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Teacher.Rolando Espinoza Peñaares

English: PRE A1 Level Inventions and technology in our lives Week: 22

Activity 2 Inventions, Big or Small, I Like Them All!
Competence: read various types of texts. Propósito: Leer, comprender y responder
Capacity: Get information from the text. preguntas acerca de textos de
Infer and interpret information from the written text. personas describiendo sus inventos
Performance: Gives an oral or written opinion in English about the content of the text. favoritos

Activity 2: Inventions, Big or Small, I Like Them All!

LEAD IN:
Classify the inventions.
INVENTIONS

1. reading glasses 2. bridge 3. car

4. TV 5. scooter 6. webcam

7. roads 8. plane 9. greenhouse

Everyday Structures Transportation

objects
Example:
1. glasses
2.bridge 3.car

4.tv 7.roads 5. scooter

. 6.webcam
9.greenhouse 8.plane
PRACTISE-EXERCISE 1

Discover the opposites with the secret code.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

OPPOSITES
My TV is fourteen/ five /twenty-three. My TV is fifteen / twelve / four.

The bridge in my community is two / nine/ The bridge in my community is nineteen/

seven. thirteen / one / twelve / twelve.
Planes are six / one / nineteen/ twenty. Buses are nineteen / twelve / fifteen /
twenty-three.

Now, write the complete sentences and match them with the pictures.
i)

Example: ii)

1. My TV is new. .

2.the bridge in my comunity is big. iii)

3.planes are fast.

4.my tv is old . iv)

5.the bridge in my comunity is small.

v)
6.buses are slow.

vi)
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PRACTISE-EXERCISE 2

Read the factsheets and complete the paragraphs.

What’s your favourite invention?

Example:

Hello, my name’s Rita. I’m from Lambayeque.

FACTSHEET
My favourite invention are my reading glasses
Name: Rita From: Lambayeque
Favourite invention: reading glasses Why? She can read better. because I can read better with them. They are new.
Special characteristic: new Opinion: Inventions help solve problems.
I think inventions help solve problems
in our everyday life

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1
. Hi! My name’s Julio I’m from madre de dios

FACTSHEET
Name: Julio From: Madre de Dios My favourite invention or structure is the
Favourite structure: bridges Why? We can
bridges
connect communities. Special characteristic:
in my community because
big
Opinion:Bridges are great.
can I connect with them. They are big.
I think bridges are greatsfor our
everyday life.

2.
Hello, my name’s

FACTSHEET .
Name: Clarisa From: Moquegua My favourite invention is the
Favourite invention: greenhouse Why?
We can grow flowers. Special in my community because
characteristic: small in it. It is
Opinion: Greenhouses are fantastic.
but I love it.

I thinkin our everyday life.

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PRACTISE-EXERCISE 3
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
Listen and choose the correct option to complete the Factsheet.

FACTSHEET
Example:
Example:
Sandro b) Brandon
Name: Sandro
a) Chotabamba b) Oxapampa
v
From: 1) oxapampa
a) scooter b) webcam
Favourite invention: 2) scooter Why?: 3) I can go
a) I can go to different places.
to different places Special
characteristic: 4) Opinion: 5) the scooters b) I can make videocalls.

are fantastic a) newb) fast

v
a) They are great.b) They are fantastic.

LET’S SELF ASSESS!

Expresa cuánto sabes hacer en inglés marcando con una “X” donde creas conveniente. Aquí no
hay respuestas correctas. Responde con honestidad las preguntas.

Sí
Sí, pero
Al leer un texto en inglés No Sí puedo
necesito
y muy
ayuda
bien.

1 ¿Identifico objetos tecnológicos o inventos así como las

actividades que puedo realizar haciendo uso de los
mismo?
5
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¿Deduzco el significado de las palabras y frases

2
apoyándome del texto?

¿Opino sobre los objetos tecnológicos o inventos que se

3
describen en un texto en inglés?

LET’S REFLECT! Dale un visto bueno ( ) a la opción que mejor exprese lo que puedes hacer ahora que
culminaste la actividad de la semana:

¿Lo puedo hacer? No

Un Sí Sí puedo y
poco puedo muy bien

1 ¿Puedo reconocer adjetivos comunes que se utilizan para describir

objetos en inglés?
2 ¿Puedo comprender información explicita al oír una conversación?
3 ¿Puedo reconocer objetos de la vida diaria y sus descripciones al leer
textos en ingles?