STUDY GUIDE WEEKS 13-14

NIVELATORIO

UNIT 6
The world around us

Theme:
My community

Topic:
Places in the city

Teacher: _____________________

Student: _____________________
 STUDY GUIDE INSTRUCTIONS

- This document is the study guide for you to work on the contents of the course

during the weeks between the 20th and the 30th of April. This guide contains

activities from your packet and your student book. As an extra practice, you

can use your workbook and the audio files available online.

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- Your teacher will give you more details about quizzes.

- There will be a synchronous session (video conference with your teacher) once

a week in your 2-hour class. Keep checking your e-mail and class

announcements to know when you have to join.

- The teacher can be contacted through the following mail:

itorregr@[Link]

The following is the breakdown of the activities:

ACTIVITY Start Date Due Date

Study guide # 2 April 20th , 2020 April 30th, 2020
Reading Section April 20th, 2020 April 21st, 2020
Vocabulary Section April 22nd, 2020 April 23 rd, 2020
Grammar Section April 23 rd, 2020 April 24th, 2020
Online session #1 (sometime between these April 20th,2020 April 24th, 2020
dates and in your class time)
Writing Section April 24th, 2020 April 30th, 2020
Listening Section April 25th, 2020 April 30th, 2020
Speaking Section April 27th, 2020 April 29th, 2020
Online session #2 (according to your April 27th, 2020 April 30th, 2020
teacher’s schedule)
Reading SLO 2:
Identify general and specific information in short, simple texts
and conversations containing familiar vocabulary.

1. Read the text and do the comprehension exercises below.

I live here, but I work far from home…

Jose Luis Garcia lives in a small village in the providence of San Luis,
Argentina, but works in Buenos Aires, 800 kilometers away. He goes to work
by bus. “I love my village because of the quiet places, but the good jobs are in
Buenos Aires. I don't want to live in Buenos Aires. It's an exciting place, but it's
very polluted and dangerous. Definitely, I prefer living in San Luis. The village
is on the Chorrillos river near the beautiful mountains. It's safe and quiet. “It is
then a great place for my wife and kids.”
But there are more people like Jose Luis all over the world. Many people live
and work in different places because big cities are more expensive. Lawrence
wood, an English businessman, works in London, but lives in another country.
He flies to London on Mondays and flies back to Malta on Friday evenings,
where he lives with his wife Samantha and two little children.
“Our home in Malta is next to the sea and it’s bigger than most houses in
London” says Lawrence. “We have a beautiful backyard with a view to the sea.
It's five minutes from the children's school and 20 minutes from the airport.
Everything is near. It's fantastic.”

1.1 Identify Main ideas. Circle the correct option:

The main idea of the text is…

a. Two men who live near their place of work.

b. Two men who live far from their place of work.

 c. Two men who work and live in the same city.

1.2 Identify Specific details.

Check the following statements and write true or false. Correct the false
sentences.

Jose Luis has children. T F

Lawrence Wood is from T F

England.

Lawrence Wood lives in T F

London.

Jose Luis goes to work by T F

train.

Lawrence Wood is a pilot T F

1.3 Answer the following questions. (Complete answers)

a. How does Lawrence go to

work?

b. Where is Jose Luis from?

c. Where does Lawrence
work?
d. What is Buenos Aires like?
Vocabulary SLO 4: Recognize key words related to personal information

You can find some new ways of getting around, here you are some more:
For more practice, do the exercises in your student Book, on pages 28 (
Parts A & B)

Places in cities

Look at the map above and write the places.

1. You drink a beer here. __________________

2. You watch a movie here. ________________
3. You buy a book here. ___________________
4. You get a doctor for your dog here. _________________
5. You buy bread here. ________________
6. You buy a present here. __________________
7. You pay to sleep for a night here. _________________
8. You take a bus here. ____________________
9. You buy clothes here. _______________________
10. You go here if you get sick. ___________________
Grammar SLO 7: Use Nivelatorio grammar accurately

Prepositions of place.

We use prepositions of place to give the location of an object or place. Look at

the following image and NOTICE the use of: IN - ON- UNDER- IN FRONT OF-
BEHIND- NEXT TO - ABOVE - BELOW - BETWEEN.

Read the question and its answer:

Where is the cat? It is IN the box.

GUIDED PRACTICE

Use your dictionary to find the meaning of the following words. Write the meaning in the
box in front.

Toybox
Shelf
Window
Night table
Rug
Fishbowl
Look at the picture and answer the questions. Use prepositions of place.

a. Where is the fishbowl? _________________________________

b. Where is the toybox? __________________________________

c. Where is the shelf? ___________________________________

d. Where are the clothes? ________________________________

e. Where is the rug?____________________________________

f. Where is the window? ________________________________

TIME TO EXPLORE: Barranquilla has many beautiful and interesting places. Do you
identify these places in the city?
Time to associate: Can you relate the previous images to their names? Use letters
or numbers to connect them.

Park_____ School_____ Post Office______ Bank______ Supermarket_______

Shopping mall_____ Movie theater ________ Bookstore________ Pharmacy______

Hotel ______ Bus Station______ Church ________ Restaurant ______ Museum___

Time to practice: Go to page 68 in your book, look at the map and write 5 sentences

Example: The post office is next to Star of India Restaurant

1._______________________________________________________

2.______________________________________________________

3.______________________________________________________

4._____________________________________________________

5._______________________________________________________
Time to learn: Watch the following video.
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Pay attention to the way the use prepositions of place and other expressions to give
directions. NEXT TO - OPPOSITE TO - TURN RIGHT - TURN LEFT - ON THE RIGHT
- ON THE LEFT - GO STRAIGHT- WALK TWO BLOCKS.

Write the places, the woman asks directions for. ___________________________

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

Time to practice:

Based on where you are on the map, how do you get to……………………

Use the correct words to give instructions. For example: I need to walk three blocks
and then turn right.

a. the hospital? _________________________________________

b. the Italian restaurant? ___________________________________

c. the bus station? _______________________________________

d. the supermarket? ______________________________________

e. the theater? __________________________________________

f. the post office? ________________________________________

SLO 3 Compose a collection of simple and compound sentences around a central topic.

Objective 3.1 Use adjectives to describe people and places

1. WRITING SIMPLE SENTENCES DESCRIBING PLACES

1.1 Now write five sentences describing the different places in your city.
Use the following structure.

Example: The statue of liberty is beautiful.

NOUN TO BE ADJ

Use adjectives such as:

beautiful, boring, fun, charming, crowded, exciting, expensive, fantastic, huge,
popular, polluted, interesting, exotic, cheap, etc.

Example: The zoo is exciting________

1. ____________________________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________
4. ____________________________
5. _______________________________

1.2 Describe a city/town you like using there is/there are; has and adjectives
from the box above. Write five sentences.

_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

1.3 Circle the correct verbs.

1. In London there (has / is / are) a lot of parks.

2. Rome (has / is / are) a population of four million.

3. There (has / is / are) many museums in Cairo.

4. In Paris there (is / have / has) a famous tower.

5. There (has / is / are) a big airport in Moscow.

 1.4 Complete the sentences about your city or town. (Use There is/There are;
has)

1. My city/town has __________________________________________.

2. In _____________, there is _______________________________ .

3. There are ________________________________ in my city/town.

4. It has _____________________________ .

2. WRITING COMPOUND SENTENCES TO DESCRIBE PLACES

A compound sentence is composed of at least two independent clauses, connected

by the conjunctions and, so, or , but.

Examples:

Note. Use a comma before the conjunction.

Exercise

Directions: Create a compound sentence by combining the two simple sentences

below using one of these conjunctions: and, or, so, but.

and = addition

or = options

so = consequence

but = contrast

Example:

David likes to swim. David likes to hike. = David likes to swim, and he likes to hike.

1. Mary likes big apartments. She likes big houses too.

_________________________________________________________

2. Peter´s neighborhood is pretty. It is dangerous.

___________________________________________________________

3. Mark wants to visit Jamaica for his vacations. He wants to visit Aruba, he is
not sure.

___________________________________________________________

4. Cartagena is beautiful. There are many poor people.

____________________________________________________________
5. Barcelona has a lot of tourist attractions. You can do a lot of plans.

____________________________________________________________
3. WRITING AN E-MAIL DESCRIBING YOUR CITY

3.1 Analyze the structure of an e-mail. Organize them in logical order:

Number Order of the e-mail

Closing- Write back soon an tell me about you and your city

Your name - Lucinda

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Opening greeting- Hi Joseph,

Body of the e-mail- I live in a big house in London

Closing greeting- Best wishes

Introduction- My name is Lucinda and I am …

3.2 Analyze the following mail where Peter describes his city: Find and highlight the
compound sentences that use and, so, or, but.

To: marco147@[Link]

Subject: Hi

Hi Marco,

Nice to meet you! My name´s Peter and I´m sixteen. I live near London with my
mom, my little brother Alfred and I also live with my dog, Cookie.
We live in a small city called Greenwich. It is a cold city in the countryside. My
house is near the school. In my neighborhood there is a library, and some small
shops.

My city has a lot of places to visit like the football stadium. You can watch great
games here! Also, you can go to the riverside, have dinner in seafood
 restaurants, and visit great museums, so there are a lot of plans to do.

In downtown there are a lot of discos and bars, but I don't like to party very
much. My friends do. At nights we eat something before we go the movies or
we sometimes go to party.

In Greenwich there are different places to do sports. I really like sports. In my

school there are four tennis courts. There is a soccer and baseball field. My
school has a great baseball team.

Write soon and tell me about you and your city.

Best wishes,

Peter.

Write simple sentences about the city/ town you are from.

Simple sentences about Peter´s city Simple sentences about your city

My house is near the school

My city has a lot of places to visit like

the football stadium

Here you can go to the riverside

Here there are a lot of discos and bars

Write compound sentences about the city/ town you are from.
Compound sentence about Peter´s city Compound sentences about your city
I live in London with my mom, my little brother
Alfred, and I also live with my dog, Cookie.

Here you can go to the riverside, seafood

restaurants, and great museums, so there
are a lot of plans to do.

Here there are a lot of discos and bars, but I

don´t like to party very much.

At nights, we eat something before we go the

movies, or we sometimes go to party.

Now write an e-mail about your city or town, following the previous example.
Remember about the different parts of the e-mail and about using simple and
compound sentences (and, or, but, so).

To:

Subject:

______________________ .

Nice to _______________ you! My name’ s _____________

Write________ and tell me about you and your ______

Best _______________

____________________

Identify general and specific information in short, simple texts and conversations
Listening containing familiar vocabulary
SLO1
Listen to the audio and complete the sentences with the correct word ( click here
to listen [Link] )

1. The hotel is next to the ____________________

2. The zoo is _____________ the police station
3. The __________ is between the post office and the supermarket
4. The bowling alley is on ____________________ street.
5. The ______ is on the corner of west Street and south Street.
6. City hall is in front of the ____________.
7. The ________ is near the ________________.
8. The __________is __________ the post office
9. The bowling alley is behind the ____________.
10. The __________ is __________ the bus station and the police station.

Listen again to the COMPLETE SENTENCES and write TRUE or False in front of
each sentence.

Speaking SLO 6 Produce a short descriptive presentation using familiar vocabulary

Look at the map and give directions to different places. Start from the X
 ● Let’s practice!

A: Where’s Bob’s Bookstore?

B: It’s on Market Street. Go straight on Hill Street and turn left. Then cross Center
Street.

1. Where is Kay’s drugstore?

2. How do I get to City High School?
3. Where’s the movie theater from the post office?

● Speaking project

1. Choose ONE of these options: a map, your neighborhood, a city, your town.

2. Prepare an oral presentation describing it. Use the grammar and vocabulary
from this guide.

3. Record yourself in a video that lasts not more than 2 minutes.

4. Upload your video on:

 a) Youtube

b) Vimeo

c) Google drive

4. Copy the link XXXXXX and paste it on the activity.

Recommendations:

1. Do NOT read.

2. Make sure the quality of the sound is good.

3. Show good pronunciation, grammar, intonation, vocabulary, fluency and

creativity. Check the rubric.