Primero BGU "A" Matutina UEQ-Inglés

   THE MOVIE COCO 1. BEFORE READING: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DAY OF THE DEAD IN ECUADOR, MEXICO, AND SPAIN. WHAT ARE SOME SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES? 2. READ THE FOLLOWING REVIEW ABOUT THE MOVIE "COCO". A young boy called Miguel dreams of singing and playing guitar just like his movie-star hero, Ernesto De La Cruz. But there’s a problem; generations before, his great - great - grandmother’s heart (Coco) was broken when her musician husband abandoned her. Since then, she has forbidden the family from playing music. Miguel can’t bear the restriction, but when he steals a guitar from his idol’s tomb, he is transported to the Land of the Dead. He discovers he cannot get home unless he finds a deceased family member to give him a blessing. To do that, he teams up with the dead man Hector. It was very hard to establish the rules of the Land of The Dead, when the deceased can visit the living, but once that’s done, the film ends in a touching finale through spectacular musical nu...

    EXTREME SPORTS Oral Communication 1. DESCRIBE THE PICTURE. DO YOU KNOW SOME EXTREME SPORTS? 2.  ANSWER THIS QUESTION WITH YOUR CLASS:  -Do you enjoy extreme sports? Would you like to try some? Why or why not? 3. VOCABULARY: MATCH THE WORDS WITH THE PICTURES 4. LISTENING: LISTEN TO A CONVERSATION BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS ABOUT ACTIVITIES THEY ARE GOING TO DO (1:47). 5. ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS BASED ON THE LISTENING. 1. • Which six activities do the speakers say they are going to do? Select and write  ___canyoning ___snowboarding ___playing soccer ___white water rafting ___hiking ___tubing ___seeing a beautiful parade ___eating delicious food and drinks 2. What is hiking? 3. Where will they go white water rafting? 4. Where is tubing practiced? 5. Ambato has a festival where....     a.  People enjoy a parade full of floats decorated with balloons.      b.  People enjoy throwing water, eggs, and flour at each other.   ...

  FESTIVALS IN CUENCA -Communication and Cultural Awareness 1. DESCRIBE THE PICTURE. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT CUENCA? 2. READ THE TEXT. Festivals in Cuenca  Cuenca’s Christmas Eve Pase del Niño parade, or the Procession of the Child, is a colorful mixture of the religious and the profane. It is a festival of thanksgiving that combines Catholic and indigenous traditions. The parade usually lasts more than eight hours, and it includes floats and cars decorated with flowers, fruits and vegetables. Bands, dancers, street performers, and various Biblical characters participate, and the infant Jesus is carried through towns and villages. The parade takes place on Christmas Eve but the Pase del Niño celebration begins the first Sunday after Advent and continues until Carnival in March. Besides this celebration, Christmas in Cuenca also means nightly firework shows, concerts, and craft sales. 3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. a. Have you ever been to Cuenca? If not, would you like ...

  WHAT SPORTS/GAMES ARE PLAYED IN YOUR COMMUNITY? WRITING  1. NAME SOME SPORTS OR GAMES THAT PEOPLE USUALLY PLAY IN YOUR CITY/TOWN. 2. THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS MAY HELP YOU WRITE YOUR PARAGRAPH: • What sports are practiced in our community?  • Who plays them? (Kids, adults, men, women.)  • When is the sport practiced?  • Are there any other activities that people do during those games?  • Do you like it?  • Do you practice it? 3. WRITE A FINAL VERSION OF YOUR PARAGRAPH (50-60 WORDS) For example:

   ECUADOR AND SPORTS ORAL COMMUNICATION 1. ANSWER THIS QUESTION WITH YOUR TEACHER, CLASSMATES OR FAMILY. -What kinds of sports do people in your community practice?  2. LISTEN TO THE RADIO PROGRAM ABOUT SPORTS. 3. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES. a)  What is the most practiced sport in Ecuador?  b)  Where is soccer practiced specifically? c)  Where are new trendy sports mostly played? d)  What are the new trendy sports practiced in Ecuador? e)  What is your favorite sport? Why?

    SPORTS AND CULTURE Communication and cultural awareness 1. LET'S  WATCH THE VIDEO AND DISCUSS: WHAT IS THE RELATION BETWEEN SPORTS AND CULTURE? GIVE SOME IDEAS. 2.  READ THE TEXT BELLOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTION IN COMPLETE SENTENCES: HOW DO SPORTS SHAPE CULTURE? Sports and culture   It is said that culture is everything around us. It is the way we speak, we dress, even the way we think about certain topics. The word culture comes from the Latin “cultura”, which means to tend to, to cultivate. It was first understood as growing through education, but in the middle of 19th century, it was related to collective customs and inherited traditions and patterns of meanings in societies. All cultures are different, and even in a single country many subcultures can be identified. Sports are a universal element found in all cultures. They provide young people with experiences, fun, good physical health, as well as opportunities for social interaction and skills necessar...

  WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HANDICRAFT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY? 1. ANSWER THIS QUESTION WITH YOUR TEACHER, CLASSMATES AND FAMILY. -What are some interesting handicrafts made in Ecuador for tourists? 2. WRITING A SHORT REVIEW. LET'S LEARN. 3 .  WRITE A PARAGRAPH IN YOUR NOTEBOOK BY JOINING ALL OF THE SENTENCES YOU WROTE ABOVE. TRY TO USE AT LEAST ONE RELATIVE CLAUSE. YOU CAN DO THIS BY COMBINING SOME OF THE SENTENCES INTO ONE. SHARE YOUR PARAGRAPH WITH A CLASSMATE AND EXCHANGE IDEAS   (STEP 5).