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UNIT General Objective

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You will be able to introduce yourself and others.

Communication Goals
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You will learn how to
• greet formally and informally.

People Around Us CLIL

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• ask and answer personal information
questions.
• introduce someone.

• Personal Information
• Countries and Nationalities
• Personal Profiles
Vocabulary
• Words related to personal information
Grammar
• Simple Present tense with the verb to be

Idioms and Colloquial Expressions

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• It’s a Chinese whisper • What’s up?
• It’s all Greek to me • Where about?
• To go Dutch • VIP
• See you around

Project
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A Slide Show Presentation
You will create a slide show presentation to
introduce famous personalities and yourself.

Discuss:
• Look at the pictures.
Where are they from?

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 Lesson  1

Meeting New People

1. Listen and read.

Good morning. Good morning!

How are you? Fine, thank you.

How old are you? I am 12. Hello! Hi!

I am Juan. My name
What is your name? is Michelle.

Where are I am from

you from? Argentina.
Nice to meet
What is your It is 368985954. you.
Nice to meet
phone number? you, too.

2. Match the questions with the answers.

a. What is your name? I am 12.
b. How are you? It is 389090624.
c. What is your phone number? I am from Argentina.
Speaking Strategy
d. How old are you? Fine, thank you.
e. Where are you from? a My name is Katherine. Follow models to make
your presentations.
3. Complete the sentences. Then, introduce yourself to your
classmates.

Hello! I’m Jefferson.

I’m 12 years old.
I’m from England.

My name is .
I’m years old.
I’m from .
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 Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Go back to exercise 1. Complete the charts with am, are and is.

Reflect on Grammar Pronunciation

Use the verb to be to give personal information. Useful Expressions Contractions
Subject • What is your name? What’s
Verb to be Complement
Pronoun What’s your name?
• What your
Juan. phone number? What’s your phone
I 12. number?
from Argentina. • Where are you from? I’m
You are from China. • How old you? I’m 12.
I’m from England.
It 389090624. • How you?

5. Complete the chat with the verb to be and the useful expressions.

School Chat School Chat

• What’s up, Megumi? • Hello, Pete!

• How are you ? • Fine, thanks. And you?
• I’m OK. Hey, you are from China, right? • No, I’m not.
• (a), then? • I (b) from Japan.
• Where about? • I (c) from Tokyo.
• Hmm, I see. • I’m curious. (d)?
• I (e) 14. • I (f) 14, too. Oh..,
(g)?
• It (h) 345853832. And, what’s yours? • It (i) 345358941.
• OK. See you tomorrow in class. • Sure, see you around.

Pete Send Megumi Send

Listening Strategy
Key Expressions Focus on specific
What’s up? Hello! Where about? Where exactly? See you around: Bye! information to get the
right answers.

6. Listen and check the correct option to complete the sentences.

a. Alison is from . France The United States
b. Scott is from . Paris California
c. Alison is years old. 14 13
d. Scott is years old. 14 13
e. Alison’s phone number is . 344126459 344512845
Project  Stage 1
• Form groups of three people. Give a name to your group.
• Make a directory to contact your friends. E.g. Name: Felipe Moreno. Phone number: 3 689878. E-mail: FM@net.com
• Create two slides with: a) title (group’s name), members’ names and school
b) members’profile
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 Lesson  2

Friends Around the World

1. Look at the words in bold and circle the one you hear.

Good morning! I’m Diana.

I’m Chile / Chilean. This is Mr. Bernard.
This is my host family. He’s from France / French.
He’s 50 years old (c).

This is Mrs. Bernard. She

This is Alexis. He’s my
is Japan / Japanese (a). housemate.
He’s Greece / Greek (d).
This is Kate.
She’s from England / English.
She’s 16 years old (b). Listening Strategy
Listen many times to
confirm specific information.
2. Go back to the text. Write the names
under the correct flag.

Chile Japan England Greece France

Diana a. b. c. d.
Country Nationality Ending
3. Listen and check T(true) or F(false). The United States American
Then, complete the chart with the -an
Chile
correct nationality. Canadian
Canada
T F -ian
Peru
a. Justin Bieber is Canadian.     England
-ish
b. Mario Vargas Llosa is Peruvian.   Spain
c. Emma Watson is Spanish.   China
-ese
d. Jet Li is Chinese.   Japan
Greece
e. Rafael Nadal is French.   -other
France

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Mario Vargas Llosa Rafael Nadal Justin Bieber Jet Li Emma Watson

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 Grammar and Vocabulary
Pronunciation
Reflect on Grammar Contractions
Use the verb to be to talk about nationalities.
You’re
Subject Useful Expressions
Verb to be Complement You’re Greek.
Pronoun • She’s from Chile.
You’re English.
I am Chilean.
She’s/He’s • I’m from Santiago.
You are Greek.
He’s Greek.
He is from France. • He’s Chilean.
She’s 12.
She is Canadian.

4. Read the student card. Then, complete with

the verb to be and (he /it).
This is Henrick Decker.
He 14.
Dutch.
from
Amsterdam.
the capital of
Holland. He is my best
friend.

5. Complete the dialog. Use subject pronouns and

the verb to be.
Useful Expressions
Joan: Guess! I am... Key Expressions • Use this is to introduce a person.
Pete: Hmm. You are Joan! Of course! obviously!
E.g. This is Marco Vianchi.
Joan: Yes, very good.
Pete: Hey, look at this picture!
Joan: Who is this?
Pete: This is Marco Vianchi. (a) from Italy.
Joan: Oh, look! This is Marcie. (b) 12 years old!
She is very young.
Pete: Yeah. (c) French. (d) from Paris.
Joan: Paris?
Pete: Yeah! (e) the capital of France!
Joan: Oh, Paris. Yes, of course. And who’s…

Project  Stage 2
• Choose a topic. E.g. Music – Literature – Sports – Science - Movies
• Look for three famous people. E.g. Sports (Rafael Nadal, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iker Casillas)
• Look for their personal information.
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 Lesson  3

Get in Touch with a VIP

1. Match the words with the pictures.
a. actress Vocabulary
b. soccer player Strategy
c. computer scientist Associate
vocabulary with
pictures to get
the meaning of
words.
2. Guess the nationality of these famous people. Then, read the text and confirm you answers.
• Lionel Messi is .
Key Expressions
• Mark Zuckerberg is .
VIP: Very Important Person
• Emma Watson is .

3. Read the profiles. Then, match the text with the corresponding picture.

a. This is Mark Zuckerberg,
the creator of Facebook.
He is a computer scientist.
He is from New York and is
28 years old. He is creative.
Find more information
at www.facebook.com/
markzuckerberg.
b. This is Lionel Messi. He is a
soccer player.
He is Argentinian. He is
from Rosario and is 25
years old. He is athletic.
Find more information at
www.leomessi.com.org.
c. This is Emma Watson. She
is an actress.
She is French. She is from
Paris and is 23 years old.
She is sociable.
Find more information at
www.emmawatson.com.

Useful Expressions
• He is a soccer player. (a + consonant sound)
• She is an actress. (an + vowel sound)
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 Reading and Writing
4. Read the statements and circle the mistakes. Then, correct them.

a. Emma Watson is an actress. She is d. Mark is a computer scientist. He is

American. sociable.
She is French. / She is from France.
Reading
b. Emma is an actress. She is 28 years old. e. Lionel Messi is from Paris. He is a Strategy
soccer player.
Go back to the
text to look
c. Mark Zuckerberg is the creator of
for specific
Facebook. He is from Argentina. f. Lionel is athletic. He is 23 years old.
information.

5. Identify the rules for capitalization. Use the information in the box.

Capitalization Rules
Name and last name
Use capital letters in the following cases:
The pronoun I a. This is Lionel Messi. Name and last name
Countries, cities and nationalities b. Get in touch with a VIP
At the beginning of a sentence c. Mark is American. He is from New
York. It’s a city in The United States.
Abbreviations / Acronyms

d. Emma Watson is 26 and I’m 11.

6. Read the ID card and write the profile.

e. This is Emma. She is sociable.

International
School
ID

This is
(Name–Surname)

(Age)

(City of Origin)
Name: Juan

(Nationality)
Surname: Lopez

Age: 14 Project  Stage 3

City of origin: Santiago
Nationality: Chilean
• Create three profiles with the information of stage 2 on a piece of paper.
• Check spelling and capitalization.
• Type three slides with the profiles.
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 Lesson  4

The World We Live In

1. Look at the world map. Write the continents in the correct place. Word Bank
Use the Word Bank. • South America
• North America
• Australia
• Antarctica
• Europe
• Asia
• Africa

Vocabulary Strategy
Identify similar words in
English and Spanish to
learn more vocabulary.

2. Complete the following sentences. Use nationalities and the words from exercise 1.
Continent Nationality
a. Holland is in Europe . Dutch people are European.
b. China is in . kids are Asian.
c. Greece is in . children are European.

3. Listen and complete the conversations with the

expressions on the right.
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5

a. Salesman: It’s 10 dollars.

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Boy: Thanks. with Annie. Here’s 5 dollars. I go Dutch
Girl: And here’s 5.
b. Teacher: This is the answer to the exercise.
Boy: I am confused. It’s very difficult. .
c. Boy: Mary is not 10 years old. She’s 12.
Girl: That information is false. .
4. Read the expressions and circle the correct meaning. It’s a Chinese whisper
a. Go Dutch: To pay the total / 50-50.
b. It’s all Greek to me: It’s confusing / easy.
c. It’s a Chinese whisper: It’s a rumor / testimony.
It’s all Greek to me
Reflect on Values
Always Sometimes Never
¾¾I use formal greetings with adults. Gap Activity
¾¾I value cultural diversity. Student A goes to page 87.
¾¾I’m collaborative in group work. Student B goes to page 89.
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 Real Communication

1. Discuss your experience.

Share Your Project
Check the face to complete the sentence.
I feel in this project.

motivated interested confused unmotivated

2. Listen and read.

An Excellent Presentation
Follow these five indications for an
excellent presentation:
1. Get information: Find
information in different web
pages, magazines and books.
2. Classify the information: Select
the information you need for your
profile: name, age, nationality and
place of birth.
3. Make visual aids: Use a computer
and make slides with pictures
and clear texts.
Include the bibliography or
references. 3. Complete the sentences.
4. Prepare: Practice your a. You find information in
presentation at home and with
.
your friends.
b. You practice your presentation
5. Relax: Be calm.
.

Give your Presentation

• Say hello to the audience. Useful Expressions
• Introduce the members of the group. • Good morning / How are you?
• Present your personal profiles. • The members of the group are…
• Present the famous people’s profiles. • This is my profile. I’m 12 years old…
• Present the bibliography. • This is… (name of the famous person)
• Say thank you to your audience. • This is the bibliography…
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• Thanks for your attention…

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 Comic

A Magical Book This is the Great

Listen and read.
Wall of China.
It’s all Greek
to me!

and you are…? I’m Pedro!

Where are you from?

I’m from Colombia.
This book is
Good Afternoon!
Egyptian. It’s a
I’m Pedro. This is
This is a special door to the world.
Stone Lee.
book. It’s magical!

H…ii…..!!! I’m Pierre.

Wow! Wow! This

book is real!!!

Wow!

This book
Free minds? is for free
minds!

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Free minds?

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 Quiz Time
1. Listen to the questions and check the 4. Read the profiles. Then, circle and correct the
correct answer. mistakes in the sentences (a-f) below.
a. I’m 12 years old. I’m fine, thanks.
b. I’m fine, thanks. I’m 11 years old.
c. I’m Peter Smith. I’m from Portugal. This is Larry Page, the
d. Mark It’s mark@e-pals.com. creator of Google. He is a
computer scientist. He is
2. Match column A with column B. from Michigan in the USA.
He is 43 years old. He is
Column A Column B creative.
a. Country Asia
b. Age Japanese This is Cristiano Ronaldo.
He is a soccer player. He
c. City 12 years old is 31 years old. He is from
d. Continent Tokyo Madeira. It is a Portuguese
e. Nationality Japan island. He is athletic.

3. Check the correct option to complete the

sentences.
This is Martina Garcia. She is
a. This is Mary. She American. an actress. She is 34 years old.
She is Colombian. She is from
1. is 2. are 3. am
Bogota. She is sociable.
b. Hi, I Japanese.
1. is 2. are 3. am
c. Hello, you Susan, right? a. Larry Page is a computer scientist . He is
Portuguese.
1. is 2. are 3. am

d. This is Thomas. is from Amsterdam. b. Cristiano Ronaldo is Brazilian. He is a soccer
1. She 2. It 3. He player.

e. I’m from Lima. is the capital of Peru.

c. Martina Garcia is Colombian. She is athletic.
1. She 2. It 3. He

f. Where you from? d. Larry Page is sociable. He is a computer scientist.
1. is 2. are 3. am
g. What your name? e. Cristiano Ronaldo is 24 years old. He is athletic.

1. is 2. are 3. am
f. Martina Garcia is creative. She is 28 years old.

Self-Evaluation
Now I can... Very Well OK A Little
¾¾ask and answer personal information questions.
¾¾say countries and nationalities.
¾¾introduce myself and other people.
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 Activities on page 93

A-F
actress: n. a woman who works on
TV or movies. (syn. actor) Angelina
Jolie is an actress.
Glossary
in your house, but is not a member
of your family. My house mate is
from Egypt.
introduce: v. to present yourself or
someone.
look: v. to observe. (syn. see)
sociable: adj. a person who likes
the company of others. (syn.
friendly – outgoing)
T-Z
tower: n. a very tall construction
or structure. The Eiffel Tower is
French.

age: n. the number that says how

old you are. I’m 12 years old.
athletic: adj. in good physical
condition.
audience: n. people who watch a
presentation.
capital: n. the principal city of
a country. Paris is the capital of
France.
capital letter: n. the large form of
a letter.
chat: n. informal conversation.
(syn. dialog)
classmate: n. the person you study
with. (syn. partner)
country: n. a state or nation. I’m
from Colombia.
find: v. to discover.
flag: n. a symbol of a country.
form: n. an official document with
spaces to write information.
G-N
host family: the family you live
with when you are in another
country.
housemate: n. a person who lives
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meet: v. to talk to a person for the
first time.
nationality: n. relationship between
a person and a country. I’m Mexican.
nice: adj. good. (syn. great – ant.
bad)
nice to meet you: It’s great to meet
you.
O-S
traveler: n. a tourist or visitor.
origin: n. the place you come from.
wall: n. a strong construction for
I’m from Buenos Aires.
protection. The Great Wall of China
picture: n. photograph or
is very old.
illustration.
profile: n. a short description about
a person.
scientist: n. an expert and
investigator.
slide: n. a presentation with text Colloquial Expressions
and pictures.
soccer player: n. a person who It’s a Chinese whisper: it’s a
plays soccer. Cristiano Ronaldo is a rumor.
soccer player. It’s all Greek to me: it’s
confusing.
See you around! bye!
To go Dutch: to pay 50 / 50.
What’s up? hello!
Where about? where
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