About me Información del recurso .................................................................................. 2

Students ...................................................................................................... 3

Introduction .................................................................................................. 4

Activity 1: Getting to know yourself- Who am I? .......................................... 5

Activity 2: Biographies- Who was I? ........................................................... 9

Activity 3: In the future time- Who will I be? .............................................. 14

Self-evaluation ....................................................................................... 17

Final activity .......................................................................................... 21

Rúbrica de evaluación para el docente y para el alumnado ........................... 22

Actividad 1 ......................................................................................... 22

Actividad 2 ......................................................................................... 22

Actividad 3 ......................................................................................... 23

Actividad final ..................................................................................... 23

Referencias bibliográficas y electrónicas .......................................................... 24

Mapa de contenidos ...................................................................................... 26

Glosario....................................................................................................... 27

Ayuda ......................................................................................................... 28

Créditos ...................................................................................................... 29

About m

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Información del recurso

About me

Área curricular: Lengua extranjera: Inglés

Educación Secundaria Obligatoria

Primer curso

Picture. About me. Source: Intef.

Durante este recurso se trabajará sobre las descripciones de las personas, se

conocerá como utilizar los adjetivos y vocabulario específico. Se estudiará el futuro

simple para hacer predicciones y expresar deseos o propósitos de futuro y se

estudiará el presente histórico.

Se trabajará de forma colaborativa y participativa, esto significa que la fuente de

conocimiento surgirá de la interacción entre compañeros y compañeras a través de

la realización de las diferentes actividades propuestas. Para que el trabajo sea

óptimo, se seguirán las pautas y orientaciones indicadas en cada una, a través de

la consulta de recursos web y enlaces proporcionados como fuentes de información.

Students

To start off

In this resource, Luisa and Miguel give descriptions. They like to describe people.

The resource is divided into four activities:

Activity 1: You are going to describe yourself with adjectives and verbs.

Activity 2: You are going to explain about yourself and other people in a

biography.

Activity 3: Do you know what the future simple is used for? In this activity

you are going to learn about it.

Final activity: This is the final activity. You are going to make two audio

files describing a new friend.

At the end of this resource, you will have done several types of activities: you will

have to work on your own or with classmates, you will have to think, go a step

further if you want more information, and evaluate yourself, etc.

Picture. Skills. Source: Mediateca.

These are some of the skills you will be practising throughout this resource:

You will learn to use the present simple and the future simple.

When and how to use these tenses.

In some activities you will work in pairs and in others you will work on your

own.

In all cases, you should value and respect the different opinions of your

classmates.

You will learn how to make a digital poster with Glogster.

What are you waiting for? Let’s go!

Introduction

Meet this group of students by doing the following activities about the human body

and describing people:

Activity 1. Getting to know yourself- Who am I?

Activity 2. Biographies - Who was I?

Activity 3. In the future time - Who will I be?

Final activity.

Activity 1: Getting to know yourself- Who am I?

Illustration. What are they like?

It's your turn: Introducing yourself

Visit the following links:

Earth Mission.

Screenshot of the resource Earh Mission. Source: Agrega.

Do the activities included in the chapter called "Introductions". Take screenshots of

each activity you do (you can use GIMP), paste them into a text document and

then, send it to your teacher by email or webmail.

The human body.

Screenshot of the resource The human body. Source: Educa JCYL.

Do the activities included in the chapters called "The Human Body 1" and "The

Human Body 2". You will learn a lot of vocabulary on the parts of the human body

and about descriptions, too. Take screenshots of each activity you do (you can use

GIMP), paste them into a text document and then, send it to your teacher by email

or webmail.

Finally, write a description about yourself in a text document, using vocabulary and

structures from the materials you have just worked with. The description must also

contain some reference to the senses and to three different parts of your body. For

example, "I have long arms and short hair".

Once you have finished, send the text document with the description to your

teacher by email or webmail.

It's your turn: Taking a student census

You are going to take part in a census. But, do you know what a census is?

Visit the following link:

Census and register.

Screenshot of the resource Census and register. Source: Agrega.

Your teacher will show the presentation from the link above on the Interactive

Whiteboard. The presentation is read by a character that explains what a census is.

Then, you must download the following survey:

Fill in the survey with the following information:

Student’s name.

Date of birth.

Physical appearance (whether you have got long/short/brown/fair/etc. hair,

whether you are tall/short, whether you have got brown/blue/etc. eyes,

etc.).

Family life data (whether you have got brothers or sisters and their names

and age, where you live, etc.).

Favourite colour and food.

Hobbies or favourite activities.

Once you have completed the survey, send a copy by email or webmail to your

teacher.

Activity 2: Biographies- Who was I?

Let's practise together: Creating a personal timeline

In this activity, you will work in pairs. Are you ready?

Visit the following link:

Neighbours.

Screenshot of the resource Neighbours. Source: Agrega.

Only do the activities that you find in the section Dates, which are located in "5.

Consolidate". You will learn how to write dates. Take screenshots of each activity

that you do (you can use GIMP), paste them onto a text document and then, send

it to your teacher by email or webmail.

Then, each member of the pair will create a timeline of his/her life. Use the

following template:

When creating the personal timeline, add up to ten important events in your life,

such as your birthday, the year when you started school, the date when your

sibling(s) was (were) born, etc.

Fill the cells with the appropriate information:

“Date”: the date of the event.

“Title”: a name for the event.

“Description”: what happened on that date.

Do not forget to add a title (in the cell “title”) and your name (in the cell “by”) to

your personal timeline. Finally, save your timeline in Google Docs. Save your

document with the name “Timeline_X” (“X” refers to your name. For example:

“Timeline_RosaGutiérrez”).

Share your timeline with your classmate and teacher. Once you have received your

classmate’s work, write his/her biography in a text document, using the information

provided in his/her personal timeline.

You must write the biography using Present Simple, third person singular forms and

must include the following information:

Name and surname(s), date of birth and place of residence of your

classmate.

A description of your classmate’s life (remember to use the data included in

his/her personal timeline!). Save the document with the name

“Biography_X” (“X” refers to your name. For example:

“Timeline_RosaGutiérrez”).

Once you have finished the task, share the text document with your teacher by

Google Docs.

Let's practise together: You are part of history!

Work in pairs again. Are you ready?

Visit this link:

I spy.

Screenshot of the resource I spy. Source: Recursostic.educacion.

Only do the activities that you find in the sections "My name is Looney", "I spy with

my little eye" and "Martin, my friend". In these activities, you will learn how to

create personal descriptions and biographies. Take screenshots of each activity that

you do (you can use GIMP), paste them onto a text document and then, send this

document to your teacher by email or webmail.

Then, choose one of your birthday dates. For example: Marc was born on 23rd May

and John was born on 1st January; You agree to choose 23rd May.

Visit this link, search for the date you have just chosen in the calendar there, and

click on it. Then, click on "Also born this day" and choose a famous person from the

list:

Born this day.

Download this presentation:

Your teacher will show the presentation through the Interactive Whiteboard. You

will learn how to create biographies using information from the "Born this day" link.

Create a biography about the famous character you have just chosen, in a text

document. Use the information you have found on the link Also Born This Day. You

must use present simple, third person singular forms.

Do not forget to include at least the items you can see in this document:

Once you have finished the biography, send the document to your teacher so that

he or she can assess it. Once your teacher has done it, create a presentation using

Photo Peach (click on the link below to enter):

Photo Peach.

In your presentation, include a picture of the character. You can download the

picture from the following links:

Intef Images and Sounds Repository.

Creative Commons.

Pics4Learning.

Mediateca.

Share your presentation with your teacher and your classmates through the

Interactive Whiteboard. Publish your presentation on a new entry of the classroom

blog as well.

Activity 3: In the future time- Who will I be?

Illustration. The future.

Let's practise together: Crystal ball

In this activity you will work in groups of four.

Visit this link:

New Year’s Resolutions.

Screenshot of the resource New Year's Resolution. Source: Agrega.

Only do the activities that you find in the sections "Fortune Telling", "The lottery

ticket" and "Superstitions". Do not do the first exercise you find in the section

"Superstitions".

With these activities, you will learn how to make predictions using the future

simple. Take screenshots of each activity that you do (you can use GIMP), paste

them onto a text document and then, send this document to your teacher by email

or webmail.

Then, you and the members of your group are going to create and share a new

Google Docs text document. Share the document with your teacher as well. Don't

forget to provide this new document with a nice title.

Each member of the group will write the prediction for three different horoscopes.

For example: write the predictions for Pisces, Virgo and Libra. To get an idea about

horoscope predictions, you can go to these websites:

Chinese horoscopes.

Wayback.

Once you have finished writing the predictions on your Google Docs text document,

let your teacher know so he can grade it. Then, in groups, create a Photopeach

presentation:

Photo Peach.

In your presentation, include a picture of each horoscope. You can download the

pictures from the following link:

Intef Images and Sounds Repository.

Creative Commons.

Pics4Learning.

Mediateca.

Publish your presentation on a new entry of the classroom blog as well.

It's your turn: My Bucket List in a Time Capsule

In this activity, you will work on your own.

Now, you will make a digital glog (poster) with Glogster EDU:

Glogster EDU.

In your poster, include 10-15 goals that you would like to have achieved by the end

of the school year. Some examples are: reading a book, studying harder, visiting a

new city, meeting an English-speaking person, etc.

Once you have finished it, share the link of your glog(poster) with your teacher and

your classmates via email or webmail. Print your glog(poster) and give it to your

teacher as well. Your teacher will keep it in a box and, at the end of the school

year, he will open the box and you will check if you have met your goals.

In case you cannot print your glog(poster), you will show it through the interactive

whiteboard.

Self-evaluation

Before starting the final activity, you will check what you have learned with all the

activities that you have been doing.

Final activity

Penpals

Individually, visit this link:

Who am I?

Screenshot of the resource Who am I? Source: Agrega.

Only do the activities that you find in the sections "Find out" and "Explore". With

these activities, you will learn how to ask and give personal information to a pen

pal via email. Take screenshots of each activity that you do (you can use GIMP),

paste them onto a text document and then, send this document to your teacher by

email or webmail.

Now, work in pairs. Imagine your classmate is your English-speaking pen pal. You

will write each other an email. Write the email in a text document. Tell your penpal

about what you will be in the future.

Once you have finished it, share the document with your classmate and your

teacher using Google Docs. Your teacher will correct the document.

Next, you and your classmate will record two audio files, one for each email. You

can use Audacity.

Once you have recorded the two emails, publish the text document and the two

audio files on a blog entry.

Make comments on the blog about the emails created by the rest of your

classmates editing the blog.

Rúbrica de evaluación para el docente y para el alumnado

Actividad 1

Actividad 2

Actividad 3

Actividad final

Referencias bibliográficas y

electrónicas

Ilustración. Referencias bibliográficas y electrónicas. Fuente: Pics4learning.

Bueso Fernández,I., Casamián Sorrosa, P. (1991). Diferentes usos

gramaticales entre el español y el inglés. Madrid: Edinumen.

Marcel Danesi, Ph. D. (2005). Crucigramas y acertijos en inglés para

hispanohablantes. New York: Baronseduc.

Agrega2.

Ecured.

Recursos TIC

Programas y aplicaciones:

Audacity.

Blogger.

Calc. Paquete OpenOffice.

Glogster EDU.

Google Docs.

Photo Peach.

Programa para la edición avanzada de imágenes: GIMP.

Writer. Paquete OpenOffice.

Fotografía. Recursos TIC. Fuente: Wikimedia Commons.

Sitios web utilizados durante el recurso:

Born this day.

Census and register.

Chinese horoscopes.

Earth Mission.

I spy.

Neighbours.

New Year’s Resolutions.

The human body.

Wayback.

Who am I?

Bancos de imágenes con Licencia Libre o Creative Commons:

Banco de imágenes y sonidos (Intef).

Buscador de imágenes Creative Commons.

Banco de imágenes Pics4 Learning.

Mediateca.

Mapa de contenidos

Imagen. Mapa de contenidos.

Glosario

Ilustración. Glosario.

Ankle: Tobillo.

Biography: Biografía.

Bucket list: Lista de propósitos.

Census: Censo.

Chin: Barbilla.

Cheek: Mejilla.

Elbow: Codo.

Heel: Talón.

Human Body: Cuerpo humano.

Knee: Rodilla.

Neighbours: Vecinos.

Pen pal: Amigo por correspondencia.

Physical appearance: Apariencia física.

Register: Registro.

Resolution: Propósito.

Timeline: Eje cronológico.

Tummy: Barriga.

Ayuda

Cada pantalla del recurso tiene una estructura definida:

Las actividades se inician siempre con una situación o presentación del

tema que vas a trabajar.

A continuación se proponen una serie de actividades para trabajar de

manera individual o colaborativa con el grupo. Se trata de "It's your turn"

o "Let's practise together". En estas actividades tendrás que realizar

alguna acción:

Actividades que tendrás que trabajar individualmente o

colaborativamente, y el resultado enviarlo a tu profesor o

profesora para evaluarlo.

Recursos para profundizar en el tema.

Ilustración. Ayuda. Fuente: Wikimedia Commons.

Créditos

Este material didáctico digital ha sido desarrollado por el Ministerio de Educación,

Cultura y Deporte, el Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y Formación del

Profesorado, el Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo y la entidad pública

empresarial Red.es. Se ha desarrollado en el marco del programa Escuela 2.0 y

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