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Fase 3, semana 20

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Unit 6. Healthy habits

Content: Biography of a beloved family member

6.8 Describe past events with the correct use of the past tense

6.9 Orally expresses sequences of events in present and past with an adequate use of connectors

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1. Actividades

1.1 Activation

Esta guía tiene como objetivo resumir y aplicar tus conocimientos sobre verbos regulares e irregulares en pasado simple. Repasaremos las temáticas estudiadas en la unidad 6 del programa de Inglés de 8° para lograr este objetivo.

Instructions: Work on the following worksheets to review regular and irregular verbs in Simple Past tense.

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1.2 Presentation

Instructions: Read the 4 biographies of famous people and match them to the pictures (A-B-C-D)

Example: A: John Lennon B: _______________ C: _______________. D: ________________

1.2 Presentation

1.3 Practice

A) He was born in Liverpool, England in 1940.

He wanted to be an artist. In 1962 he formed the band “The Beatles” with Paul Mcartney,

George Harrison and Ringo Star. He married

Yoko Ono, a Japanese girl. The band divided in 1970. One of the greatest albums was “Let It Be”.

In 1975 John´s and Yoko´s son, Sean was born.

On December 8, 1980. Mark Chapman, a young man, shot John outside his home in New York.

John died in a police car on the way to the hospital.

B) Edson Arantes Do Nascimento was born in

October 23, 1940, in Brazil. He was the son of a minor league soccer player. He grew up in an

extremely poor neighborhood, where the only

entertainment for a poor boy was to play soccer. He played for his first soccer team at the

age of eleven. Some years later, Brito took him to Santos where he became one of the best of

that soccer team. In 1970 he played for Brazil´s

World Cup team and brought the title to the team. Then he played for the New York Cosmos

of the North American Soccer League. In 1977

the cosmos won the league championship and finally he retired after that victory.

C) He was born in San Francisco in 1955. He

became interested in computers when he was

a teenager and attended lessons after school at Hewlett Packard (HP). In 1974, he got a job as a

technician at the video game maker Atari. He and Steve Wozniak founded Apple in 1976. They

developed the Mac. It was the first small

computer. He created Oscar-winning movies such as “Toy Story” and “Finding Nemo”. His

name has a connection to innovate products

like the iPod, iPhone, iTunes and iPad. His attention to desing, function and style won him

millions of fans. He died in October 2011, at the age of 56.

D) She was born in Albania in 1910, and died in

1997. Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She became famous all over the world

for starting the Missionaries of Charity in

Calcutta, India. She began this work in 1950 and for over forty years, she looked after the poor,

sick, orphaned, and dying. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work.

She decided to become a nun when she was 12.

She arrived in India in 1929 and became a nun two years later. In 1946 she received a call from

God to leave the convent and help the poor.

She was an international symbol of charity, visiting many countries to help poor children.

After she died, the Pope started the process to make her a saint.

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1.3 Practice

Review of Simple Past Tense with regular and irregular verbs. Instructions: Complete the biography of the famous Canadian singer Justin Bieber using verbs in the past. Example: Justin Bieber was born (be) born in 1994, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. As a child, he had (have) a

lot of interest on music.

JUSTIN BIEBER

I. Complete the story with verbs in the past.

Justin Bieber _____________ (be) born in 1994, in Stratford, Ontario,

Canada. As a child, he _________ (have) a lot of interest on music.

He ____________ (begin) to perform when he ___________ (be) 12.

He _______________ (enter) to a local talent competition, and he

_________ (be) placed second. He _________ (get) the opportunity

of posting his performances in YouTube.

The videos soon __________________ (build) up a fan following,

and _________ (catch) the attention of talent agent Scooter Braun.

Braun ____________ (be) able to secure an audition with Usher

Raymond, who ____________ (be) impressed and _________ (help)

Bieber to sing a record deal. His first single “One Time”, ___________

(be) a worldwide hit. This was __________ (follow) by Bieber´s debut

album, “My World”, which _________ (be) an international smash.

He also ____________ (release) a successful concert fil Justin Bieber:

Never Say Never in 2011.

Bieber ____________ (try) his hand at acting. He _________ (play) a

youg killer in a episode of “C.S.I” in 2000. He has a large and loyal fan

base, who are said to have “Bieber Fever” and are nicknamed

“Bielbers”. Bieber continues with a hugely successful music career.

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1.4 Production

Final Project! Now it is time to work on it! Topic: Biography Objective: Write a biography about a family member and his or her most

important achievements in life. Instructions: Choose a family member who is alive or dead. It is your choice. Write about the most important

aspects and achievements of his or her life. You can follow the schema below. Second, write the biography organized in paragraphs similar to the ones presented in the presentation and practice sections. Finally, you

are ready to present your project to your teacher Good luck!

Materials: Please, only use the materials available at home. This aspect is very important because you cannot

go out of your houses. You can use pens, color pencils, paper, cardboard, scissors, glue, pictures, real pictures of your relative and places of cities and towns where he or she lived and grew up, or you can design and

present your projects using computer programs.

Working technique: Free. Be sure to use all your creativity on this project!

Presentation and due date: Wait for your teacher’s instructions.

It’s time to start!

Biography Report

Complete this profile for the relative you chose. Answering these questions will help you organize

your information in a very easy and professional way:

• Birth: date, place and other important details. • Childhood: came from a big or small family, studies, important events.

• School experience: name of the school, where the school is or was.

• Young adult: where he or she lived, family life. • Work life: job history.

• Accomplishments: what he or she did in life. • Interesting facts: describe two or three facts.

• *Death: when and where she or he died (only if your relative is dead.)

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3. Criterios de evaluación

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