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ENGLISH DIDACTIC GUIDE

SECOND COURSE BGU INTENSIVE

SEGUNDO BGU

INDICACIONES GENERALES
1 Materiales:
Texto, Guía de los estudiantes, 50 hojas membretadas o cuaderno de 50 hojas, Diccionario (inglés –
español)
2 Los trabajos de la asignatura se subirán a la plataforma.
Todos los trabajos se deberán presentar realizado a mano y en formato PDF

Week 1 Topics Previous activities

Vocabulary about Discoveries from Ancient Cultures

technology and inventions How have human inventions and discoveries
changed the world
Pag:2-3 Students will take notes
Task because it will help them
Read the paragraph “Discoveries from Ancient with their homework.
Cultures” and answer the following questions on
Autonomous work page 2.
Homework
Watch the video “Top 10 Inventions of All Time”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNUfZ3_VkuE
Choose two inventions from the video and
describe them in 50-60 words.
Week 2 Topics Previous activities

VACCINATION - Vaccination The students should

VOCABULARY Printing press investigate to complete the
(Vaccine, get a shot, have Leonardo Da Vinci homework.
been vaccinated, register, The students will
online, phone, appointment Pag: 4-6 investigate about Leonardo
address, appointment data Da Vinci.
and time)

Task
Complete the activity about of VACCINATION
VOCABULARY
Autonomous work (Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
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Homework
Read the paragraph “Vaccination” and answer the
questions on page 4.
Watch the video “Printing press”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeikqw0kyqI
Fill in the activity “Printing press” on page 5
Read the passage “Leonardo Da Vinci”. Then, write
a short paragraph 80- 100 words about the
“Leonardo Da Vinci short biography”

Week 3 Topics Previous activities

PAST PERFECT vs PRESENT Useful inventions
PAST PERFECT Beyond our World
(Become, work, be able, Telescope
have, write, buy, study) Pag:5-9
Task
Exercises about PRESENT PERFECT
Autonomous work (Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Exercises about of PAST PERFECT vs PRESENT
PERFECT
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)

Homework
Watch the video about 10 Coolest Gadgets and
Inventions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKATJiyz0iI
Read the useful inventions and answer the
following questions on page 7.
Make a collage of the most important inventions.
Research about the Telescope and write 60-80
words about the advantages of the appearance of
this instrument.

Week 4 Topics Previous activities

PAST SIMPLE VERB TO BE Laika
POEMS – VOCABULARY Summarizing
(Letter, noun, snowflakes, Poems
robin, syllable, verb, Pag: 10-12
sentence, adjective)
Task
Exercises about of PAST SIMPLE VERB TO BE
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Autonomous work Exercises about of5 POEMS - VOCABULARY
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Homework
Read the paragraph Laika and answer the following
questions on page 10.
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Make ten sentences using past simple (verb to be)

Week 5 Topics Previous activities
The Moon
Assessment
How do rockets work?
Pag: 13-16
Task
Complete the activity “The man on the Moon”
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Autonomous work Watch the video and follow the steps and make a
paper space rocket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e53APoZ6uu
Q

Homework
Answer the following questions:
Would you like to walk on the moon? Yes/ No why?
(60-80 words)
Imagine you are going to the Moon. Draw the
things you think are on the moon (five things).

Week 6 Topics Previous activities

ANCIENT CULTURES – Communication in Ancient Cultures
VOCABULARY Different kinds of communication
PRESENT PERFECT Evolution of the Postal Service and Courier
Pag: 18-20
Task
Listen the audio and complete the worksheet
about Ancient Cultures.
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Autonomous work Exercises about of PRESENT PERFECT
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)

Homework
Read the paragraph about “Communication in
Ancient Cultures and answer the questions on
page 18
Research
Make a graphic organizer of the means of
communication used by the Egyptians, Greeks and
Romans.
Read the paragraph and answer the following
question:
How did people communicate across long
distances?
Week 7 Topics Previous activities
PAST PERFECT Informational paragraph
Morse Code
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The invention that Rings

Pag:21-23
Task
Autonomous work Exercises about of PAST PERFECT
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Read about Morse Code and complete the
activities on page 22.
Homework
Write a paragraph (50-60 words) about What
inventions made communications faster?
Watch the video about “Evolution of the
Telephone 1856 – 2020” then choose a phone
from the video that was your favorite and research
its main features.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiYRaxKPnFY

Week 8 Topics Previous activities

TECHNOLOGY- Technology changes cultures worldwide
VOCABULARY Invention of Television
CAUSE AND EFFECT The transistor: a New Era
Cause and Effect paragraph
Pag: 24-27
Task
Exercises about of TECHNOLOGY-VOCABULARY
Autonomous work (Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Exercises about of CAUSE AND EFFECT
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Homework
Read the paragraph and complete the activities on
page 24
Make a collage about the types of televisions of
the past and present.
Read the paragraph and complete the activities on
page 26
Find an environmental problem and determine its
cause and effects and complete the activity on
page 27
Week 9 Topics Previous activities
TV PROGRAMMES  Let’s make a Television Set
COMPUTERS AND Pag:28-29
CELLPHONES -VOCABULARY
Task
Autonomous work Exercises about of TV PROGRAMMES
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Exercises about of COMPUTERS AND CELLPHONES
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Homework
Answer the following question:
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What is your favorite TV program? Why? (30- 50

words)
Make a collage about computer and cellphones in
the past.
Week 10 Topics Previous activities
REVIEW Assessment
Survey Research project
Pag: 30-32
Task
Complete this survey about “The cellphones”
(Este documento se encontrará en el aula virtual)
Homework
Autonomous work Complete the assessment on page 30-31
To elaborate a comparative table of the
advantages and disadvantages of the use of the
telephone in adolescents. (Ten advantages and
disadvantages)