Architecture II

Teacher’s name: Alex Castro Herrera

Email address: alex.eduardo.castro.herrera@gmail.com
 Class objective

I will understand a video about a famous architect’s biography,

through answering questions, in written and oral form.
 Follow the following instructions!

1. Take out a piece of paper. Class

objective:
2. Answer the following questions in the piece of paper: I will
understand
a) Where are you from? a video
about a
b) What do you look like? famous
c) What do you like doing in your free time? architect’s
biography,
d) What did you do on your winter vacation? through
answering
3. Make a snowball with the piece of paper. questions,
in written
4. Throw the piece of paper to your classmate! and oral
form.
5. Pick up a piece of paper, read its answers and guess who that
person is.
 But first, we need to check …So, go to Kahoot.it and let’s see
some vocabulary words… how much you already know!!
Find someone who…
Now, you will interview your classmates about activities they did in
winter break
How do you create
sentences in past tense? Class
objective:
I will
1. How do you ask these questions? understand
a video
about a
famous
architect’s
biography,
through
answering
2. How do you answer these questions? questions,
in written
and oral
form.

Now, stand up and interview your classmates, please

 Is everything clear?... Show me!!

What about verb to be?

What does verb to be mean in Spanish?

1. Where were you on Saturday 5th?

e
b e?
Class
objective:
o
t er I will
b
r th
v e e o u understand
y ar y a video
an s do ? about a
m io n s e ” famous
2. Were you in Chiloé? w ga t n
u we r
o
H ju o
n “
architect’s
n o
r nd biography,
c o p
t ”a
through
ha s
answering
w a questions,
3. Was she in Chiloé? i th “ w in written
W use and oral
form.
How can you create sentences using verb to be in past tense?
(use the examples [+,-,?])
 How good/bad is your vocabulary level? Show me!!

Who was this man?

What did he do?
Class
1. What was the video about? objective:
I will use
2. Where was he born? the past
simple
3. Where did he study? tense,
through
4. What was his contribution to architecture? creating
How did he get this idea? their own
biography
5. What did he design using symmetry? as “famous
architects”
6. What materials did he use? Why? , in written
and oral
7. What was his most substantial building? form.

Now, create Kahn’s biography using the answers you got, please
 Self-evaluation: Complete the following
table in your notebook, please
How can
you work
on this?
Statement Yes So so No
I can create sentences in past tense (+, -, ?)
I know what past tense sentences express or their Spanish meaning.
I know the verbs and their past conjugations that we have checked (check it!).
I know the vocabulary that we have checked (check it!).
What do
you
know?
Class objective: I will use the past simple tense, through creating their own biography as “famous
architects”, in written and oral form.
 Class objective

I will use architecture vocabulary (materials, shapes, types of

structure and parts of a building), through describing a “building”
that I would like to build, in written and oral form.
So, go to kahoot.it,
What vocabulary and let’s learn
about materials, vocabulary by
shapes or types of gaming!
structure and parts We need to learn
of a building do you vocabulary…
know?
 What did we do last class?
Listen to the teacher and identify the missing
words in the text! (Take notes, please)
The Salk institute consists of two ___
___________
symmetrical mirroring ______________
office buildings with
a stream of flowing water in the _________.
courtyard
Each _________
building is ___
six _______
storeys tall, but ___
two
of those _______
storeys are underground. The main
_________
buildings have ____four and a half ______cuboid
______
towers attached. Each tower
____, except for one,
has two
___ half-_______
Pyramid structures facing the What is the name of this
_________.
courtyard Finally, the _____walls of the Wh
construction?
_________
building are made of ________, floor yo at w
concrete the _____
has _____
tiles and the ___________ square u do ords
rectangular and ______
windows are made of _____
glass and wood
____ _____.
walls kno n’t
w ?
Class objective: I will use architecture vocabulary (materials, shapes, types of structure and parts of a building),
through describing a “building” that I would like to build, in written and oral form.
 Taking into consideration the previous text…
Identify if the sentences below are true or
false and justify your answers, please
A. Salk institute consists of two asymmetrical mirroring buildings.
B. Each building is six storeys tall, but one of them is underground.
C. The main buildings have four and a half cubic towers attached.
D. Every tower has two half-pyramid structures facing the courtyard.
E. The walls of the building are made of mortar.
F. The floor has wood tiles.
G. The square and rectangular windows are made of glass sheet and wood walls.
Class objective: I will use architecture vocabulary (materials, shapes, types of structure and parts of a building),
through describing a “building” that I would like to build, in written and oral form.
 This is the vocabulary that we went through today…
Design a building that you would like to build
and describe it in written form, please

• Materials: tiles, glass, concrete, mortar, wood, steel, brick.

• Shapes: arch, circle, diamond, rectangle, square, triangle, oval, dome,
pyramid, sphere, cuboid, cube, cylinder, cone, face, symmetrical,
asymmetrical.
• Parts of a building: floor, wall, roof, courtyard, tower.
• Types of buildings: residence, office building, high-rise, sky-scraper,
(number) storeys.

Class objective: I will use architecture vocabulary (materials, shapes, types of structure and parts of a building),
through describing a “building” that I would like to build, in written and oral form.
 How can you do the activity?
Class
objective: I
1. This is a… (type of building) will use
architecture
2. It is… storeys tall. vocabulary
3. It has a… (shape) structure. (materials,
shapes,
4. The… (part of the building) is/are made of (material) types of
structure
and parts of
1. The Salk institute consists of two symmetrical office buildings. a building),
through
2. The building is six storeys tall. describing a
3. Each towers has 2 half-pyramid structures. “building”
that I would
4. The walls are made of concrete. like to
build, in
written and
oral form.
Self-assessment: Answer the following
questions in your notebook, please
Class
objective: I
1. What did you learn in this class? will use
architecture
vocabulary
(materials,
shapes, types
2. What do you need to work on? of structure
and parts of a
building),
through
describing a
“building”
3. In what situations can you use what you learned? that I would
like to build,
in written and
oral form.
 Class objective

I will use the past simple tense, through creating my own biography
as “famous architect”, in written and oral form.
In the future you will be famous architects…
You have to write your biography, based on personal information and the
important things that you did

Class
But first, what information do you think it has to contain? objective:
I will use
the past
simple
tense,
u r d through
yo ou creating my
ad al own
Re phy
biography
as “famous
ra
i o g architect”,
in written
b and oral
form.

Now, give your biography to your classmate for assessment

 What do you think we will do now?
What do you see here?
Let’s have a talk show! 1 of you will be the host (who asks the questions)
and another student will be the famous architect guest.
Class
objective:
But first, what I will use
information do the past
you think it has to simple
tense,
contain? through
creating my
own
biography
as “famous
architect”,
in written
and oral
form.
Self-evaluation: Copy and complete the
following table in your notebook, please
Class
objective:
I found easy… I found difficult… How I will use
can I the past
work simple
tense,
on through
this? creating my
own
biography
as “famous
architect”,
in written
and oral
form.

What do you have to do here?