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Area English Grade Sixth

Workshop 2 Date March 8th – 26th

Unit Languages
Understanding goal Students will be able to use the wh-questions and yes/no
questions to give personal information.
Performance of understanding Students are able to introduce themselves recognizing the
question words; what, where and how to provide personal
information.
Time 9 synchronic sessions - 3 hours of independent study.

WH-QUESTION AND YES/NO QUESTIONS

Exploration:
1. Answer the WH questions what, where and how, to give personal information. After

that, design your own ID card in your English notebook.

Example:

What is your ID number? My ID number is 1020409574.

Picture retrieved from Unsplash.

Clarification:
1. Read the following E-mail using the reading strategy “Friendly Words”. Write a list of

words similar in your language to infer: What is the text about?

Example: Japan, favourite ...

Pictures retrieved from: English, please. Student book 1. Page 19. MEN Colombia

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Explanation chart:

Personal information questions are the basis for any conversation in English and so are

important for when you meet somebody for the first time.

WH QUESTIONS

Questions words are terms specifically used to collect information about a topic, person, or

any situation.

What? Where? How?

Ask about a thing or an Ask about a place Ask about a number, or the
action way something is done
Example: Example: Example:

What is your name? Where are you from? How old are you?

I am Lorena Cortes. I am from Colombia. I am 1o years old.

What is your ID number? Where do you live? How are you today?

It is 1010156902. I live in Marichuela. I’m fine, thank you.

What is your last name?

My last name is Cortes.

YES/NO QUESTIONS

To Yes / No there are only two possible responses: yes or no.

Interrogative verb to be Affirmative answer Negative answer

Verb to be + subject + Yes, subject + verb to be+ No, subject + verb to be+ not +

complement + ? complement. complement.

Am I in Bogotá? Yes, I am in Bogotá. No, I am not in Bogotá.

Are you sad? Yes, you are sad. No, you are not sad.

Is she Steffany? Yes, she is Steffany. No, she is not Steffany

Is he a teacher? Yes, he is a teacher. No, he is not a teacher.

Is it my pet? Yes, it is my pet. No, it is not my pet.

Are we from Colombia? Yes, we are from Colombia. No, we are not from Colombia.

Are you 11 years old? Yes, you are 11 years old. No, you are not 11 years old.

Are they students? Yes, they are students. No, they are not students.

Reading strategy:

Friendly words: Before you read a text, look at the text and write a list of words that look similar
in your language, then use these words to help you to understand the text. Usually these words
are “friends” because they have the same meaning in your language. These words will help

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you understand the text.

2. Complete the interrogative sentences using the verb to be (am, is, are).

Example: _Is_ she a singer?

a. _______ is b. _______ you from c. _______ she a d. _______ they

Simon? Colombia? tennis player? teachers?

Pictures retrieved from Unsplash.

3. According to the pictures of the previous exercise, write the correct yes or no answer.

Example:

Is she a singer?

Yes, she is a singer.

a. ________________________________________________

b. ________________________________________________

c. ________________________________________________

d. ________________________________________________

Application:

1. Answer the following questions using the verb to be and your personal information.

Example:

Where is your mother? My mother is at work.

a. Are you Mexican? ___________________________________________

b. Where do you live? ___________________________________________

c. How old is your mother? ___________________________________________

d. What is your telephone number? ___________________________________________

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e. Are you in 5th grade? ___________________________________________

2. Record yourself in a video or in an audio in which you include the answers to the

Exploration and application exercises. The video or audio can´t be longer than 60

seconds. If you want, you can use the Flipgrid resource

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vidku.app.flipgrid&hl=en_US .

(Students without internet connection can send the audio via WhatsApp.)

Criteria of assessment:

Criteria ✔/X How can it be improved?

Students use the grammar structure to write their own
ID card with minimum 5 sentences.
Students use the correct form of the verb to be to
complete 4 questions and to answer them correctly.
Students use their answers from exploration and
application activity to record their video or their
voice with 10 questions and their answers about their
personal information.
Students deliver the guide under the established time
according to the teacher’s instructions.

What can I do if I don’t understand?

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 has established how.

Vocabulary: Design: diseñar / About: acerca de / Meet: encontrarse con / Before: Antes /

player = jugador / Locate: ubicar / Record: grabar.

Designed by: Revised by: Approved by:

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Luis David Arias Lizbeth Chaparro Judith Alvarez

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