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    This document is a lesson plan from an English class in Peru for 4th grade secondary students. It includes exercises about reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and speaking related to life stories of Carlos Acosta and Venus Williams. The exercises focus on learning past tense verbs, life events, and having students discuss inspiring people and their own experiences. Students are asked to complete comprehension questions, fill in vocabulary words, identify grammar rules, and speak in pairs about events from last year. At the end, students self-assess their understanding of the lesson content.

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    This document is a lesson plan from an English class in Peru for 4th grade secondary students. It includes exercises about reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and speaking related to life stories of Carlos Acosta and Venus Williams. The exercises focus on learning past tense verbs, life events, and having students discuss inspiring people and their own experiences. Students are asked to complete comprehension questions, fill in vocabulary words, identify grammar rules, and speak in pairs about events from last year. At the end, students self-assess their understanding of the lesson content.

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    This document is a lesson plan from an English class in Peru for 4th grade secondary students. It includes exercises about reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and speaking related to life stories of Carlos Acosta and Venus Williams. The exercises focus on learning past tense verbs, life events, and having students discuss inspiring people and their own experiences. Students are asked to complete comprehension questions, fill in vocabulary words, identify grammar rules, and speak in pairs about events from last year. At the end, students self-assess their understanding of the lesson content.

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    “SANTA TERESITA” ENGLISH


    CAJAMARCA FOURTH GRADE OF SECONDARY LEVEL

    Activity 3: Life Stories

    LET´S READ
    Exercise 1. Work in pairs. Look at the pictures in the article. What do you Know about these people?
    Exercise 2. READ FOR GIST. Work in pairs. Student A read about Carlos Acosta. Student B read about
    Venus Williams. Tell your partner about your person.

    Mrs. Zoila Quispe


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    CAJAMARCA FOURTH GRADE OF SECONDARY LEVEL

    Exercise 3. READ FOR DETAIL. Read the article again and complete the sentences with names
    from the text. Use the information in the box to help you.

    1. ___________________wanted Venus and Serena to learn tennis.


    2. Carlos got married to _________________.
    3. In 2008, Carlos was in a film called __________________.
    4. Venus moved to ___________________in 1990.
    5. _________________sent Carlos to dance school for the first time.
    6. _________________became world number one in July 2002.
    7. Carlos got a gold medal from _________________.
    8. __________________helped Venus with school lessons at home.

    LET’S SPEAK. Work in pairs. Which person inspires you? Why?


    A: I like Carlos Acosta because he helps young dancers.
    B: I think Venus is more inspiring. She was the first African American to be the world´s number one
    tennis player.
    PRONUNCIATION: Past simple regular endings
    Exercise 1: There are three different ways of pronouncing the endings of past simple regular verbs. Can
    you hear the difference? Listen and repeat.

    Exercise 2: Listen and add the verbs in the box to the table in exercise 1. Then listen and repeat.

    asked decided moved stopped studied wanted worked

    VOCABULARY: Life Events


    Exercise 1: Complete the phrases with the infinitives in the box. Use the words in bold in Inspiring stories
    to help you.
    be become get go have move start study

    1. _______________married.
    2. _______________a dancer/musician/singer.
    3. _______________to school/university.
    4. _______________work.
    5. _______________art / a language.
    6. _______________born.
    7. _______________children.
    8. _______________house/ to a different city.

    Mrs. Zoila Quispe


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    CAJAMARCA FOURTH GRADE OF SECONDARY LEVEL

    LET’S SPEAK. Put the life events in Exercise 1 in the order that you think they happen. Then
    work in pairs. Are your life events in the same order? Can you think of any other
    life events?
    A: What about learning to drive? That´s a big life event for most people.
    B: That´s true. I learnt to drive when I was 17. It really changed my life!

    LET´S NOTICE SOMETHING


    GRAMMAR: Past simple regular and irregular verbs
    Read Inspiring stories again. Complete the table with past verbs from the article.

    Past simple regular and irregular verbs


    Regular Irregular
    move= become=
    play= get=
    practice= go=
    start= gave=
    study= send=

    Look at the rules about past simple regular verbs. Tick (✓) the rules that are true.
    Past simple regular verbs

    1 We add -ed to most verbs.

    2 We add -d to verbs ending in -e

    3 We add -s to the third person.

    4 With verbs ending in -y, we cut the -y and add -ied

    SPEAK. Work in pairs. Tell your partner three things you did last year.

    A: I went to Lima, I bought a new iPhone and I went to the beach! What about you?
    B: Well done! I joined a gym, I met my best friend and I played basketball.

    LET’S REFLECT!
    How much have you learned this week? Select the option that best expresses what you can do now that you have completed
    the learning lesson

    INSTRUCTION: READ CAREFULLY AND BE HONEST IN YOUR ANSWERS

    No Yes, but I Yes I can do this


    need help very well

    1 Can you understand an article about life events?

    2 Can you express about past events with regular and irregular verbs?

    Mrs. Zoila Quispe


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