Lesson
letter is a word that has two meanings. Then, organize the class into pairs, tell students to go to page 36, and read instructions aloud. Give them some time to work on the task while you monitor walking around. Finally, play Track 12 pausing after each word is said and invite volunteers to write the answers on the board. 2. Label the parts of the letter using the words from Activity 1. Students will continue working in pairs to label the parts of the letter with the answers from the previous activity. Monitor while they work to offer any help they may need. Check orally. 3. Reread the letter and analyze how it is similar or different from letters written in your native language. Register your conclusions. Students will continue working in pairs. Tell them to take out their native language book and look for a letter so they can compare it with the one provided in the previous activity. Encourage them to pay attention to details such as the one described in the example. In order to anwer the “greeting” aspect, remind them that the person who receives the letter is called recipient. Monitor to offer guidance in case they need it. Check by asking pairs to read their answers aloud. Differentiated Instruction Activity 1: Use the Jigsaw Strategy to encourage collaboration. Assign each pair only one word to unscramble and have them share their answers with the class. Activity 3: Use the Mini Lesson Strategy to remind students the names of punctuation marks: period (.), comma (,), colon (:), question mark (?) and exclamation mark (!).
How Can We Share Personal Experiences?
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Use previous knowledge to write the names of the parts of a letter. Listen to check. 12 a The tells when the letter was written. b The means “hello.” c The contains the message. d The means “goodbye.” e The signature date greeting body closing
Social Practice of the Language To share and compare personal experiences Achievements š ([plore letters Zhere personal e[perienFes are exchanged. š ,nterpret personal e[perienFes in letters. š Write and reply to letters that narrate personal experiences. Product: /etter Zith 3ersonal ([perienFes Family and Community Environment
says who the author of the letter is.
2 Label the parts of the letter using the words from Activity 1.
May 28, 2018
Dear Liz, I’m writing you to tell you I visited my family in Guanajuato and I had a wonderful time with my cousins. How about your vacation? Write me soon. Lots of love, Olivia
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closing signature
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3 Reread the letter and analyze how it is similar or different from letters written in your native language. Register your conclusions. Aspect English Native Language date You write the month, day, and year. You write the place, day, month, and year.
You put a comma after the recipient’s name.
You put a colon after the recipient’s name.
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Achievement
Explore letters where personal experiences are exchanged.
Teaching Guidelines
• Compare letter elements. • Establish differences between writing letters in English and in their native language.
Development What is a letter and which are its parts? Ask students how they usually share personal experiences; listen to their answers and explain to them that, in the past, writing letters was a very common way to do it. Next, ask aloud the question: What is a letter and which are its parts? Elicit previous knowledge from students. In case they don’t know the answer, tell them not to worry because that is what they will learn in this lesson. 1. Use previous knowledge to write the names of the parts of a letter. Listen to check. 12 Invite students to go to page 107 to check the definition of the word letter in the Glossary. Ask: Do you know any other meaning for that word? Which one? (a sign that represents a sound). Explain that
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