Level 3 Unal: Review: Recounts, Stories and News

Diagnosis

The purpose of these activities is to know how your English level is.

Listening Activity:
Listen to the following segment about climate change.
Audio

Take notes of the words or sentences you understand.
Try to summarize the main message of the segment in two sentences.
Complete the following text with the missing words.
Script

Speaking activity:
Go around the class and ask your classmates the following questions. Write the name of the classmate that answers positively to the question.

Find someone Who...
Who was a beautiful baby? “Were you a beautiful baby?”
Who was the oldest child? Were you the oldest child in your family?
Was the youngest child?
Was an only child?
Was born in Cartagena?
Was always in trouble?
Was a very quiet child?
Was a fat baby?
Was a very thin girl?
Was a very noisy boy?
Was a very clever student?
Was a slow learner?
Was a generous sister?
Was never scolded by her mother? Were you ever scolded by your mother?
Was a naughty child? Were you a naughty child?
Was an ugly child? Were you an ugly child?
Was born into a large family?
Was always a good singer?
Was good at dancing?
Was a good football player in school?
Was a poor swimmer in school?

Reading and Writing Activity: Interactive story

Pass the story out to each of your classmates. After they write two or three sentences, have them pass their story to the person on their right, and continue doing this until the story returns to the first writer.

Begin the story with this paragraph:

Something is Very, Very Different

When Jake woke up on Wednesday morning, he thought it was just another day, as usual. He got dressed, ate breakfast, and prepared to go to school. When he went outside, however, he realized that something, was very, very different.

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