English What kind of treasures

Pedagogical Module 1 do you know about?

Curricular Threads: Communication and Cultural Awareness,
Language Through the Arts, Reading, Writing, Oral Communication

Seventh Grade EGB

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Do you have
any treasures?
How would you describe
a treasure? A treasure can
be many different things.
For some people, gold,
diamonds, and money are a
treasure. For others, friends
and family are a treasure.
Some people even have
collections of things like
rocks or books as treasures.
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What is the biggest treasure a person can have? What is your biggest treasure?

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 Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

What can be a treasure for you?

My Treasures
A treasure is different for different people. Some people value
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money; some value family; others value learning.

Exercise 1. Individual work. Choose the three most

important treasures for you. Think of the reason
for your choice.

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Exercise 2. Group work. Share your treasures with the

group. Ask: “What is one of your treasures, and why?”
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 Oral Communication
What’s your opinion about money?

Giving Your Opinion Money topics

Exercise 1. Pair work. Ask and answer
these questions.

a. Should women receive the same salary as men?

b. Should every person receive the same salary?

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c. Should children receive an allowance?

d. Should thieves steal someone’s money?

e. Should money be a treasure?

f. If you won $1000, what would you do?

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receive. obtain; get

allowance. money parents give their children

for the week or month
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thief. a person who takes things that are not

his/hers
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steal. to take something that is not yours

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Reading
History

In the past, how did people get things without money?

A World Exercise 1. Choose one of the answers to this question.

Without Money What is the purpose of the text?
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a. Describe the evolution of money.
b. Describe Chinese history. This is present perfect
tense. Why do you think
c. Describe the shape of coins and bills.
it is used here?

The Evolution of Money

People have used money for more than 3000 years. Before that
time, people used to barter. Bartering is an exchange without
money. Goods and services can be bartered. For example, a person
would give someone a chicken and receive 12 bananas.
The Chinese created the first form of money. They made the first
coin, shaped like circles. Later with the invention of paper, paper
money also appeared. Each government prints their own money.
Some countries use the U.S. dollar. Do you know two countries
that use the U.S. dollar?
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Why do you think the present

perfect tense isn't used here?

Exercise 2. Complete the following chart. In column A, write the

information that you already knew about money before you read
the text. In column B, write the information that was new for you.

Column A Column B
(I already knew this) (This is new information for me)

Vocabulary

barter. change one item

for another, like a sweater
for a bike

goods. things to buy or sell,

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like pens, houses or food

service. something a person

does for another person

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 Writing
What is a paragraph?

One Dollar

Exercise 1. Group work.

Brainstorm! What can you
buy with a dollar? Write
down every item you can
think of. You only have two
minutes to do this!

Parts of a Paragraph

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Exercise 2. Write a paragraph about what you can buy.

Topic sentence: What is the main idea of your paragraph? Write it in

a simple sentence. For example, "I can buy many things with a dollar."

Topic sentence

Supporting sentences: Which specific things can you buy?

Describe them.

Supporting details

Concluding sentence: Say the topic sentence in different words! Colorful vocabulary
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Concluding sentence

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Reading

Black Friday and Buy

Nothing Day

Before Reading
a. What do you think Black Friday is?

b. Do you think it is good or bad to buy

a lot of things?

c. What do you think happens on

‘Buy Nothing Day’?

While Reading
Look at the titles of the sections. What do you
think is the purpose of this text? Choose one.

a. To motivate you to buy more.

b. To make you think about buying less.

c. To teach you what Black Friday is.

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After Reading
Group work. Give your opinion! Do you think
What is Black Friday? Black Friday is a good idea for Ecuador?
What about Buy Nothing Day?
Black Friday is the day after the United States
holiday of Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday Take turns explaining your opinions to the
of November). Over the last 20 years, big stores whole class.
have offered discounts or bargains on this
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day. On Black Friday, many consumers start
shopping for Christmas. Now, some people Notice the
are beginning to celebrate this custom in some present perfect
cities in Ecuador. tense. Why is
Is Black Friday out of control? it used?

Black Friday encourages people to buy things

that they don’t really need and can’t afford.
Many people seem to completely lose control
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of both their money and their emotions.

What’s the alternative to Black Friday?
Since 1997, Buy Nothing Day has been celebrated Vocabulary
on the same day as Black Friday. The rules
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bargain. something sold at a cheap price

are simple. Just don’t buy anything at all
for 24 hours. consumer. someone who buys goods and services

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 Oral Communication
What would you do if you won the lottery?

Your Lucky Day!

Imagine yourself walking along a street. On the ground,

$500
you see a lottery ticket. You pick it up, and take it to the
lottery office. Your number wins! You have $500!
What will you do?

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, make a list
Exercise 1. Individual work. In your notebook
of things you will buy, or things you will do.
Write the cost of each one.

at will you do
Exercise 2. Group work. Ask and answer: “Wh
with your $500?”

a girl who
Exercise 3. Listen to the conversation between
s she is going
won a lottery ticket and a friend. List the thing
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to buy.
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Communication and Cultural Awareness
Do you think it is possible to live without money?

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.

The Gift Economy a. Is a minga a gift economy?
Can you imagine going to a market and
instead of hearing a person saying, “You
can buy 15 oranges for 1 dollar,” you hear b. Is the gift economy similar to the barter
someone saying, “You can take 15 oranges economy? Explain. (You can go to page 4
for your family for free”? This is not a dream; to remember what barter economy is).
this kind of market exists. People call it the

gift economy. Here are some examples
of these economies: c. Are families an example of a gift
economy? Why?
• Mali, in West Africa

• The Milne Bay Province of Papua
New Guinea d. Which values are important in a gift economy?
• The American Indian Potlatch in North
America‘s Pacific Northwest
In this kind of economy, people just give Exercise 2. Discussion questions.
others what they need. People help other
people without paying with money. a. Do you consider you are part of a gift economy?

Families are a good example of a gift economy. b. Would you like to live in a country with
Parents give their children food, clothes, a gift economy? Why? Why not?
education, toys, etc. Children don’t have c. Which of your possessions are you ready
to pay for that. The gift economy also exists to give to other people?
in some communities. People in the community
help each other. Generosity, respect, reciprocity, d. Which items would you like to receive?
and thankfulness are important values in the
gift economy.
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economy. the use of money and resources

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value. a good quality someone has, like generosity

or solidarity

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 Oral Communication
Can you put Tutankhamun’s story together?

Tutankhamun

Exercise 1. Look at the picture and discuss.

a. What do you think this

image represents?

b. What material do you think it is made of?

Exercise 2. Read the text about the famous

Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
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Exercise 3. Pair work. Cover the text and

practice telling each other the story. Use
the words below to help you remember
the story.

Tutankhamun , called King Tut, was King Tut - 3 000 years ago - nine years
an Egyptian king. He was born more old - treasures of gold - death - tomb - food
than three thousand years ago. He and clothes - cane - foot - face mask
became king when he was only nine
years old. Like Atahualpa, he had
many, many treasures of gold. No
one knows what caused his death,
but many of his treasures were
buried with him in a tomb. Besides
his gold, his people also put food and
clothes in his tomb. A cane was also
found in the tomb. We know that
he had a problem with his foot, so
for him, the cane was an important
treasure! His famous golden face
mask was also found in the tomb.

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buried (bury). put under the earth

cane. stick used to walk with
tomb. place where people are put after they die

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Language Through the Arts
What do you know about Atahualpa's treasure?

Ancient Treasures
Exercise 1. Pair work. Look at the picture and
answer the questions.

a. This is an image of Atahualpa. Why do you think

there is a lot of gold in the image?

b. Why do you think there is a sun?

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Exercise 2. Get in small groups of 3-4 to compare

Tutankhamun’s story to Atahualpa’s story.

Tutankhamun’s story

Atahualpa’s story

In November 1532, the Spanish conqueror In groups, make a list of things that the two
Francisco Pizarro attacked Atahualpa’s soldiers in stories have in common.
Cajamarca. Pizarro sent Atahualpa to prison in When you finish, exchange your list with
the Temple of the Sun. Atahualpa thought if he another group and add their ideas to your list.
gave the Spanish conquerors a room filled with Trade lists with all the groups in the class.
gold and two rooms filled with silver they would
leave, but they didn’t. Pizarro ordered his soldiers
to kill Atahualpa.
Atahualpa's treasure was never found, and many
people have tried to find it. In 1886, a man
named Barth Blake wrote about a treasure he
found. He said there were thousands of coins,
jewelry, and statues made of gold and silver.
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People say that Blake took part of the treasure

and left. On the plane to New York he
disappeared. Some people say someone pushed
him. Many people who have followed his same
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steps looking for Atahualpa’s treasure have died.

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 Oral Communication
Art

A Public Treasure

Flickr / Luca Conti

Pixabay / Marco Pomella

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Exercise 1. Look at the two pieces of art

on this page and, in pairs, discuss the
following questions. Keith Haring's paintings are funny, energetic,
angry, and sometimes political. His art is
a. What do you see? about children, education, and social issues.
He worked with children on many projects.
b. Do you think this painting is difficult to copy?
For example, he made a large sculpture for
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a children’s hospital in New York. He is a

Exercise 2. Individual work. Imagine a large wall different artist because his paintings are in
near your house. Draw artwork for that wall. public places so that everyone can enjoy them.
Then, explain your drawing to a partner. That's why they are called "public treasures."

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Reading
What do you think happened to these people?

The Mummies of Pompeii,

an Ancient Treasure
Exercise 1. Look at this picture.

a. Do you think the bodies are sculptures

or real humans?

flickr. /Tyler Bell

b. Have you ever heard about Pompeii? This picture was taken in Pompeii, Italy.
In that city there is a volcano called Vesuvius.

The volcano erupted and all the people died
because of the heat and the ash. Everyone
thought that the city was lost, but in the
Tips 1700s, excavations started in Pompeii and
Exercise 2. Pair work. a great treasure appeared.
Find 4-5 words that are Many words are
similar in Spanish After the excavation, archeologists found
similar in Spanish and interesting objects like graffiti on the walls
English. Make a list. and in English.
and many human bodies. The bodies were
a. For example, we say like stones after the ash cooled. Now Pompeii
"volcano" in English allows us to understand people’s everyday life in
b. Roman times.
and volcán in Spanish
.
c. These words can help This treasure has a value of hundreds of millions
you understand of dollars. Now Pompeii is one of the biggest
d. the text better. tourist attractions in Italy. 2.5 million visitors
e. go to Pompeii every year.

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions.

a. Which volcano erupted near the city

of Pompeii?
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b. What were the principal causes why people

died after the eruption?

c. What did the archeologists find? Vocabulary

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heat. the quality of being hot

d. Is Pompeii a tourist attraction? ash. the gray or black powder you see after
burning something

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 Writing
Can you tell a good story?

My Friend, the King

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Exercise 1. Imagine you are the best friend
of one of these kings. Choose one of the
stories to write about.

a. Atahualpa and the Spanish soldiers' meeting.

b. King Tut becoming king at age 9.

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Begin your story: Many years ago, the
was a famous king.
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Write the setting (the place and the tim
of the story.)
Write three events that happened,
and describe each one.
(First, Then, Next,...)
End the story. (Finally, ...)
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Assessment

Speaking Listening
Look at the images and answer the Listen to the person tell you how to make a quilt.
following questions: Follow the instructions step by step.
a. Who are these women?
b. What do you think they do?
c. Do you like their quilts? 1

d. Would you pay a lot of money for one

of those quilts?
e. Do you think the quilts are works of art?

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Vocabulary

quilt. a cover people use on their beds to stay

warm at night.

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 Assessment What is a¿Xxxxxxx?
treasure for you?

Reading
1. Read the following paragraph and answer
the questions.

There is a poor town called Gee's Bend,

in the south of the United States. In this
town, women are real artists. They make

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quilts. Quilts are covers for the bed to
keep people warm at night. These quilts
are real works of art and real treasures.
Some of the quilts are in museums, but
the women in Gee’s Bend do not think
the quilts are works of art. They just
make the quilts to stay warm. 2. Answer the following questions with
True (T) or False (F)
The women use cheap and old material
to make the quilts. They cut the material a. Gee’s Bend is a rich town
into pieces, and then they put all the in Alabama.
material on the floor. They put the pieces
in a way or another. Then they see how b. The quilts are works of art.
the colors go together. When the women
meet to make the quilts, they sew, talk c. The quilts are made with
and sing. expensive material.

d. They use old material to

make the quilts.
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e. Before they make the quilt,

the women decide
on a good combination.

Writing
Write a paragraph about what you can buy with $10 for your family.
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I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module.

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I can’t do
I do it
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Topics I do it very well. I can improve. it without

somewhat well.
help.

I can use vocabulary related to money and treasures.

I can give opinions.

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 Lesson C

Communication and Cultural Awareness

What are some strange treasures that people collect?

Exercise 1. Pair work.

Ask, “Do you collect anything?” “Tell me about your collection.”

“What would you like to collect?”

Exercise 2. Pair work. Make a list of strange things people could

collect. Share the list with the class. Decide which collection is the
“most interesting,” the “most difficult to collect,” the “strangest,” etc.

Coca-Cola Cans Are a Treasure

39-year-old David
Andreani from Pesaro,
Italy has collected cans
since he was 15. His
collection includes
special edition and
commemorative cans
from almost every country
except Cuba and North
Korea. An Ecuadorian who
lives near Sangolquí also
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collects cans. Julio Tobar

has more than 300 cans.

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"David has collected cans." Why do we use the present perfect tense
in this sentence?

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 Oral Communication

Do you think dreams are treasures?

Dream Treasures

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Some Native American tribes

collect dreams as their treasures.
They catch them in dream
catchers, and tell the dreams
as stories.

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Exercise 1. Listen to the story of a dream about

collecting sea shells.

Exercise 2. Pair work. Tell your partner about

your last dream. First, plan what you are going
to say. Take a few notes and key words in your
notebook. Then, use those words to tell your
dream to your partner. Audio
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Vocabulary

dream. images or actions that you see when

you sleep

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Reading
Do you know what a dream catcher is?

Dream Catchers

Dream catchers are a great tradition of Native Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.
Americans. Dream catchers protect dreams. a. What do dream catchers do?
They are hung on beds. Dreams fly during
the night. If the dream is beautiful, it passes
through the hole but if the dream is negative b. What do they represent?
or bad, it doesn’t pass through. The web
catches the dream. In the morning those
bad dreams disappear.
c. Do tourists buy them?
For many generations, native American

Indians have valued dream catchers. They are
part of their lives and homes. Dream catchers
also represent strength and unity. Now, we can
Exercise 2. Look at the words in orange and
also find dream catchers in markets, but they
think about the following questions.
are made of modern materials. Tourists love
to buy dream catchers. a. Which of the underlined words do you know?

b. What is their meaning? Is it similar to Spanish?

Exercise 3. Decide if the following statements are

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True (T) or False (F). Correct the false statements.

a. Dream catchers are an

important tradition of
Native American Indians.

b. Dream catchers are hung

over doors.

c. Bad dreams pass through the web

of dream catchers.
Vocabulary

tradition. people's beliefs, legends, customs
or practices d. Tourists buy dream catchers made
of old materials.
protect. to keep a person or something safe

hung (hang). past simple of hang; attach
or suspend something e. Dream catchers also represent the
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hole. an area where something is missing unity of Native American people.

web. a net that can catch something

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 Writing
Social Studies

Do you think traditions are a treasure?

Culture and Traditions as Treasures

What is a treasure? For many native people, their biggest treasures

are their culture and traditions. Many communities are proud
of that. Sadly, many native communities lost their traditions and
languages during the colonization period. Now, many communities
are aware of the beauty of diversity, and they make great efforts
to protect their culture, traditions and native languages.
That is the case of the Ojibwe community. They lived in the
Lacs area of Minnesota. They had a traditional and peaceful way
of living. They liked to fish and hunt, but when the Europeans
arrived, their lives changed. Their government also changed and
their language disappeared. Now things are different because they
are trying to recover their culture and traditions. Older Ojibwe
people go to schools to talk about their history and traditions.

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Exercise 1. Pair work. Look at the second paragraph.

Write a similar paragraph about an indigenous tribe
in Ecuador that was changed during the colonization period.

You may have to investigate for some more information. Start your
paragraph with: "Many communities were affected in the Spanish
conquest. The X community was one of them."

Vocabulary

culture. form of civilization;

art and traditions of
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a community

community. group of people

that live in a specific area

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Language Through the Arts
What do you think a pirate is?

Audio
Listen to the recording

Exercise 1. Listen to the poem.

I Wish I Was a Pirate Listen again and clap to the rhythm.
Now, with a partner, try to say the poem,
I wish I was a pirate, and clap. Practice a few times.
With a long knife hanging down,
Long hair, long beard, Read the poem with the whole class.
My teeth so black and brown.

A parrot on my shoulder,
A black patch on my eye,
A pirate ship to sail in,
A pirate flag to fly.

Pirates don’t have parents.

They don’t go to school,
They never have to take a bath,
For them, there are no rules!

I wish I was a pirate,

Sailing on the seas,
No school, no rules,
A pirate’s life for me!

Vocabulary

beard. hair on a man's face

parrot. bird who can talk
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patch. cloth on a pirate's eye

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flag. cloth with symbols

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Would you like to be a pirate?

The Pirate Who Couldn’t Swim

Exercise 1. Pair work. Look at the underlined Exercise 2. Individual work/pair work.
words. They are all like Spanish words. Can you Now, you can finish the story. Plan the ending
guess their meaning? individually. Take notes in your notebook, just
notes, not whole sentences.

John Brown was a famous pirate, who sailed Then, share your ending with your partner.
the coast of the Pacific Ocean. He captured
many boats and took a lot of treasure. He was You can use these hints.
very rich! The Naval police of many countries
wanted to capture him, but he was very smart! a. Did the Naval Police catch him?
He was tall, handsome, and strong. But he had
a problem. He was very afraid of the water, and b. Did he jump in the water?
he couldn’t swim! c. Did he drown?
One day, he was looking at the ocean, using his d. Did he escape?
telescope, and he saw on the horizon a Naval
police ship. e. Where is he now?

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Assessment

Listening
Listen to the following audio 2. Put an X next to the rule you hear in the audio.
and do the activities below.
1. Which of the following
ideas summarize the
audio best?
a. You can just collect any Rule
In the audio
kind of object. Learn about the object you
want
to collect.
b. Collecting is great, but Collect antique objects, for
there are four helpful example
antique coins or stamps.
rules to enjoy it more.
If you are curious about
c. Collecting is mostly bills and stamps, collect the
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that’s it.

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Speaking
1. What do these treasures mean to you? Discuss them with 2. Discuss the following questions
your partner and make a list. Look at the following “treasures” with your partner:
and complete the columns.
a. Which values are important
for you?
b. Which values are important
in a friendship?
c. Which values are important
What is it for me? How important in a school?
is it in my life? d. Which values are important
in a society?
Honor

Trust

Dignity

Reputation
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Honesty
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 Assessment What are treasures for you?

Reading
This is a summary of the original legend
of “El Dorado.” The legend is not in order.
Put the following paragraphs in order.

“El Dorado”

Second, when the Spanish conquistadors

arrived in Colombia, they tried to remove
the water to take the treasures. They
recovered a lot of gold.

I’m going to tell you the legend of El

Dorado. People say El Dorado happened
in a place called Lake Guatavita. It is

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located near Bogotá. People say the legend
happened like this:

Finally, experts put some of the treasures

of El Dorado in a museum. To see it, you
can go to the Gold Museum in Bogota.
Writing
Third, since that first expedition, the Of all the treasures you learned about in class,
Spanish conquistadors have tried many choose one. Write a short paragraph about
times to take more treasures. But many your favorite treasure.
workers died.
Explain why this is your favorite treasure.
First, there was a leader of a tribe called
Muisca. He covered himself in gold dust,
floated into Lake Guatavita and threw the
treasures of his tribe into the lake.

Then, because these people died, the

Colombian government prohibited people
from going into the lake.

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I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module.

Self-evaluation
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Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me.

I do it I can’t do it
Topics I do it very well. I can improve.
somewhat well. without help.

I can talk about treasures, collections, and dreams.

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 Project
Tip
Present your
classmate's treasure! Connectors of sequence
help you to organize the
content when you write
Bring a special object to the class.
or speak. We use these
connectors to explain
Step 1: Pair discussion: interview your partner and ask him/
a process or tell a story.
her the following questions:
We have the following
• Why is this object important to you connectors:
or your family? First / Next / Then /
• Where does it come from? After that / Last / Finally
• Who keeps it or who takes care of it? Example:
Good morning everyone.
Step 2: Groups of 4 First, I am going to talk
Present your classmate’s object to your group. about Kevin’s special
object. After that,
Step 3: Groups of 4
I am going to explain
Choose one object per group.
the story of that object,
Step 4: Class presentation and finally, I am going to
One student in the group will present the object let you know what will
to the class. happen with that object in
the future.

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