Instructional Sequence

TOPIC	MY TOWN
FINAL TASK	Create a brochure of your town for tourists.
STEP: 1	Look at a city’s map. Cut out the words at the bottom of the page and label the streets or avenues and the most important places you know such as “hospital, park, police station, restaurant, etc...”
STEP: 2	Read a brief description of each place and match it with the name of the place. Example: people go there when they are injured or ill, we can find it on the corner of Tapia de Cruz Av. and San lorenzo St.
STEP: 3	Watch a short video of people giving and asking for directions in the street. Identufy the amount of speakers, recognice places and important info about them. (Take down notes)
STEP: 4	Watch the video again and complete the sentences with the correct information about the places.
STEP: 5	Invent a town, draw a map of it and provide suitable information of places. Do not forget to include streets and avenues.
STEP: 6	In groups of 4 choose a town from your country, search some information about it on the internet. Create a brochure of that town. Deliver an oral presentation as if you were tourist guides presenting a town.

Pedagogical tasks: Macrofunction, Microfunction and Grammar.

TASKS	MACROFUNCTIONS	MICROFUNCTIONS	GRAMMAR
Create a brochure of touristic places in your town. The students will have to guide tourists to the places they want to know.	Exchanging goods and services.	Asking for and giving directions.	Wh- questions. Yes/No questions (Ask and answer) Ex: * Where is..? * Where can I find..? * Would you tell me..? * Excuse me...
Role-play. Creating a band. In groups of three the students will have to give their band a name and create a logo for it. Then they’ll have to introduce themselves using personal information and information of the band such as which kind of music they play.	Socializing.	Exchanging personal Information.	-States. -Greetings. -Action verbs. -Simple present (routine).

Growing seeds

Growing Seeds

Our work as teachers is mainly that of an agricultural. We have to see our students as seeds that need to be care, rather than empty recipients to be filled. If we take care of "our" seeds, they will grow and bloom. We have to provide them with the appropriate environment, soil, irrigation and sunlight for them to grow. Let´s see them as all different kinds of seeds that will be different in shape but beautiful at the end. Never let our seeds die. Our job is to guide them and help them grow, we will see that they'll shine with their own light at the end.