LEI Jaime Torres Rivera

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 English I Unit 1
Introduction
Classroom
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A. Practice the classroom expressions in the picture with a classmate. (30 mins.)

You can also add a cortesy word from the next list:
“Excuse me”, “thank you”, “please”, “you’re welcome”.
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 B. Practice the classroom expressions in the picture adding a cortesy word with a classmate. (10 mins.)

Speaking 1
A. Vocabulary. Read aloud the next greetings. (15 min.)

Hi Bye
Hello Good bye
How´s it going? See you
How (are) you doing? See you later
How are you? See you tomorrow
What’s up? See you next week
What´s going on? Have a nice day (weekend)
- Pretty good, thanks. Good night

A: Practice saying hello and good bye to all of your classmates. (10 min.)

B: Read the next conversation. Then practice with all your classmates. Substitute the
Greetings and yours and your classmate´s names in the conversation. (10 min.)

A: Hi!
B: Hi! How’s it going?
A: Fine thanks. How about you?
B: Not bad. What´s your name?
A: My name is Maria. What´s yours?
B: I´m Peter and my lastname is Hopkins. What’s your lastname?
A: My lastname is Herrera. Oh! I have to go, sorry.
Nice to meet you. Bye.
B: See you later Maria.

Listening 1
A. Listen to the alphabet, repeat and identify the diferences with your language. (5 min.)

B. Practice the conversation. Practice D. Listen. Circle the correct spelling. Then
spelling your name and lastname. (20 min.) spell each name aloud (10 min.)
A: What´s your name? 1 a)Green b)Greene c)Grin
B: My name is Frederick. 2 a)Leigh b)Lee c)Li
A: What? How do you spell that? 3 a)Katharine b)Katherine c)Catharine
B: It´s F-R-E-D-E-R-I-C-K.

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 C. Writing. Ask and Write as many names and last names from your classmates practicing spelling.
(10 min.)
Grammar 1
Personal pronouns
A. Vocabulary. Look at the chart and discuss the meaning and the order of the pronouns with your
classmates. (10 min.)
THEY
PRONOUN ORDER
I 1st. Person singular
You (singular) 2nd person singular
He 3rd person singular male
She 3rd person singular female
It 3er person singular neutral
We 1st person plural
You (plural) 2nd person plural
SHE
They 3rd person plural

A personal pronoun can substitute a noun in a sentence. A noun is a personal or common name.
It is common to hear from the third person in singular, but as you can see there is also a first and second
person; not only that, we can also identify the singular and plural forms.

B. Grammar exercise. Change the name for a pronoun. (10 min.)

1. Peter _________ 7. Peter and Michael _________ 13. Your brothers and you
2. Mary _________ 8. The black door ____________ ________
3. Jhon _________ 9. Christen ________ 14. My dog ________
4. The cat _______ 10. My family and I ________ 15. My pets ________
5. The cats _______ 11. The fruits _________
6. Window _______ 12. Mary and Levi __________
Eat it
Writing 1
A. Vocabulary. Listen and practice the numbers 0 to 10. Make corrections in pronunciation.(15 min.)

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten

Cultural note: possible communication routes used in English and their abbreviations in English. (10 min.)
Communication Street Avenue Boulevard Road Walk Alley
route
abbreviation St. Ave. Blvd. Rd. Wlk. Aly.
*”Calle privada” in Spanish is called dead end Street in English, but it is a street.

B. Writing. Ask your classmates their address and phone number. Create an address book in your
notebook. The next chart is an example. (40 min.)
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 Name Last name Address Phone number
Pedro Rodríguez Norte Ave. No. 38 418 105 76522
María Pérez Chihuahua St. No. 122 428 281 98675
…… … … …

C. Follow the conversation model to ask for the address and phone number.
A: What`s your name? B: My name is Pedro.
A: What’s your lastname? B: My lastname is Rodriguez.
A: How do you spell your lastname? B: It’s R-O-D-R-I-G-U-E-Z.
A: What’s your address? B: My address is number 1235 Lobstock Rd.
A: What’s your phone number? B: My phone number is 4-7-3-7-3-7-6-4-5.

Grammar 2
Verb to be
A. Grammar. Look at the chart and discuss the content with your teacher. (15 min.)

PRONOUN VERB TO BE CONTRACTION NEGATIVE FORM QUESTION

FORM
I am I’m I’m not Am I?
You (singular) are You’re You aren`t Are you?
He is He’s He isn’t Is he?
She is She’s She isn’t Is she?
It is It’s It isn’t Is it?
We are We’re We aren’t Are we?
You (plural) are You’re You aren’t Are you?
They are They’re They aren’t Are they?

B. Grammar exercise. Rewrite the sentences. Use the contractions (10 min.)

1.- We are writers. __________________________________________________________

2.- They are chefs. __________________________________________________________
3.- You are not photographers. ________________________________________________
4.- You are not artists. _______________________________________________________
5. Jen and Mark are not managers. _____________________________________________

Speaking 2

A. Grammar. Read the grammar note. (10 min.)

Grammar Note:
Use a before a word that starts with consonant. Sample: a doctor
Use an before a word that starts with a vowel. Sample: an engineer
Exceptions: when a consonant does not have a sound it is used an: an hour.
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 Grammar exercise. Write “a” or “an” on the lines before the words. (10 min.)
banker actor
athlete nurse
Flight attendant mason
elephant arquitect
Singer window
teacher door
Ice cream stationary store
soup cake

B. Vocabulary. Learn the occupations in the next chart(5 mins).

C. Play the game. Use the cards in annex 1 as clues to create sentences. (20 min.)

Sample sentences:
A: I’m a student.
B: He isn’t an actor.
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 D. Learn some occupations in your culture and substitute them on the chart. (15 min.)

E. Play again using the new vocabulary. (20 min.)

F. Vocabulary. Learn the numbers from 11 and more. (15 min.)

11 eleven
12 twelve
13 thirteen 30 thirty
14 forteen 40 forty
15 fifteen 50 fifty
16 sixteen 60 sixty
17 seventeen 70 seventy
18 eighteen 80 eighty
19 nineteen 90 ninety
20 twenty 100 one hundred
1000 one thousand
1 000 000 one million

G. Listening. Write 10 ramdom numbers on the first chart. Then listen to two of your classmates and
write the numbers they read on the second chart. (25 min.)

Your numbers:

Your classmates’ numbers:

H. Write the numbers using letters on the lines. (20 mins.)

384 _______________________________________________________________________________.

691 _______________________________________________________________________________.

5038 _______________________________________________________________________________.

45982 _______________________________________________________________________________.

97625 _______________________________________________________________________________.

125897 _______________________________________________________________________________.

425796 _______________________________________________________________________________.

786542 _______________________________________________________________________________.

996459 _______________________________________________________________________________.
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Reading 1

A. Reading. Read in silence the next text and underline the words you do not know, find out the
meaning of those words in your class. (20 min.)

Inmigrants interview
Good morning, I’m Susan Mayers. I’m a reporter at Central News; and today, I’m making a report on
inmigrants. Today´s guests are inmigrants from China. They’re Jane Lee and Peter Lee. They’re
students at the community college. He’s 19 years old, and she’s 20. They’re students, but they’re not
workers. They live in an apartment downtown.
Susan: Where are you from?
Peter: We’re from the Guanddong province.
Susan: Are you happy in America?
Jane: Yes, we are. We enjoy living here.
Susan: Jane, is your real name Yang Lee?
Jane: No, It’s not. It’s Dal-Xia, and it means summer.
Susan: Thank you very much.
They’re two Chinese people living the American dream. This is Susan Mayers reporting from the
community college, and tomorrow we will have more guests in “Living in America”. See you then!

B. Read the text and pay attention to the pronunciation (intonation, rithm, etc.). (10 mins.)

C. Reading exericise. Write True or False on the line according to the reading. (10 mins.)

1.- Susan Mayers is a teacher at a community college. ____________

2.- They are from Vietnam. ____________
3.- Peter is a student at Hardvard. ____________
4.- Jane is 25 years old. ____________
5.- They live in the suburbs. ____________

D. Read the text making a translation to Spanish. (10 mins.)

Speaking 3

A. Pronunciation. Listen to the conversation before you practice. (5 mins.) MISSING FILE.

B. Practice asking and answering all the questions in the next conversation. Fill the blanks with your
information. (30 mins.)

A: Hi!, How´s it going?

B: Hi!, I’m fine thanks. How about you?
A: I’m pretty good. What’s your name?
B: I’m Pedro. What’s yours?
A: My name is Lily.
B: What’s your surname?
A: My family name is Ramirez.
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 B: How do you spell your last name?
A: It’s R-A-M-I-R-E-Z.
B: And what’s your address?
A: My address is number 45, Hunterwood St.
B: Ok. Nice to meet you Lily. Let’s get in touch later. My phone number is 473 7346292 What’s yours?
A: Nice to meet you, too. My phone number is 428
1265394. Synonyms
B: So, What do you do? In English there are various words which
A: I’m a student. And you? mean the same. It is the case of the
B: I’m an engineer. following:
Lastname = surname = family name
C. Now practice the conversation without strictly looking
at the script. (10 mins.)

D. GET READY!. Some students will present the conversation in front of their classmates. (10
mins.)
Grammar 3
Capital letters
A. Grammar. Look at the chart and discuss the content with your teacher. (10 min.)

Use of capital letters in English

The capital letters in English are used in the next cases:
 At the beginning of a sentence or/and after a period.
 With personal names.
 With names of countries, states, cities, or nationalities.
 Languages because the are derived from a proper name.(English is derived from England)
 With the names of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans, or any water bodies.
 The days of the week and the months of the year.
 The word “God” and the pronoun “I”.
 Titles when they are on the signature line of a letter, when the title comes immediately before a
name, or when the title replaces the use of a name.
 All large words in the titles of movies, books, and other publications.
Note: when using only captal letters in writing is as equal as shouting.

B. Grammar exercise. Overwrite the letters which should be capitalized. (20 mins.)
1. i like to eat pop-corn on Sunday. 12. i went to england in july.
2. my friend lisa likes reading. 13. valletta is the capital city of malta.
3. my birthday is in september. 14. my mum is called rita and dad’s name is
4. my favorite football team is juventus. peter.
5. i like to watch spongebob. 15. my favorite maltese author is trevor zahra.
6. on tuesday and thursday i go to swim. 16. zejtun and marsaxlokk are near
7. my brother thomas is at school. birzebbuga.
8. i think february is the shortest month. 17. please give me a glass of water.
9. pretty bay is in birzebbuga. 18. next monday, I wish to go to germany.
10. i have two cats called rusty and lady. 19. my mum’s car is a skoda.
11. the book is called monsters. 20. laura and I went to the beach yesterday.

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 Speaking 4
A. Vocabulary. Read the countries and the languages spoken in each one of them. (5 mins.)

France-French Japan- Japanese Italy-Italian Germany-German

Spain-Spanish Russia-Russian Canada-English/French China-Chinese

England-English Brazil-Portuguese Saudi Arabia-Arabian Mexico-Spanish

B. Vocabulary. Complement your list of countries and languages and name the nationality for every
country with your teacher. (10 mins.)

C. Practice the next conversation aloud. Pay attention to fluency. (10 mins.)

KEN: Mary, where are you from?

MARY: Well, I’m from Houston, but I live here in Dolores. Where are you from Ken?
KEN: I’m from Queretaro, but I live here, too. And what’s your nationality then?
MARY: I’m American and Korean.
KEN: Really!? So, what languages do you speak?
MARY: I speak English, Korean, French, and Spanish.
KEN: Wow! That’s amazing. How old are you?
MARY: I’m 20 years old.
KEN: I’m 20 years old, too! And what’s your marital status?
MARY: I’m single.
KEN: Oh! I’m single, too. What a coincidence! What’s your e-mail address?
MARY: It’s mary-97@hotmail.com.

D. Change the underline and bold information with your information and practice with your classmates.
Try to use diferent countries, nationalities, and languages with every classmate you practice.(15 mins.)

E. Ask and answer the next questions to your classmates. (5 mins.)

What’s your favorite country? My favorite country is ______________.
What’s your favorite language? My favorite language is ______________.
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 Grammar 3
Possessive adjectives
A. Vocabulary. Read the next vocabulary about third persons in singular. Expand the family members with
your teacher. (10 mins.)

Acquaintances

Neighbor friend/body/dude Boy(girl)friend

Classmates co-worker acquaintance

Family members/ relatives

Grandfather Grandmother

Father Mother Uncle Aunt

Sister Brother Me Cousin Cousin

B. Practice asking questions to classmates. (20 mins.)

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 A: What’s your mother’s name?
B: Her name is Paula. Usage of third person in singular
A: What’s your father’s lastname? The first questions includes the
B: It’s Fitzgerald. common name of the person you are
asking about; from the second, you use
… the appropriate pronoun.

C. Grammar. Disscuss the content of the next information with your teacher. (5 mins.)

There is a possessive adjective and a possessive pronoun for each personal pronoun. Possessive adjectives
are considered a pronoun list, and they are used to show possession. Another way to show possession is using
the possessive pronouns.

Personal pronoun Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns

I live(s) in Dolores. My name is Michelle. The book is mine.
You Your yours.
He His his.
She Her hers.
It Its
we Our ours.
they Their Theirs.

D. Grammar exercise. Change the next questions from the second person in singular to the third
person in singular female. Ask questions to your teacher when you need help. (15 mins.)

Second Person Singular Third Person Singular (man)

What’s your name?
What’s your lastname?
What’s your nickname?
Where are you from?
Where do you live?
What’s your address?
How old are you?
What’s your phone number?
What’s your e-mail address?
What do you do?
What’s your nationality?
What languages do you speak?

E. Write the answers to the questions to the third person in singular. (15 mins.)

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 F. Ask and answer the questions about a third person in singular to some of your classmates. (15 mins.)

G. listen to the next audio and write the key words which answer the questions. (15 mins.)

1. What period of the day is the class? _____________________________________________________.

2. What’s the professor’s name? _____________________________________________________.

3. What’s his (teacher) last name? _____________________________________________________.

4. What’s the teacher’s nickname? _____________________________________________________.

5. What’s Kenjiro’s nickname? _____________________________________________________.

6. What’s Kenjiro’s last name? ______________________________________________________.

7. What’s her name? (Female student) ______________________________________________________.

8. What’s her last name? ______________________________________________________.

9. What’s her nickname? ______________________________________________________.

10. Is she in the class roster? ______________________________________________________.

Reading 2

A. Reading. Read in silence the next text. (10 min.)

Christmas in England

Christmas in England is really fun. I like it when the weather is really cold because a snowy Christmas is so
magical. In December, the afternoons are dark, but the streets have bright decorations, and everybody puts
colorful lights in their windows.
We always buy a real Christmas tree, as tall as possible. It smells wonderful. We hang pretty decorations on
the tree: like shiny tinsel, round baubles, and twinkly lights.It is very exciting to see all the lovely presents
under the tree; misterious shapes, all wraped in beautiful paper and gold ribbon.
Father Chistmas is a holly fat man in a red suit with a long white beard. On Chistmas eve, he visits all the
houses in his magic sleigh and leaves presents for all the good boys and girls when they are fast asleep in
their warm beds. On Chistmas day, I always wake up really early to see what is in my old stocking.

B. Discuss the meaning of the words in blue with your classmates ask your teacher any questions. (5 mins.)

C. Write on the line one of the adjectives from the box. There are many possible answers. There are five
extra adjectives. (10 mins.)
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 Pretty fast good old warm exciting tall wonderful early
Long magic beautiful lovely round shiny misterious

1.- ________________ car 6.- ________________ circle

2.- ________________ girl 7.- ________________ book
3.- ________________ house 8.- ________________ person
4.- ________________ bed 9.- ________________ night
5.- ________________ sun 10.- ________________ hair

D. Vocabulary. Read the adjectives to describe a person. (10 mins.)

E. Complete de sentences about each person in the family photo. Use the words in the previous box. (15
mins.)

F. Listen to the conversations. Circle the adjective that describes each person. (10 mins.)

1. Her husband is (handsome/tall/ old). 4. His son is (tall/ good looking/Short).

2. His daughter is (tall/ good looking / cute). 5. His father is (tall/ old /short).
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3. Her brothers are (tall/good looking/young). 6. His sisters are (tall/good looking/ short).

F. Ask and answer the next questions substituing the family member everytime you ask. Use all the
information in the box to answer the question. (20 mins.)

1.- What does your mother look like?
2.- What does your brother look like?
3.- What do you look like?
Writing 2
What does your mother look like?
She is in her fifties, she is tall and heavy. She has
short, wavy, red hair. She has gray eyes.

Simple sentences

A. Read the next information. (10 mins.)

A simple sentence is the same as an independent clause.
Subject Verb (Complement)
The boy ran.
He is a good singer.
A simple sentence can have one or more subjects. (When there is more than one subject, the subjects are
called a compound subject.) A simple sentence can also have one or more verbs. (When there is more than
one verb, the verbs are called a compound verb.)
Examples:
one subject, one verb Sally likes salad
one subject, compound verb Sally likes salad and eats it every day.
compound subject, one verb Sally and Roy like salad.
compound subject, compound verb Sally and Roy like salad and eat it every day.

B. Decide if the next sentences are a simple sentence or not. Write SS on the line if they are simple
sentences.(15 mins.) Cambiar por enunciados más simples
_____ 1.- the car stopped _____ 6.- she told him everything
_____ 2.- the blue suit hanging in the closet _____ 7.- since it wasn’t very late
_____ 3.- an interesting life _____ 8.- love is like a rose
_____ 4.- the short man sat _____ 9.- the morning newspaper
_____ 5.- wasn’t very interesting _____ 10.- the child played

C. Write six simple sentences following the directions to do it. Do peer revision of the sentences. (20
mins.)
1.-_____________________________________________________________________
2.- _____________________________________________________________________
3.- _____________________________________________________________________
4.- _____________________________________________________________________
5.- _____________________________________________________________________
6.- _____________________________________________________________________
Writing a paragraph
A. Read the next information and discuss the differences with Spanish with your teacher. (10 mins.)

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The simplest form to write a paragraph is by writing the answer of a series of questions in a continuous way.

Questions
What’s your name?
Where are you from?
How old are you?
What do you do?
What time do you get up?
What do you do for fun?
What do you like to eat?
Answers
My name is Caroline.
I’m from Caracas, Venezuela.
I’m 24 years old.
I’m a computer programmer.
I usually get up at 6:30 a.m.
I play basketball once or twice a week with my friends.
I love Mexican and Italian food.

Writing the paragraph.

Hi, my name is Caroline. I’m from Caracas, Venezuela.
I’m 24 years old. I’m a computer programmer. I
usually get up at 6:30 a.m. I play basketball once or
twice a week with my friends. And I love Mexican and
Italian food.

B. Answer the next questions. (15 mins)

Questions
What’s your name?
Where are you from?
How old are you?
What do you do?
What time do you get up?
What do you do for fun?
What do you like to eat?
Answers
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

C. Now rewrite the sentences in a paragraph format. (10 mins.)

D. Read your paragraph to your classmates. (10 mins.)

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 E. Tell the information in your paragraph to your group, without reading. (15 mins.)

Grammar 3
Singular - plural of nouns
A. Grammar. Disscuss the content of the next information with your teacher. (10 mins.)
Nouns pluralization rules
Regular Ends s, sh, Ends in f or fe Ends in Y Ends in o Irregulars
nouns ch, x, or z
Add –s Add –es Remove f/fe Vowel+y Vowel+o Man- men
Add –ves Add -s Add -s Child- children
Car-cars Box-boxes Day-days Zoo-zoos Woman- women
Knife- Knives Foot-feet
Consonant+y Consonant+o Tooth-teeth
Remove Y Add –ies Mouse- mice
Add –ies Tomato-tomatoes Person- people
City-cities Fish- fish
Series- series
Sheep- series

B. Grammar exercise. Write the plural of nouns on the lines. (10 mins)

Dog __________ Radio __________ Key __________

Dishes __________ Life __________ Foot __________
Story __________ Wolf __________ Boy __________
Video __________ Baby __________ Leaf __________
Potatoe __________ House __________ Child __________

Reading 3

A. read the next text and find out the meaning of the words in blue. (15 mins.)

Back to school

Today, my mom and I went to buy my school supplies. We bought notebooks, pencils, and pens. We also
bought a ruler, a box of colors, a dictionary, and an eraser. My mom bought me a stappler and stapples, a
calculator, scissors, and new lap top. Since my school bag was very old, we bought a nice one. We realized I
could also need a USB memory stick, so we bought one; they are very expensive!

For school, we had to buy also tennis shoes, a pair of formal shoes, a sports uniform and a daily uniform. For
transportation, we had to pay the school bus. We also had to pay for the lunch in the school’s cafetería. The
school’s expenses are very high this year.

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 B. Read the content of the next chart and discuss with your classmates. Ask your teacher any doubts. (10
mins.)
Demonstrating possession
Whose book is this/ that?
Whose scissors are these/ those?
Verb belong Possessive adjectives Possessive pronouns Genitive
The dictionary belongs to It´s my notebook. The book is mine. It’s Mary’s pen.
me. your yours.
The books belong to his his.
peter. her hers.
its ours.
our theirs.
their

C. follow the next instructions to practice possession. (35 mins.)

First part: (20 mins.)
1.- Put one ítem you have in your
school bag on the teacher’s desk. Pay
attention to whose ítems they are
from.
2.- Then choose one which does not
belong to you.
3.- Ask and answer all around the
classroom whose item is it of. If you
find the owner does not hand it to
him/her.
4.- Answer once with the verb belong
and once with the possessive
adjectives.

Second part: (15 mins)

5.- Ask and answer all around the classroom whose ítem it is of.
6.- Answer once with the possessive pronouns and once with the genitive.

Writing 3
Basic punctuation in English
A. Read the next infromation and discuss it with a partner. Ask doubts to the teacher. (10 mins.)

Most of the punctuation marks are very similarly used in English with some slight changes in some cases.
However, using the commas in English is really important since many Mexicans do not really know how to use
them.

Commas are sometimes hard to learn because they are used differently than in other languages.

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To understand some rules of grammar use, it may be useful to first remember what an independent clause is.
An independent clause is a clause that can stand alone as a sentence: it has a subject and a verb and is a
complete thought. For example:
I plan to quit smoking.
My doctor told me to quit smoking.

B. Grammar exercise. Underline the independent clauses in the following sentences: (10 mins.)

1. I plan to quit smoking because my doctor told me to.

2. She has a good job, yet she is always broke.
3. They were tired, so they went home early.

If you can identify independent clauses, it is easier to know where to put commas. Revisar la sección completa

There are a few commas in English which can be broadly categorized into four groups: introducers,
coordinators, inserters, and tags.

C. Read at the next chart and try to understand the content with your teacher. (15 mins.)

Comma type Structure of sentence Example

Introducer X, S+V+C.* In the morning, I prepare my lunch.
Inserter S,X,+V,X,+C. Peter, the tall guy, lives in Queretaro.
Cordinator S+V+C,C,and C. I love pears, apples, and bananas.
Tag S+V+C,X. I have a black dog, too.
*X stands for a word or phrase inserted in the position in the sentence; S for subject; V for verb, C for
complement.

D. Grammar exercise. Identify the kind of comma in the sentence. The first is done for you. (5 mins.)

__________ ____ 1. The window, in my room, needs to be painted.

_______________ 2. My sister has cats, dogs, and birds in her house.

_______________ 3. I’m not to good to drive the car, however.

_______________ 4. On weekends, I don’t work in the afternoons.

_______________ 5. Mary, my English teacher, lives in San Miguel.

_______________ 6. I eat vegetables and fruits, too.

E.Grammar exercise. Write a comma when needed and write on the line the kind of comma used. (10 mins.)

1. INSERTER The advertising industry, which is one of the largest industries in the United States,
employs millions of people and spends billions of dollars a year.

2. _____________ A company that wants to be successful must spend a great deal of money to
advertise its products.

3. _____________ Advertising is essential to the free enterprise system yet it can sometimes be very
annoying.
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4. _____________ Every minute of the day and night people are exposed to ads on television on
billboards in the newspapers and in magazines.

5. _____________ You cannot even avoid advertising in the privacy of your own car or your own home
for advertisers have begun selling their products in those places too.

6. _____________ In the last few years advertising agencies have started to hire young people to hand
out advertising materials on street corners and in parking lots.

F. Write three sentences using each type of comma in your notebook. (20 mins.) Look at the example.

Introducer commas Inserter commas

1.- Also, I have a dog and a horse. 1.- Juan, my brother, is very tall.
2.- … 2.- …
… …
Coordinator commas Tag commas

Speaking 5
A. Grammar. Read the next charts with your teacher. (10 mins.)

Present simple tense using verb to be

Affirmative I am a good student. The most common complements to this kind of
sentence sentence are the following: adjective, occupation,
Negative sentence I am not a good or a place. Examples:
student. I am tall.
Interrogative Am I a good student? I am a student.
sentence I am in the bank.

Present simple tense using verb to be – yes/ no questions

Are you in the school? Yes, I am. (SA) / Yes, I am in the school.(LA)*
No, I’m not. (SA) / No, I’m not in the school. (LA)
* SA stands for Short answer, LA stands for Long Answer.

B. Vocabulary. Find the meaning in Spanish of the next words in a dictionary. Ask your teacher the ones you
do not find. (15 mins.)

Bakery ___________________ carpentry ______________________ school ___________________

Stationary ________________ grocery store ___________________ flower shop _______________

Taco shop ________________ hardware store __________________ shoe store ________________

Tortilla shop ______________ News stand _____________________ butchery _________________

Coffee shop ______________ furniture store ___________________ masonry store _____________

Convinience store ___________________________ poultry store _______________________

Tamale stand _____________ city hall _______________________ food stand __________________

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 C. Practice asking and answering questions to your classmates changing the complement. Use the
vocabulary from the last activity and long answers. (15 mins.)

A: Are you in the grocery store?

B: Yes, I am in the grocery store.

Or

No, I am not in the grocery store.

D.Vocabulary. Write the opposite adjective on the blank. (15 mins.)

Tall- ________________ black- ________________ wide- ________________ old - ________________

New- ________________ easy- ________________ good- ________________ light- _______________

High- ________________ long- ________________ early- ________________ empty- ______________

open- ________________ fast- ________________ big- ________________ beautiful- ______________

E. Practice asking and answering questions to your classmates changing the complement. Use the
vocabulary from the last activity and long answers. (15 mins.)

A: Are you tall?

B: Yes, I am tall.

Or

No, I am not tall.

F. Vocabulary. Find the meaning in English in a dictionary for the next words. Ask your teacher the ones you
do not find. (15 mins.)

Panadero ___________________ carpintero ______________________ profesor ___________________

Comerciante ________________ vendedor ___________________ empleado _____________________

Taquero ________________ cocinero______________________ electricista _______________________

Deportista _________________ futbolista _____________________ carnicero ______________________

Campesino _________________ ganadero _______________________ albañil ______________________

Conductor de camión _________________ conductor de taxi ________________ingeniero _____________

Conserge _____________________ niñera _______________________ mesero(a) ____________________

G. Practice asking and answering questions to your classmates changing the complement. Use the
vocabulary from the last activity and long answers. (15 mins.)

A: Are you an engineer ?

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B: Yes, I am an engineer.

Or

No, I am not an engineer.

H. Grammar. Read the next charts with your teacher. (10 mins.)

Present simple tense using verb to be – Wh questions

Where are you in the school? I am in the school in the library.
Who( … with)* *question or wh words.
Why* Notes:
Which* The answer to the question word is said at the end
What * of the sentence, as seen in bold.
When* In real life you might only answer “in the library”.
Where*

I. Practice asking and answering questions to your classmates changing the wh Word to make logical
questions. Use the vocabulary from the previous activities and long answers. (15 mins.)

Examples:

1.- A: Why are you in the university?

B: I am in the university because I have to do homework.

2.- A: Where are you in the university?

B: I am in the cafeteria.

Note: Wh questions are also called follow up questions

J. Practice asking and answering a yes/no question then two or three follow up questions. Use the
vocabulary from the previous activities and long answers. Change the words in bold. (20 mins.)

Example:
A: Are you in the butchery?
B: Yes, I am in the butchery.
A: Why are you in the butchery?
B: I am in the butchery because I need meet to prepare lunch.
A: Who are you in the butchery with?
B: I’m in the butchery with my sister Letty.
A: where …
B: I ‘m …

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Reading 4

A. Read about some famous actions and their families and Friends. (10 mins.)

B.Listen to the reading as a pronunciation model. (10 mins.)

C.Write the missing word to complete the sentences based on the reading. (10 mins.)

1. Gael Garcia Bernal is Diego Luna’s __________________ 4. Elle Fanning is Heather Joy’s _______________.
2. Patricia Bernal, Jose Angel Garcia, and Diego Luna 5. Mr. Chou’s ______________ is good-looking.
are all _______________________. 6. Jay Chou’s parents have one _______________.
3. Heather Joy is Steven Fanning’s _____________________.

D. Read the next e-mail sample. Mention the parts in the e-mail you can identify to a partner. (10 mins.)

E. Write an e-mail in your notebook using the example as a model. Write saying personal information
about a classmate. (20 mins) change previous image of e-mail por algo a nivel del estudiante.00
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ANNEXES
Annex 1

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English I Unit 1
References
Activities
Listening 1 activity A – adapted from activity 1, Top Notch fundamentals, page 8.
Listening 1 activity C – from activity 4, from Top Notch fundamentals, page 8.
Speaking 2 activity A – from Unit 01, speaking activities, Top Notch fundamentals, page 3.
Grammar 2 activity B – from unit 1, Lesson 2, Top Notch fundamentals, page 7.
Reading 1 activity A – from: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/verb-
patterns/reading-comprehension-verb-be/39576
Grammar 3 activity B – from: https://en.islcollective.com/download/english-esl-
worksheets/grammar/punctuation/capital-letters/10671
Reading 2 activities D, E – from unit 1, lesson B, worldlink 1, page 10.
Writing 2 activities A, B – from clase de redacción en inglés, Unit 2, sentences student guide, UG.
Writing 3 activities A,B,C,D,E - from clase de redacción en inglés, Unit 1, Punctuation student guide, UG.

Audios
Listening 1 activity A –from activity 1, Top Notch fundamentals, Unit 1, lesson 3, page 8.
Listening 1 activity C – from activity 4, from Top Notch fundamentals, Unit 1, lesson 3, page 8.
Reading 2 activity F – from activity 6, from Top Notch fundamentals, Unit 4, lesson 2, page 30.

Images
Cover image – La lectura, by Mohamed Hassan, Ago. 15, 2018. https://pixabay.com
Image 0 – classroom language, by ESL learners, march 7, 2019.
https://www.pinterest.pt/pin/844073155141096943/?lp=true
Image 1 - man, by WikiImages, Dec. 20, 2012. https://pixabay.com
Image 2 - disney, by Stefan Schweihofer, Aug. 28, 2015. https://pixabay.com
Image 3 - Farewell, by Alexas Fotos. Jan. 27, 2018. https://pixabay.com
Image 4 - Gold, by gordon Jonhson. April 8, 2016. https://pixabay.com
Image 5 and 6 – anciana and hermanos, by Jarmoluk and Bessi. Jun. 23, 2015 and Dec. 22, 2014. https://pixabay.com
Image 5 – fotoblend, by Willfried Wende. Aug. 20, 2017. https://pixabay.com
Image 6 – Radio-4245029_960_720, by Andrzej Arembowski. May 28, 2019. https://pixabay.com
Image 7 – Feedback, By Tumisu. Feb. 8, 2017. https://pixabay.com
Images of flags – from: https://pixabay.com
Image 8 – restaurant, By, Sasint. Nov. 11, 2016. https://pixabay.com
Images of acquaintances – from: https://pixabay.com and www.shutterstock.com

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Prince, Princess, Dr., MBA, MBS, Mr., Mrs., Ms., Sr., PHD, BA/BS mister, misses, miss, Sir, Madame

L.E.I. Jaime Torres Rivera TSU en M.

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