ACTIVITIES GUIDE

TERM NO. 1
SCHOOL YEAR 2022 – 2023
MAT-ACA-012

TERM NO. 1
AREA: ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN SUBJECT: ENGLISH TASK No. 2
LANGUAGE
SKILL:
EFL 5.1.2. Display an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of different cultures by recognizing
and sharing cross-cultural experiences and ideas.
EFL 5.3.1. Find specific predictable information in short, simple texts in a range of age-and level-appropriate
to- pics. (Example: biographies, news articles, narratives, memoirs and personal accounts, formal letters
and emails, etc.)
DUE DATE ON THE MOODLE PLATFORM: MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2022
INSTRUCTIONS:

1. WATCH THE VIDEO “TAIYE SELASI: DON’T ASK WHERE I’M FROM, ASK WHERE I’M A LOCAL / TED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYCKzpXEW6E&t=8s

2. AFTER WATCHING THE VIDEO, READ AND THESE QUESTIONS HERE ON THIS DOCUMENT.

a) Selasi explains that there is a difference between the questions: “Where are you from” and “Where are you a
local?” What would be your own answers to these questions?

b) Selasi suggests that we are defined by our rituals. What are some of your daily rituals and how do they
define the culture you come from?

c) Selasi also says that we are defined by our relationships. If you think about the people you connect with on a
weekly basis, where do these connections take place, literally? Consider both your online and physical
settings. How do these people and places define you?

d) Lastly, Selasi claims that people’s identities are often defined by the restrictions they experience. Do you
experience such restrictions in your life? How do these restrictions define who you are?

3. THE DOCUMENT SHOULD BE NAMED PA1_TA_EFL02

4. UPLOAD IT TO THE MOODLE PLATFORM.

DON’T UPLOAD THIS DOCUMENT TO YOUR PORTFOLIO

WRITE YOUR ANSWERS HERE:

A) If they ask me where I am from, I would say from Cuenca because it is the country where I was born, but if they ask
me where I am local, I would say that in the place where I feel good with the people around me and I am proud of my
traditions.
B) One of my main rituals is to pray when I get up and before going to sleep to thank God for another day of life since in
my culture almost all people are Catholic.
C) As I said before, I connect with my family when we pray every day, with my friends when we play or talk about.
something we have in common, etc., and with those connections I can improve my behavior with others.
D) The restrictions are defined as your identity, I do experience these restrictions in my life and many times I would
have done bad things but thanks to those restrictions my identity is good.
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TERM NO. 1
SCHOOL YEAR 2022 – 2023
MAT-ACA-012
TOTAL
NO. OF FINAL
TITLE OF THE UNIT: IDENTITIES DIFFICULTIES
DIFFICUL GRADE -
TIES (POINTS
GRADE: CLASS: STUDENT PRESENTS FOLLOWS WORK IS CORRECT USES CORRECT THE
1IB NUMBER: TASK INSTRUC- NEAT GRAMMAR PUNCTUATIONINFORMA-
ON TIME. TIONS AND IN EACH AND CAPITALI- TION
TOPIC: WHERE ARE YOU
WEEK:6 ORGANIZED SENTENCE ZATION IS
A LOCAL?
COHERENT
NAME: 1 1 1 1 1 5 10 10

ELABORADO REVISADO APROBADO

TEACHER: AREA DIRECTOR: ACADEMIC COORDINATOR: VICE PRINCIPAL:

Lic. Jenny Mena Mgs. Alicia Quituisaca Msc. Christian Lata Msc. Patricia Cedillo
SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE: SIGNATURE:

DATE: 13-10-2022 DATE: October 23rd, 2022 DATE: 25/10/2022 DATE: 25/10/2022