3 Colombian Independence

Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje - SENA. Reservados todos los derechos 2013.

A1 Level 2Colombian Independence

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Hi, everybody

I am Debbie, a reporter for The

Colombian History talk show. Today,

we will learn a lot about Colombian

history. At the end of this lesson, you

will be able to:

• Talk about people’s lives using

simple past tense.

• List relevant facts in someone’s life.

• Use adverbs and past tense

expressions.

Warm-up

Right now, I am in front of the Colombian History museum and Monica will guide

us through the most incredible and interesting places of Colombian history! I am

sure you will enjoy it. Let’s bring History to our day!

We start today’s talk by asking the visitors what they know about Colombian

history.


Here we have our fi rst visitor. What is your name?

That’s good to know. Are you ready to answer some

questions?

My name is Rodolfo Rodriguez and I love Colombian

history!

Sure, go ahead and ask!


Let´s get insideNow, Mónica will share with us two very relevant events that changed our history

forever! Go ahead, Mónica!

Llorente’s Flower vase IncidentThe Llorente’s Flower Vase incident was one of the most

important events that changed Colombian History on July

20th, 1810.

Joaquin Camacho arrived at Viceroy Antonio José Amar y

Borbon’s house to request a response for the establishment

of a governing board in Santa Fé. Unluckily, the Viceroy did

not provide any answer and the “Criollos” decided to visit

merchant José González Llorente’s house with the excuse

of borrowing a fl ower vase. Llorente did not agree to lend

his vase and the patriots decided to protest. Indians, patricians, whites, plebeians,

poor and rich people started to force doors and break windows with rocks.

Finally, Amar y Borbón did not have a choice and he signed the act that allowed

the eventual independence. (Lynch, 1986).

Boyaca’s BattleThe battle of Boyacá was a determining fi ghting

action that pursued the Liberty Campaign of

Nueva Granada.

This battle happened because Simon Bolivar

did not want the Spanish Army to cross The

Boyacá Bridge over Teatinos River on August

7th, 1819.The battle lasted 77 days, Simon

Bolivar emerged as president of Nueva Granada and Colombia obtained its

absolute independence from the Spanish Monarchy. (Santos, 2009).

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Let´s analyzeHere are some time expressions we can use when we talk about the past. These

expressions are usually used at the end or at the beginning of a sentence! Take a

look at the timeline and the examples!

in 1810a specific time in the past; in the year 1810

Three/ four/... days

agothree/four days before today

The day before yesterdaytwo days

before today

Yesterdayone day before

today

Last nightone night

before today

A month agoOne month

before today

Now that you know some time expressions, let’s make some sentences with them

to narrate important past events.

I visited the museum yesterday.

Mónica explained the Colombian independence process yesterday.

I reviewed the topic the day before yesterday.

Mónica studied history two years ago.

Let’s take a closer look at the sentences!


First, write the name ofthe person or event who performed the action.

Then, include the actionyou want to narrate.

After that, write thename of a subject

affected by the action.

Finally, include a time expression.

IMónica

visitedstudied

the museumhistory

yesterday.two years ago.


CreditsPedagogical Direction

Paul Cifuentes

Carlos Javier Amaya

Direction of Art

César Páez

ICT Leadership

Yeison Ospina

Quality management

Sergio Pardo

Script CompositionCarlos Enrique Serrano Rosero

Diana Isabel Cantor

Content Support

Martha Lucia Chaves Niño

Ana María Martínez Serrano

Multimedia Development

Graphic designersDiana Duque

Jose Mario Alzate

Programming engineersMiguel Guevara

Voices

Synshi Pulgar

Jessica Rodriguez

David Molina

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