ENGLISH METHODOLOGY GUIDE

UNIT 3
My family is from El Salvador
7th Grade
Family members
Approximate time: 24 hours

Achievement Indicators

2.1 Uses correct the correct word to identify family members

2.2 Uses correctly the apostrophe to show possession

2.3 identify adjectives for mood and physical description of people

2.4 Writes classmates descriptions of physical appearance at a sentence level

2.5 Identifies peoples nationality and language. Writes his/her own profile following a model

2.6 Uses the correct word to identify professions or occupations. Complete sentences writing where
professionals work

Warm up: show pictures of family members. In this way, students will
familiarize with the new vocabulary. Show each picture and have the students
to repeat each word.

grand-

son daughter
 I LEARN
INDIVIDU

Family tree

Activity 1:

Study this family tree for Davids family. Write the correct word under
each person. Choose from the bubble at the right the correct word.

grand- daughter fathe grand-

mother (2) r father

mother wife

The possessive case or genitive case

Grammar explanation
 What Is the Possessive Case? (with Exmenes)

The possessive case is predominantly used sor showing possession (i.e., ownership).
The possessive case applies to nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. For example:

Possessive Nouns. With nouns, the possessive case is usually shown by preceding it
with of or by addings (or just ') to the end.

Possessive Pronouns. The possessive-case pronouns are mine, yours, his, hers, its,
ours, and theirs.

Possessive Adjectives. The possessive-case adjectives are my, your, his, her, its, our,
and their.

Also called the genitive case is when we add apostrophe S (s) to show possession, that

something belongs to another or a type of relationship between things.

Examples,

My mothers T.V is expensive. ---------- Its my brothers stereo system.

Your brothers friend. ----------- He is my sisters friend.

Rules
We normally use the s with people, animals though it can also be used with

places, organizations and companies (which suggest a group of people).

Rule 1: With singular nouns

It is not common to use the s with non-living things.
Add 's (apostrophe S)

My mothers house is next to the beach. (= the house of my mother)

Jasons car was stolen last night. (= the car of Jason)

Rule 2: Plural nouns ending in s
Only add the apostrophe ' (without the S)
The two sisters house is next to mine. (= the house of the two sisters)
The plumbers tools were rusty. (= the tools of the plumbers)
The players boots were dirty and smelly after the game. (= the boots of the
players)
 Rule 3:

Plural nouns not ending in s:

Be careful with the childrens toys. (= the toys of the children)

The womens bathroom is currently flooded with water.
Barack Obama is peoples favorite politician.

Rule 4:

Singular noun ending in s:

It depends
a. Most names: add 's (apostrophe S)

They had a really good time at Jamess barbecue last Friday.

We spent the day admiring Moises new car.

b. Classical or religious names: add ' (only the apostrophe)

Jesus disciples carried out the teachings of Jesus.

Sophocles plays are still performed today.

 Rule 5: If there are two owners of something, we add 's to the final name:

Rick and Steves car is quite old.

But, if each person owns a car, then add 's to both names:

Ricks and Steves cars are quite old.

If the meaning is clear, we can use the possessive without a noun after it.

Her hair is longer than Jills. (= Jills hair)

We ate at Billys last night. (= Billys Diner or Billys house)

Whose bag is this? Its Janes. (= Janes bag)

I practice
FAMILY MEMBERS

Study this family tree and write the correct words:

 Susan is Maggie's ________________.
Martin is Tim's ________________.
Peter is Mary's ________________.
Tim is Ana's ________________ .
Joan is Maggie's ________________.
Maggie is Tim's _________________.
Bob is Ana's_________________.
Mary is Maggie's _________________.
Mary is Peter's _________________.
Peter is Tim's___________________.
Susan is Martin's __________________.
Tim is Susan's _________________.
Ana is Bob's _________________ .
Ana and Bob are Mary's _______________.
Make more sentences!

1. She is your mother's mother. She is your... 2.He is your uncle's son. He is your...
mother nephew
aunt cousin
grandmother
twin
sister
grandson

3.She is your grandma's only daughter.She is your... 4.He is your mother's son. He is your...
aunt brother
sister sister
mother cousin
father niece

6. He
5.She is your uncle's wife. She is your... is your mother's husband. He is your
sister
granny
mother
aunt

7.He is your brother's son. He is your...

8. Your mother and father are your

10. She is your father's daughter. She is your

9.He is your father's brother. He is your...

nie
ce
 Activity 2:

Crossword puzzle: Find and circle the hidden words. Look across,
down, diagonally, forward, and backward.
 Activity 3: Based on the family tree picture given at the
beginning, do the following activities:

Activity 4:answer the question about Davids family

 ENGLISH METHODOLOGY GUIDE
UNIT 3
My family is from El Salvador
7th Grade
Family members
Approximate time: 24 hours

Achievement Indicators:

2.3 identify adjectives for mood and physical description of people.

2.4 Writes classmates descriptions of physical appearance at a sentence level

I LEARN INDIVIDUALLY

M oods emotions and physical descriptions.

Moods are words that describe peoples personality or peoples behavior due to different
situations.

Learn the following moods and feelings. Repeat each mood after the teacher.

How are you feeling today?

Are you

Warm up: make cards with the moods below. Give the cards to some students. Each
student mimics the mood that appears on each car; the rest of class has to guess the
mood.
Activity 1: Match the adjectives with the faces. Choose from the bubble the moods and
adjectives. For this activitity, check students answers for each face.

Provide copies to your students. Bored. In love..happy angry

tired.. scared...sad surprisedsleepy.

hot disgustedfuriousfrustratedshy..

hungry..cold

Activity 2: Fill in the blanks:

Sing the song The feelings song Provide a copy to the
students. They can work in couples. Student have to complete the
song with the missing adjectives. (see appendix)
Students may also watch the video of the song and sing.

Describing physical appearance:

The following adjectives are used describe physical appearances.

Learn by heart the following adjectives. Listen to your teacher.
 Tall -short fat -thin young middle-aged old

Activity 3: Read the next descriptions. Listen to your teacher:

Building Yes, No questions. Short answers using the verb to be.

Grammar explanation:

Subject and verb change their position in statement and question.

Sentence: Ivans mother is short and thing.

Question: Is Ivans mother short and thing?

NOTE:

If the answer is Yes, we always use the long form, but not the contracted form. Example:

Yes, she is. Yes, shes

If the answer is No, we either use the long or the contracted form (short form). Example:

No, she is not No, she isnt.

More examples:
 Verb Subject complement Yes/No Subject Verb
Are you Scared? Yes, I am.
Am not
Are you Scared? No, I
'm not.
Is Robert Sleepy? Yes, he is.
is not.
Is Robert Sleepy? No, he
isnt.
Are Peter and John hungry Yes, they are.
are not
Are Peter and John hungry? No, they
arent.
Is she happy today? Yes, she is.
is not.
Is she busy now? No, she
Isnt.
a) hysterical
Is a) lazy
Ivans father a) frustrated
middle-aged Yes, a) interested
he is. a) hot
b) depressed b) busy b) disgusted b) terrified b) hurt
c) jealous c) happy is not.c) hungry
Is Ivans father middle-aged
c) peaceful No, c) boredhe
isnt.
I practice
I practice

Activity 4: Write the adjectives in alphabetical order. Then,

INDIVIDUALLY
a) happy finda)them
excited in the grid.
a) comfortable
b) exhausted
a) lonely a) ecstatic
b) hot b) furious b) loving b) exhausted
c) cold c) tired c) nervous c) relaxed c) embarrassed
Hungry nervous happy surprised afraid angry

Sad ill hot cold tired proud worried

thirsty

W O R R I E D T S S
H O T T U C N H A U
A N G R Y O V I D R
P T A H F L W R P P
a) sad a) puzzled a) amazed P T L
a) bored O S D a) confident
O S R R
b) surprised b) pessimistic b) ashamed Y I sleepy
b) L L H H b) surprised
Q T O I
c) proud
c) scared c) upset R c)
R worried
H U N G c) helpless
R Y U S
N E R V O U S W D E
X D V J A F R A I D
Activity 5: Underline the correct adjective which better describe the
people.

a) exhausted a) enthusiastic a) tired a) happy a) glad

b) excited b) embarrassed b) comfortable b) hurt b) joyful
c) sad c) hostile c) sleepy c) hysterical c) lonely
 Describing Roberto
Activity 6: Read and answer the yes-no questions. Practice
the reading.

INDIVIDUALLY

Roberto is middle aged. He is a short and fat man. He is a

policeman in Los Angeles California. He is very strong. He has
curly, gray hair. He is brunette. He has a moustache. He has
small blue eyes. He is a very busy man.

He is a good person, too. Sometimes Roberto is angry. When he

gets home at night he looks exhausted. He is a good friend. He
is happy because he has many friends. Roberto is very
talkative, too. He is not a sad man, but sometimes he feels
 Now, answer the yes-no questions:
1- Is Roberto middle aged?
________________________________________________________

2- Is he a tall man?
_______________________________________________________________

3- Is he brunette?
_________________________________________________________________

4- Is he a policeman?
_____________________________________________________________

5- Is Roberto a weak man?

_______________________________________________________

6- Is he a bad person?
____________________________________________________________

7- Is sometimes Robert angry?

____________________________________________________

8- Is he a good person?
___________________________________________________________

9- Is Roberto very talkative?

_____________________________________________________

10- Is he a married man?

_________________________________________________________
 Activity 7: Look at the pictures and answer the questions using
Yes-no answers:
FEELINGS

Is he brave? Is he hot?
_____________________________________________________
_________________

_________________

__________________

Are they happy?

____________________ Is she happy?
___________________
____________________

______________ _____________________

_____________________

Are they thirsty? Is he cold?

______________________ ________________

________________________ _________________

_________________________ __________________

Is she scared? Are they tired?

________________ ___________________

________________ ___________________

_________________ ___________________
 Is he sad? Are they angry?

____________________ _________________

____________________ _________________

_____________________ ____________________

IN teams
1.

Activity 8:Using the following vocabulary, complete the

questions below:

Fin
d someone with the same answer:

How do you feel when.... You Your partner

you see a scary movie?

your mother tells someone you getting bad grades at school?

your best friend meets the boy you like?

a friend from Europe visits you?

you evidence an assault?

 you have an oral test?

someone takes your money ?

a relative dies?

Antes de continuar, leamos los indicadores de logro propuestos al

inicio de esta gua, revisando lo aprendido y aclarando las dudas con tu
profesor/ profesora.

I apply
Activity 9:
Have the students write a paragraph describing a classmate or a
relative. (ask them to use as many adjectives as possible)

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Activity 10: ask the students to bring to the classroom a picture

of a relative and describe him/her in front of the class.

Appendix
Activity 9: Study this chart to learn about countries, nationalities
and languages.

Now, match the country with its nationality

and language.
 Grammar explanation on countries and
nationalities.

To make questions: Wh question + verb to be (simple present tense + subject +?

subject

Wh word verb to be

Where am I from? QuestionWhere

mark are you from? Where
Singular Plural form
form Where are we from?
Where are you from?
Where are they from?

In affirmative sentences:
Subject + verb to be preposition (from) + country.
Country
Preposition
Subject

Singular form

ss
Names of countries and
nationalities are always
written with capital letter.
 Verb
to
be
in
simple
presen

Notice that when we use only the nationality, we dont write the preposition from.
Example: Mary is from Colombia. She is Colombian.

More examples:
Peter is from U.S.A. He is American.
Alice is from England. She is English.
 Country
Preposition
Subject

Verb to be in simple present tense

Singular form

Particl
e
not
 Notice that we can use contractions in the affirmative and negative forms:
eeeee

Affirmative form:
I am from Canada. ___________________________ Im from Canada.
You are from Canada. _______________________ youre from Canada.
He is from Canada. ___________________________ Hes from Canada.
She is from Canada.___________________________Shes from Canada.
Negative form:
I am not from Canada. ___________________________ Im not from Canada.
You are not from Canada. _______________________ You arent from Canada.
He is not from Canada. ___________________________ He isnt from Canada.
She is not from Canada.___________________________She isnt from Canada.

negative form:
English contractions with verb to be
Contract
Activity 9:

More countries and nationalities: Look at the flags. Read with your
teacher the countries and nationalities.

Great Britain Finland

British Finnish

The U.S.A The Netherlands

American Dutch
 France Turkey

French Turkish

Italy Australia

Italian Australian

Spain Japan

Spanish Japanese

Portugal China

Portuguese Chinese

Germany Brazil

German Brazilian

Switzerland India

Swiss

Sweden South Africa

Swedish South African

Canada Morocco

Canadian Moroccan

Israel Jamaica

Israeli Jamaican

Ireland Europe

Irish European

Mexico Austria

Mexican Austrian

Russia Poland

Russian Polish
 Activity 9: Look pictures write the country and nationality for each
picture.

Spain

Spanish

Activity 10.

Follow the example and complete the sentences with the correct nationality.
Dont forget to include the verb! J

1. I am from Spain. I Spanish.

2. You are from France. You _________________________
3. He is from the USA. He ____________________________
4. She is from China. She_________________________
5. It is from Italy. It_______________________
6. We are from Brazil. We are_______________
7. You are from Germany. You ___________________
8. They are from Greece. They are________________
9. Leo is from Austria. He is___________________
10. Ann is from Japan. She is___________________
Match the pictures with the correct nationality. Write the correct number for each nationality. (See appendix fo
an
 Professions and occupations
The words occupation and profession are interchangeable. Professions and

occupations are almost the same, with only minor differences between them.

A profession needs extensive training and specialized knowledge. On the other hand, an

occupation does not need any extensive training. A person with an occupation need not

have specialized knowledge of his trade.

Activity 11.

Look at the pictures. Read each sentence. Say if each person has a
profession or an occupation.
1- 2-

3- 4-

5- 6-

7- 8-

9- 10-

11- 12-

13- 14-

15- 16-

17- 18-

19- 20- 21-

 Activity 12.

Identifying work places

Write a question and an answer for each picture. Look at the

examples.
 Activity 13.

MATCHING ACTIVITIY

MATCH THE OCCUPATION WITH THE WORKPLACE:

Write the number in the parenthesis.

PILOT ( ) CLINIC
WAITER ( ) BANK
DOCTOR
LAWYER
( ) OFFICE
DENTIST ( ) AIRPORT
TEACHER ( ) SCHOOL
FIREMAN ( ) LIBRARY
LIBRARIAN
( ) FACTORY
MAILMAN
SECRETARY ( ) HOSPITAL
CARPENTER ( ) CARPENTRY
BUS DRIVER ( ) POST OFFICE
ACCOUNTANT ( ) RESTAURANT
DRESSMAKER
POLICE OFFICER
( ) BUS STATION
( ) FIRE STATION
( ) POLICE STATION
( )SUPREME COURT BUILDING
Activity 14

Learn more professions and occupations:

Write the name of each profession or occupations. Chooses from the chart
and write them under each picture.
 Activity 15

Crossword puzzle: Find the following professions and occupations in the

puzzle.

Pilot postman singer fireman football player dancer artist waiter

worker policeman

Office worker magician swimmer cook farmer priest doctor