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Task 1 - Thematic Content 1
Task 1 - Thematic Content 1
ENGLISH THREE
THE CITY THROUGH MY EYES, YOUR EYES, THEIR EYES
ENGLISH THREE:
THE CITY THROUGH MY EYES,
YOUR EYES, THEIR EYES
THEMATIC UNIT: PEOPLE TO KNOW
THEMATIC CONTENT: URBANITES
Context: A contest has been announced to award somebody for his/her actions in the city.
INPUT: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
GOALS:
• To identify specific information in texts such as newspaper articles, magazines, short
stories, among others.
• To write a biographical sketch about an outstanding person from your city,
neighbourhood or town.
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LANGUAGE FOCUS
Dates: When is your birthday?. My birthday is on June 17th, Yesterday, it was
November 3rd.
Feelings and Emotions: I feel stressed, I am overwhelmed. He is great. I am so
thankful.
Countries and Nationalities: Where are you from?. Have you visited any other country different
from Colombia?. What is your favorite country?
-ed and –ing Ending Adjectives: I am puzzled. The class is boring. This report is amazing,
Tenses: Simple Past, Past Continuous and Present Perfect (Affirmative and Negative): I wrote
an essay. I did not finish the task. I was carrying out an interview. I was not developing the
project. I have read an academic article. I have not completed the bio-statement.
Expressions: How long, For, Since: How long have you studied your program? I have lived in
Medellin for 15 years. I have worked since last semester.
Community Places: I was in the school for 13 years. I will visit the hospital to conduct a study, I
have been to the bank to get cash.
Shapes Vocabulary: This is a triangle. Those are pyramids.
Sizes Vocabulary: The team is big, the teacher left us a huge amount of work. The universe is
enormous.
Materials: My pencil is made of graphite. Glass is used in labs.
Prepositions of Place (around, in front of, behind , between, on the corner) The research center
is between the coffee shop and the library.
Pronunciation 3
ACTION ONE: Read the sample biodata and identify the components of the text and the
qualities of the nominee that makes him or her or a suitable candidate for the award.
PRE:
? I. Think about:
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III. Circle the identified characteristic, then write it down on the
right side box of the page. Follow the example.
WHILE:
Frederick Douglass:
A Biographical Sketch
In 1838, the primary political issue
in Baltimore, Maryland, was slavery.
Frederick Douglass was a slave in
Baltimore, but he was determined not
to stay one. It was just a matter of time
before he would escape.
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POST:
IV. Go back to the text Frederick Douglass: A Biographical Sketch and
look up for the underlined words and write their meaning in the lines
below.
Caulker:
Shipyard:
Frightened:
Borrow:
Runaway:
Regardless:
II. Write a biographical sketch about a person from your neighbourhood, town or city. The
chart below will give some tools to write it. Complete the chart with the necessary information.
Topic Information
Nam e
Birth pl ace
Birth day
Studies/Inte rests/
Occupatio n
Service(s) t o the
community
Achievements/Feats/
Qualitie s
III. Based on the information you have read, write a draft of your own or someone else’s biodata.
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LANGUAGE FOCUS
Unscramble the following ideas. Write the sentences in the correct order on
the lines below:
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a / stand / to / against / he / slavery / take / chose
look / himself / worried / kept / not / stay / telling / and / to / he / calm
his / wrote / his / to / wrong / own / prove / he / enemies / autobiography
he / fought / for / people’s / right / to / equal / treatment / and / job / opportunities
who / those / to / and / free / our / should / human / follow / for / of / right / fight / feel /
example / we / the
you / want / ? / for / do / justice / what / to / fight / kind / of