____________________________________, Don.

Main Task 3. Read the following e-mail. Then, fill in the application form with the information from the
e-mail.

Application Form Photo

First name:

Last name:

Age:

NAME: __________________________________ GROUP: _________ LEBB/SSG:________ / SUBJECT: __________________________

 Birthday:

Country of origin:

Nationality:

Occupation:

Address:

Telephone number:

E-mail address:

4. Showing my learning after the main activities

Consolidation Task.
 Imagine you have a web page. Create an ID card as member of your blog.
 Invent a new identity or use your real identity.
 Use the following template to make your ID card or use a piece of construction paper.
(Blog´s name)

Photo

First name: ________________________________

Last name:GROUP:
NAME: __________________________________ ________________________________
_________ LEBB/SSG:________ / SUBJECT: __________________________
Age: ______________________________________
Month of Birthday: _________________________
 5. Assessing my own performance

As a student, check the box () that best describes your performance.
Descriptor Not achieved In progress Achieved
I can use familiar   
words, simple phrases I can use familiar words, I can use familiar words, I can use familiar words,
and expressions simple phrases and simple phrases and simple phrases and
concerning myself and expressions concerning expressions concerning expressions concerning
other people. myself and other people. myself and other people. myself and other people.
unsatisfactorily. somehow satisfactorily. satisfactorily.

APPENDICES
Annex #1
Formal Conversation

Greetings Introductions Good-byes

Sample sentence Sample Sample Sample Sample Sample
response sentence response sentence response
Hello, Mr. Smith Hello. Dr. White, I’d like It’s a pleasure to It was nice It was nice
to introduce you meet you. / meeting you. meeting you too.
Hello, doctor. Hello. to Rachel. Pleased to meet
Good morning. Good morning. you. It was nice to see Same to you.
you.
Good afternoon. Good afternoon.

NAME: __________________________________ GROUP: _________ LEBB/SSG:________ / SUBJECT: __________________________

 Good evening. Good evening. Have a good day. Thank you. You
too.

How are you? Fine, thank you. Good evening / Good evening/
Goodbye. Goodbye.
How do you do? Very well thank
you.

Informal Conversation

Greetings Introductions Good-byes

Sample sentence Sample Sample Sample Sample sentence Sample

response sentence response response

Hey. Hi. Hey. Hi. Ann, this is Hi Jim. Nice Nice meeting
Jim. He’s in to meet you. you.
my class.
How are ya? I’m good. All Take it easy. You too.
right.

How are things? Pretty good. Hi. My name’s I’m Dave. Nice Take care.
John. to meet you.
How’s it going? OK. Not bad. I’m off. OK, bye.

NAME: __________________________________ GROUP: _________ LEBB/SSG:________ / SUBJECT: __________________________