WEEK 32nd - PEN PALS COLOMBIAN CORNER - 4th, 5th GRADES

 PENPALS COLOMBIAN CORNER - 4th, 5th GRADES

WEEK 32nd -PENPALS Colombian Corner – 4^th, 5th

PROPÓSITO:To improve students speaking, reading & writing comprehension abilities (Mejorar las capacidades de comprensión oral, lectora y producción de textos).

COMPETENCIA: Students can listen, read, and understand written texts using English as a foreign language. (Escuchan, leen y comprenden textos orales y escritos en inglés como lengua extranjera)

CAPACIDADES:

1.Students manage vocabulary given in English to talk about our personal activities. (Comprenden y manejan el vocabulario dado y se expresan acerca de sus propias actividades habituales y acerca de sus gustos o preferencias).

2.Students recognize main ideas and make explanations about by basic structures given assertively. (Reconocen ideas principales y comentan sobre ellas o responden preguntas de manera asertiva).

3.Students recognize and use simple present tense and Simple past, (regular and irregular verb forms) with. Comparan entre las acciones del presente y el pasado; las acciones en progreso y las habituales o rutinarias.

TONY VASQUEZ – 16 years old – Colombian student

Hi, everyone. I am Tony Vasquez. I'm 16 years old. I 'm from Bogota, Colombia. I normally start classes at 9 am in the mornings by zoom or Meet. Usually, I send my homework by mail or WhatsApp. 

I was born in a cold morning of Christmas, so mom always says I 'm Jesus' brother in some way. I like playing soccer and baseball. I used to play in a local teen club, but now we cannot play because of the sanitarian emergency. I think, perhaps we will play in 2022.

I love reading detectives or mystery good stories. My favorite author is Agatha Christie. She was a very famous British writer.

Sometimes, I hate tidying my room, but I always try to do my best to help at home. Instead, I enjoy biking around the neighborhood. I often do it early in the morning. I like biking with mom and dad. I’m the only child, but I expect I'll have a brother or sister someday in the future.

Isolation at home was hard and boring sometimes. I have to be patient and tolerant. I love chatting with friends. So, we are in touch very often after I have finished homework or my duties at home. Some classmates abandoned classes. Some other students are coming back. It makes me happier and more enthusiastic now.

Today is Monday. I am having Math classes now. I love Math 'cause is challenging. I want to be an engineer or an astronaut someday in the future.

I hope all this situation may finish very soon.

You can write to me anytime. I like making new friends around the world. You can write to me in English, Spanish or French. I love learning foreign languages, too.

Bye

Tony

tonyvas@comail.com 

CLASS ACTIVITY:

I. READ, LISTEN AND ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS: 

(Check the information and practice several times)

[Escucha varias veces y practica antes de responder. Recuerda que debes utilizar la 3ra persona del singular]

a.How old is Tony? Where is he from?

b.Why he cannot play soccer these days? Explain.

c.What does he like doing in his free time?

d.What does he not like doing?

e.Is he good at languages? What languages does he speak?

f.What did he use to do before the sanitarian emergency?

g.Mention two normal activities he usually does:

II.WRITE A SIMILAR STORY ABOUT YOURSELF: 

(Don’t use any translator. Think you must learn as much you can)

[Redacta con el apoyo del texto y del diccionario. No uses traductor. Son pésimos porque no manejan sintaxis. Por ello nadie los compra y son gratis. No son capaces de traducir adecuadamente el sentido figurado ni expresiones espaciales aquí usadas]

III.DEVELOP YOUR VOCABULARY. 

(Use a good dictionary.)

[Usa un buen diccionario para trabajar todas las palabras que no conoces. Si no lo haces, no vas a comprender lo que lees. Recuerda que debes aprender de manera autónoma y responsible.]

a.Patient, tolerant (adjectives)

b. Send, start, tidy (verbs)

c.  Can (verb) Expresses the ability to do something

d.  Will (verb) Expresses undetermined future

e.  May (verb) Expresses the possibility to do something

f.  The only child (expression)

g.  Challenging (adjective)

h.  Foreign language

I.  Be in touch (expression)

j.  Penpals (expressión)

k. Used to (verb) Expresses habits in the past.