4ºESO LIFE CHANGERS

LIFE changers

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learning objectives

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task 1

task 3

task 4

task 2

task 6

task 7

task 5

task 8

task 9

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In this unit, you will:

• Learn about life changing events or people, in relation with historical events, the environment and inventions and means of transport.
• Learn how to speak about life events with the Present Perfect, past situations with the Past Simple and past situations that happened before other situations with the Past Perfect.
• Use ICT tools to investigate and create digital documents.
• Work in couples to speak about transport.
• Write a narrative.
• Work in groups to make an oral presentation

task 1

the environment

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task 1

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World Environment Day is on 5 June. On this day people from all over the world can do something positive to help our planet. What could you do? What's the best way to help our planet? Click on the pictures to learn about ways to do it.

Link 1: Change the world in 5 minutes

Link 2: Climate change

Link 3: School strike 4 climate change

task 2

present perfect vs past simple

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task 2

Rubric

Genially presentation

Google doc (template)

Bank of activtities

task 3

HISTORICAL EVENTS

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task 3

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Throughout history, some events happened that affected and changed the way we live. How much do you know about them?

Link 1: A quiz about famous historical events

Link 2: Some more historical events

task 4

pAST PERFECT vs PAST SIMPLE

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task 4

Rubric

Genially presentation

Google doc (template)

Bank of activtities

task 5

the evolution of transport

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task 5

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Cars, trains, planes...The different means of transport have changed and will continue changing in the future.

Link 1: A video about the history of transportation

Link 2: How has travel and transport changed over time?

Link 3: Are electric scooters dangerous?

task 6

play blooket

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task 7

a role play

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task 7

Rubric

When you travel abroad, you will probably need to buy tickets to take a bus, a train or any other means of transport. Now, it's your turn to practice that type of interaction.

Link 1: English phrases for buying tickets

Link 2: Conversation models

Link 3: Practice activitites

task 8

WRITE A NARRATIVE

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task 8

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Have you ever had an accident or got lost while travelling? Have you ever had a frightening experience on a trip? Now it's your turn to put into practice some of the vocabulary and the grammar structures that we worked on and write a narrative following the instructions.

task 9

an oral presentation

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task 9

Rubric

Enter the links and choose a person to nominate for the following categories

Gender equality

Environmental defence

Perfil académico

• Licenciado en Filología Inglesa (2005-2009)
• Máster en Profesorado de ESO y Bachillerato (2009-2010)

Autoría

Juan José Vargas Luque

Perfil profesional

• Profesor de Inglés en ESO y Bachillerato en Institutos Públicos de la Junta de Andalucía (España) (2010-actualmente)

Contacto

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jvarluq111@g.educaand.es

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https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/travelenglish/buying-tickets-questions-answers1.html https://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/travelenglish/buying-tickets-questions-answers1.html

IN COUPLES: 1. Open the Google Doc "PAST PERFECT task 4" and make a copy of it. 2. Complete the Google Doc with the information from the "Genially presentation", including the different activities. 3. Create 5 "Kahoot sentences" to check the understanding of the difference between Past Perfect and Past Simple. 4. Look at the models provided by the teacher. 5. Do some practice on the links provided. 6. Check the rubric.

IN COUPLES: 1. Open the Google Doc "PRESENT PERFECT task 2" and make a copy of it.2. Complete the Google Doc with the information from the "Genially presentation", including the different activities. 3. Write 5 "Kahoot sentences" about the Present Perfect and the Past Simple4. Do some practice on the links provided. 5. Check the rubric.

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-perfect-exercise-3.html

https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple-past-perfect.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/past_perfect_simple_past.htm

INDIVIDUALLY: 1. Enter the links to learn about the evolution of transport. 2. Write a a summary with the main ideas and the secondary ideas of each link. 3. Include your personal opinion about the content with a justification. 4. Make a classification of the most relevant vocabulary related to TRANSPORT (with a translation into Spanish) 5. Check the rubric.

INDIVIDUALLY: 1. Read the information provided in the links and watch the videos. 2. Write a a summary with the main ideas and the secondary ideas of each link. 3. Include your personal opinion about the content with a justification. 4. Make a classification of the most relevant vocabulary related to the environment (with a translation into Spanish) 5. Check the rubric.

IN COUPLES: 1. Enter the links to learn useful expressions and models when you are buying transport tickets. 2. Write an original dialogue with your classmate. 3. Learn the dialogue by heart, practice it and finally play the conversation in class. 4. Check the rubric.

https://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/en-past-tense-and-present-perfect.html https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_present_perfect2.htm https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/tenses/simple_past_present_perfect.htm https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/b1g003-past-simple-and-present-perfect https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-4.html https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/perfect-past-simple.htm BANK OF ACTIVITIES: https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present-perfect-simple-past-simple-exercises.html https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present-perfect-past-simple.html

INDIVIDUALLY 1. Write a narrative about something that happened to you while you were travelling. It can be real or imaginary. 2. Look at the tips and follow the instructions, prompt questions and guidelines. 3. Check the rubric.

INDIVIDUALLY: 1. Enter the links to learn about historical events that changed history. 2. Choose 3 of these events and look for information about them. 3. Write a summary (DON'T CUT AND PASTE) of the information that you found (include the links where you found the information). Include your personal opinion about the content with a justification. 4. Make a classification of the most relevant vocabulary related to ACHIEVEMENTS or EVENTS THAT CHANGED HISTORY (with a translation into Spanish) 5. Check the rubric.

IN GROUPS OF 3 PEOPLE: 1. Think of a nomination for each of the following categories: “Women and men’s equality”. “Environmental defence”. It could refer to people or events. 2. Each group must give an oral presentation defending their nominations for both categories. 3. Your presentation can’t be longer than 3-4 minutes 4. Use some of the vocabulary of the unit (environment, historical events, transport...) as well as some of the grammar structures (present perfect, past perfect, past simple...) 5. Check the rubric and the tips.