Unit 2: Remarkable moments

 

Objective: at the end of this Unit, you will be able to recount experiences or events and to give personal opinions about it.

August 20th

Warm up

Listen to this story, what did you understand?

Story 1

Read the story and analyze its structures:


Personal narratives: 

Study this lesson to understand how to use simple past vs past continuous to narrate a story.


August 22nd

This week we are learning how to narrate personal stories or anecdotes. As part of our practice, we will write and narrate a personal anecdote in class, so prepare yourself to tell us a personal story:


2. Read this example:

3.Think about a moment that changed your life and narrate the moment. (Max 200 words)

Homework (Summative assessment 5 %)

The goal of this test is to evaluate your listening ability. Please read and answer each question carefully as you will only have one attempt to answer all questions. 


August 27th


Personal narratives

1. Let's review the  simple past vs past continuous to narrate a story.


2. Narrative Structure: Click HERE to study the narrative scaffold.

Connectors of Sequence



Project Task 2: Biographical recount

This week we will be learning how to write a biographical recount. This group assigment will give us the possibility to practice our ability to narrate different moments in the life of a person

Let's check a model of a recount and analyze it better: 

What do you know about Gambeta from Alcolirykoz? Who is he? Where is he from? When did he start his career?

Listen to the audio and answer some questions

What year did Gambeta discover his passion for rap?
Who did he join to form his band?
What happened in 2015?
Why is Gambeta an icon?

Read and listen Gambeta's biographical recount.

Extra material

Learn more about how to write biographical recounts, study this lesson take notes of those concepts that might be important and interesting for you:

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