“BEYOND THE CLASSROOM”

ENGLISH SELF-STUDY GUIDE

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ORIENTACIONES PARA LOS PADRES DE FAMILIA

Esta guía de aprendizaje de inglés para el trabajo en casa se elaboró con el fin de ayudar a su hijo (a) a
repasar el vocabulario en forma escrita de los miembros de la familia, los adjetivos posesivos y vocabulario
de las características físicas de la persona; aprender el significado de esas palabras e identificarlas dentro
de un párrafo o una oración. Su hijo (a) deberá dedicar una hora y cuarenta y cinco minutos para la
realización de la guía. Algunas de las actividades a desarrollar se encuentran en el Workbook Way to Go!
del grado 6 de la página 12 y Way to Go 6 Student, página 31 y 33 que están disponible en la página
Colombia Aprende. Se adjuntan las paginas a desarrollar para los que no tienen acceso a Internet.

 La actividad 1 (Vocabulary Tasks). Ejercicio A: Debe utilizar el diccionario para encontrar el significado
de las palabras desconocidas. Ejercicio B: consiste en completar las palabras referentes a los
miembros de la familia. En el ejercicio C: debe ordenar las letras y formar la palabra que corresponde
a un miembro de la familia.

 La actividad 2 (Reading Task). Ejercicio A: debe leer el texto de Maya y responder las preguntas con
respuesta múltiple.

 Actividad 3 (Language awareness). Ejercicio A: Con base en la lectura de Maya, se responden unas
preguntas. El objetivo es analizar la estructura gramatical. Ejercicio B: Es un párrafo que debe
completar con los adjetivos posesivos del recuadro.

 Actividad 4 (Vocabulary physical appearance). Ejercicio A: Debe buscar las palabras desconocidas en
el diccionario. Ejercicio B: debe clasificar las palabras que corresponden al vocabulario de las
características físicas de la persona en el respectivo cuadro que aparece ahí.

 Actividad 5 (Reading Task) Ejercicio A. Debe identificar las personas de la foto y poner el nombre de
acuerdo a la descripción.

 Actividad 6 (Writing) el ejercicio C: consiste en completar el cuadro con las características físicas de
los miembros de su familia. En el ejercicio B: consiste en realizar una descripción de los miembros de
tu familia.

 La actividad 7. (Self- Assessment tasks) Es donde su hijo (a) debe evaluar su progreso de lo realizado
y lo aprendido.

WELCOME TO THIS SELF-STUDY GUIDE

This English self- study guide will help you to practice the vocabulary about member of the family
presented in Way to Go! workbook Unit 3 Lesson 1. It starts with vocabulary about this topic (members
of the family) then, the language awareness which helps you understand and use possessive adjectives.
The vocabulary about physical appearance helps you do the reading activity and your family description
which is the last activity. Finally, you have to evaluate your progress.

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 Topic Skill(s) Grammar Vocabulary Function(s)

Possessive
Family members Describing my
My People Writing/ Reading adjective
Physical appearance family
Verb to be

GET READY

Study time Resources: Textbooks Links:

needed:
Way to Go! 6, page 31 & 33 - WAY TO GO! 6º Unite 3
1 hour 45 Way to Go! 6workbook, page 12 - http://aprende.colombiaaprende.edu.co/es
minutes Dictionary, Notebook, Pencil, Pen. /node/94010

LEARNING OBJECTIVES LEARNING STRATEGIES

What will you learn/practise/reinforce with What can you do to achieve the objectives?
these activities?
● Read the instruction for each activity.
● To identify the vocabulary of family ● Look at the examples given. They appear in the
members. activities.
● To identify and to use the possessive ● Use the dictionary for the unknown words.
adjectives in a context. ● Write on your notebook the new knowledge.
● To identify the vocabulary of physical ● Make a Word list to remember the vocabulary you
characteristics. learn.
● Write a description about my family.

ACTIVITIES

1. VOCABULARY TASKS - FAMILY MEMBERS (time 20 MINUTES)

Exercise A. Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the words you don´t know.

“MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY” My Family 1

 GRANDMOTHER GRANDFATHER
 MOTHER FATHER
 WIFE HUSBAND
 AUNT UNCLE
 NIECE NEPHEW
 SISTER BROTHER
 COUSIN COUSIN
 DAUGHTER SON
 GRANDDAUGHTER GRANDSON

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Exercise B.

Look the pictures and complete the words about Members of the family.

EXAMPLE

2 3 4

1. GRANDFATHER 2. __ __ __ __ __ R 3. G __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

5 6 7

4. __ __ O __ __ __ __ 5. __ __ __T__ __ 6. __ __T__ __ __

8 9 10 11

7. __ __ __ __ __ N 8. __ O__ 9. C__ __ __ __ __ __ 10__ __ __G__ __ __ __

Exercise C. Unscramble the family member by ordering the letters.

EXAMPLE: HEFRTA: FATHER

1. MEHTRO: ________________ 5. RSEITS: ________________

2. HOBRRET: ________________ 6. NUELC: ________________

3. OSN: ________________ 7. TUNA: ________________

4. TUHGDAER: _______________ 8. GANDETOHRRM: ______________

9. SCUNIO: ________________

2. READING TASK 1 (10 minutes)

Pre-reading

Do you have a big or small family?

Do you belong to any native tribe?

A. Look at page 31, Way to Go Student Book 6. Read the text about Maya and answer the
following questions

1. Maya has
a. Two sisters and a brother b. two sisters c. one sister

2. Yolanda is
a. 16 years old b. 24 years old c. 2 years old.
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 3. Alberto is Maya´s
a. Nephew b. brother c. cousin

4. Maya´s parents are

a. Lorenzo and Sashkay b. Alberto and Morela c. Yolanda and Alberto

3. LANGUAGE AWARENESS (15 minutes)

A. Read the text about Maya again. Look at the words in red. Then answer the questions.
1. What do they refer to?
a. People b. possession and ownership

2. What are they called?

a. Personal pronoun b. possessive adjective

3. What is the correct possessive adjective for personal pronoun? Complete the chart.

PERSONAL PRONOUNS I YOU SHE HE WE THEY IT

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES YOUR ITS

B. Read the text and Complete it with the possessive adjectives. Look at example 1.

My his her our their its

Hi!, my name is Lina and I live near Bogotá, 1) my father is cool, his name is Jaime, my mother is
pretty, 2) ___ name is Sonia. I have a brother, 3) ____ name is Miguel and he is really cute. We love
playing in our house. I have some Friends at school, 4) ____ names are Pedro, Karen and David. My dad
takes me to school with 5) ___ car, 6) ___ color is green. And now what about you? What`s your name?
Tell me all about you.
our answers with the answer key at the end of this guide.

Note: Compare your answers with the answer key at the end of this guide.

4 VOCABULARY PHYSICAL APPEARANCE (20 minutes)

A. Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the words you don´t understand.

tall medium height handsome moustache

short well-dressed ugly long hair

slim smart old short hair

thin scruffy young straight hair

good-looking
fat middle-aged curly hair
attractive
obese bald fair-haired
beautiful
well-built bald-headed blond-haired o blonde-
pretty haired
overweight beard

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brown-haired ginger-haired brunette

dark-haired blonde

B. Classify these words in the chart. You can also add words from the previous exercise.

Blue tall fair thin long slim short green brown dark fat

Eyes Skin Hair Height and weight

Blue

5. READING TASK 2 (10 minutes)

Pre-reading.
Can you describe the boys in the photo?

A. Read the description. Then write the name of the people in the photo.

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Post- Reading
Can you describe yourself? ___________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

6. WRITING TASK (25 minutes)

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7. SELF-ASSESSMENT TASKS (5 minutes)

VERY WELL QUITE WELL WITH Check with your

DIFFICULTY parents the
CHECK YOUR following questions.
PROGRESS 15
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I can identify vocabulary What words did you

related to family. lean? __________

I can express possession Give an example of

possession. ______

I can describe family Who did you

members. describe?________

I can identify vocabulary How many new

related to Physical words did you learn?
appearance. ________________

THIS IS THE END

Congratulations, you have remembered the vocabulary “Members of the family” these words are important
for to increase your knowledge in English, moreover you have learnt about the possessives adjectives and
vocabulary related to physical characteristics.

Continue with your learning!

USEFUL RESOURCES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHaObkHEkHQ FAMILY MEMEBERS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHaObkHEkHQ POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1SvftozTjg POSSESSIVE NOUNS
https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/beginner-a1-listening/describing-people
DESCRIBING PEOPLE.

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 ANSWER KEY

1.Vocabulary Family Members.

Exercise B: 2. mother 3. grandmother 4. brother 5. sister 6. father 7. cousin 8. son 9. cousin 10.
daughter.

Exercise C. 1. Mother 2. brother 3. son 4. daughter 5. sister 6. uncle 7. aunt 8. grandmother 9. Cousin.

2. Reading Task 1. 1.b, 2. b, 3.a 4. A

3. Language Awareness

Exercise A. 1.b, 2.b,

PERSONAL PRONOUNS I YOU SHE HE WE THEY IT

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES MY YOUR HER HIS OUR THEIR ITS

Exercise B. 1. My, 2. Her, 3. His, 4. Their, 5. Our, 6. Its

4. Vocabulary physical appearance

Exercise B.
EYES SKIN HAIR Height and Weight

Blue, green Dark, brown Short, Long, fair Thin, fat, tall, slim

5. Reading task 2. 1. Neil Patrick. 2. Harry Jones 3. Josh Samir 4. William Blunt

6. Writing Task Students’ own answers.

ORIENTACIONES FINALES PARA LOS PADRES DE FAMILIA

Una vez que su hijo(a) haya terminado de hacer esta guía, hágale las siguientes preguntas que le permiten
verificar el aprendizaje:

1. ¿Qué actividad le pareció más fácil y cuál no?

2. Enséñeme como se dice en inglés el vocabulario de los miembros de la familia y las características
físicas.

3. Puedes explicarme ¿cómo se usan los adjetivos posesivos?

4. ¿Si utilizaste toda la hora o usaste más tiempo para elaborar la guía?

5. ¿Utilizaste todos los recursos?

AUTHOR(S)

Name Edith Lisbeth Fernández Méndez

Email edithlisbethf@hotmail.com

School Simón Bolívar

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Appendix Way to Go, page 31

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Appendix Way to Go, page 33

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