use body language to show their meaning. Play Track 13 and have them focus on identifying emotions. Check orally. 6. Reread the letters in Activities 4 and 5. Circle the one that is a reply. Have students classify letters whether they are replies or not by analyzing the letters they read in the previous activities. Once they have chosen, ask: How did you know? Listen to their answers and explain that there are some phrases like It was great to hear from you or Thanks for your letter that are used as an opening in the body, and that show it is a reply to another letter. Ask students who sent the first letter (the Persian Queen Atossa) and when (500 BC). Tell them that, to calculate the age of that letter, we have to add 500 years to our current year.
4 Read the letter, determine the theme, and complete the sentence.
March 16, 2019
This letter is talking about a music
Hi Aldo, I will be in your city next week. I’m very excited because I will be playing the bass in the music festival. I know you love music and I would like to invite you. I can give you tickets . Write back soon, Mario
festival.
Reader When Zas the ırst letter sent? (pp. 1-)
5 Listen and circle the emotions that show how Aldo feels. 13
March 18, 2019
sad
thankful
Hello Mario, It was great to hear from you. I would love to go to the music festival. Thanks a lot for the tickets. See you around, Aldo
worried
bored
happy
6 Reread the letters in
Activities 4 and 5. Circle the one that is a reply.
Step 1 • Check this and the previous page and, on a sheet of paper, create a list with words and expressions that can be used when writing letters. • Use a dictionary to add some more words to the list and le your sheet in your portfolio. Self-evaluation Re ect upon the following questions: • Which aspect did I consider to explore letters? Letter with Personal Experiences
Product: Letter with Personal Experiences
• Could I understand the personal experience they communicate?
What can I do to improve?
In this unit, students will write a letter to share a personal experience. In this lesson, students will create a repertoire of words and expressions that can be used to write a letter. Organize the class into pairs, read the first instruction aloud, and give them some time to check the letters in this lesson to select their words and expressions. Then, read the second instruction aloud and encourage them to say words or expressions they use in Spanish to write letters; write them on the board and invite the class to use a dictionary or online reference tools to look up the terms in English. This activity will be your first evidence in this unit; once they have their lists ready, ask students to file it following the procedure you prefer. Self-evaluation Read the questions aloud to make sure students know what each of them refers to. Tell them to review the activities they performed in this lesson to answer and identify their areas of opportunity. Finally, encourage them to suggest ways in which they may improve. What is a letter and which are its parts? Invite students to answer the question in English explaining the terms they learned during this lesson.
37 Unit 4
Achievement
Interpret personal experiences in letters.
Teaching Guidelines
• Use strategies to determine theme. • Identify emotions. • Classify letters whether they are replies or not. Development 4. Read the letter, determine the theme, and complete the sentence. This activity will guide students to use strategies to determine the theme of the letter. First, tell them to scan the text to identify Glossary words. Have them go to page 107, ask volunteers to read their meaning aloud, and invite them to predict what the letter may be about. Then, organize the class into pairs and ask them to go to page 37. Read instructions aloud and have them identify a word that is repeated twice (music). Ask: Was your prediction correct? 5. Listen and circle the emotions that show how Aldo feels. 13 Explain to students that they will listen to the reply letter that Aldo wrote to Mario. Read aloud the words in the box and, to check understanding, have them
Unit 4
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