What kind of treasures

English do you know about?

Pedagogical Module 1
Curriculum threads: Communication and Cultural Awareness, Language Through the Arts,
Reading, Writing, Oral Communication

Seventh, Grade, EGB

Reading: K-W-L chart,

Venn Diagram 4
The history of money,
5 money evolution,
Chinese history

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Writing: reordering a short

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article, writing useful tips to

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save money
Art with bills,
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collections and
collages

Values

Financial education,
Honesty, Respect,
10 Loyalty 9 Financial culture, 8
Interculturality, Peoples
and nationalities
Creativity

Module overview
In this module you are going
to learn about treasures.
For some people, money is
a treasure. For other people
money is just a symbol. You
are going to learn about the
real value of money, great
actions people do with money
and about a new movement
of people living without
money. Treasure can also be
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the heritage of countries or

individuals. But what about
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inner human treasures

or values that we can develop?

What is the biggest treasure a person can have? Do you think there are
treasures that belong to all human beings? Is it possible to live without money?

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 Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

What is the real value of money?

The value of money is symbolic. In general, money is represented

Vocabulary either by coins or bills. Bills usually have an image of an important
person. Fabricating coins and bills is cheap. For example,
bill. Piece of paper money.
to produce a $100 bill only costs 12.5 cents.
coin. Piece of metal that is
used as money. Money is a medium of exchange of goods and services. Money
makes people understand the price of goods and gives you a way to
exchange. Change give or
save to buy bigger things in the future. Money has a value because
recieve goods or services.
everyone accepts that a certain piece of paper is useful to buy
save. Set money aside to things. But money as we know it today has not always existed.
use it later.
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1. In pairs discuss the following questions.

a. Do you have an idea of the price of the following items: a liter
of milk, an apple, a cupcake, a pair of pants, a football, and a
cell phone?
b. How important is money in people’s life?
c. Is it easy to save money?
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2. Fill in the blanks with one word from the glossary.

• I don’t use these shoes anymore. Paul doesn’t use his tennis
racket. So we decided to these things.
• My pockets are really heavy. I have a lot of .
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• Washington’s face is on the $1 .

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 Oral Communication
Look at the picture, what does it represent?

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1. Discuss the questions.
There is a common expression in English: ‘Money talks’.
What does this mean? When do people say it?

“Money Talks”
Tips
According to this proverb, not everyone understands
or wants to understand when another person
speaks, but everyone understands money. Remember that when
It could be interpreted as you need to have giving your opinion
a lot of money to get your point across. you could vary the
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But it can also refer to the things that vocabulary words you
money says about who we are as people. use. Try using: In my
opinion/ In my point of
view/ My view / opinion /
belief / impression / My
impression is that ... I have
the feeling that ...
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2. Discuss the questions about this proverb?

• What do you think?
• Do you think the way you use your money speaks about Vocabulary
your character?
get your point across. To
• Do you think the things you spend your money on can also make someone understand
tell a bit of a story about who you are? Why /Why not? what one is saying.

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Reading
A world without money
In the past, how did people use to get things without money?

Vocabulary Before reading

barter. Items like cars, houses, 1. Choose one of the answers to this question.
etc.
What is the purpose of the text?
good . You can obtain things a. Describe the evolution of money
such as pens, salt, houses,
cars, etc. b. Describe Chinese History
c. Describe the shape of coins and bills
service. Activity provided by
other people.

People have used money for more than 3000

years. Before that time, people used to barter. The evolution of Money
Bartering is an exchange without money.
Goods and services can be bartered. For
example, I will give you some onions if you help
to take care of my animals. It was not easy to
barter. So people in prehistoric times started to
exchange salt, animals, and services, but some
people still barter now.
The Chinese created the first money. They were
little sharp figures, but those were dangerous.
So the Chinese decided to model them as

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circles. In that way the first coins appeared.
Later with the invention of paper, paper money
also appeared. Now governments distribute
money, but in that time, banks distributed
the money.
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2. In the following chart write the information about money that you knew in column
A and the information that is new for you in column B.
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Column A Column B
(I already knew this). (This is new information for me).

Is there something that surprised you about the evolution of money?

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 Writing
What is an article?

An article is a non-fiction text about things that happened not

long ago or news. The topics can be general or specific. An article
may describe places, people and situations.

1. Read the article called: "Billionaire Helps Students".

Billionaire Helps Students

Almost 400 college students are graduating. A

billionaire gives them a gift. He says that he is Fondo para solicitud de foto,
going to pay off their student loans.
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People are shocked. One student thinks that
the billionaire is lying. The president of the

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college says that this is the first time that he sees
something like this.
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2. Read the article again. You can read the article many times.
Now cover the article and do the exercise below.
Get in pairs. Tell each other what you remember from the
article. Look at these 6 sentences similar to the sentences in
the article. Read them and with your partner decide what the
correct order is. Write the numbers 1 - 6 next to the sentences
in the order they happen.

‘I’m going to pay off students’ loans’, says the billionaire.

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A billionaire gives them a gift.

Approximately 400 college students are graduating.

Vocabulary
One of the students believes this man is lying.
graduate. Activity provided by
‘It’s the first time that I see something like this’, other peoples.
the president of the college says. lie. Saying something
that is not true.
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People are shocked.

lying. Present participle
of lie.
He is going to give them 40 million dollars. Every student has a shocked. Surprised.
loan of about 48,000 dollars. Several college students in the USA
student loan. The amount of
have loans. The amount added up to 1.5 trillion dollars in 2018. money that you need to go to
college. This is money
you must return when you
3. Write the new article in your notebook. Pay attention to start working.
spelling and punctuation. Your teacher will check it for you.
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Language Through the Arts

Language

Do you notice something strange in the title of this work of art? The Money Lisa

1. Listen to a person talk about a collage artist, Mark Wagner.

Take notes of what he says.

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2. Each student in the class will:
Draw a small and simple picture on a piece of paper.
• Don’t let your classmates see it.
• Cut the different parts of the picture.
Vocabulary
• Put it in an envelope.

collage. A type of art • Trade pictures with a classmate.

work made of different
materials, pasted
• Put the pieces together to see if you can
on a surface to make form your classmate’s picture.
a picture.
• When you are finished, discuss.
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feet tall. Unit of

measurement (0.3048
meter).
3. Discussion questions:
fragment. A part that is
incomplete. • Did you have fun doing this activity?
notice. Pay attention to. • Do you think Mark Wagner has fun when he does his
piece. One of the parts collages? Why?
that forms a complete
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thing when they are put

• Could you put your classmate’s picture together? Why?
together. Why not?
reconsider. To think • What do you think Mark Wagner wants to teach us about
again about something. the value of money?
taboo. Something that • Mark Wagner says that art happens in two places: first in his
you cannot talk about.
brain, then in the viewer’s brain. Do you agree?
viewer. A person who
watches.

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 Oral Communication

What can we say about currency around the world?

As we know, currency is the paper money or

bills that people use in different countries to buy
goods and services. In each country, governments
distribute currencies. In Ecuador, we used sucres
for a long time, but in 2000 the government
adopted the American dollar.
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Tips 1. In pairs answer the following questions..
• Which currency do we use in Ecuador?
Sometimes we don’t know the answer
to a question or we need time to think
about it. You can use the following
expressions when you need time • Which other currencies do you know
to answer. about?
Let me see… / Let me think… / Sorry,
I don’t know the answer. / Sorry,
I have no idea. 2. Complete the following rules.
Example: • In affirmative sentences with the personal
A: Do you know the name of the pronouns he,she,it we add a or to
Japanese currency? the verb.

B: Mmmm, sorry, I have no idea. • In negative sentences with the personal

pronouns he,she,it we use the auxiliary
and the verb goes in the base form.

Simple present: verb to be – review

+ -
I am Ecuadorian. I am not Ecuadorian.
You/we/
You/we/they are at the market. aren’t at the market.
they
He/she/it is tired. He/she/it aren’t tired.
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Simple present: other verbs - review

+ -

use American use American

I/You/we/they I/you/we/they don´t
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dollars. dollars.

He/she/it uses Euros. He/she/it doesn´t use Euros.

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Communication and Cultural Awareness

Do you think it is possible to live without money?

The Gift Economy

Can you imagine going to a market and instead
of hearing a person saying: “You can buy15
oranges for 1 dollar", you hear someone saying
you can take 15 oranges for your family for

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free?” This is not a dream, this kind of market
exists. People call it the gift economy. Here are
some examples of these economies:
• Mali, in West Africa
Families are a good example of a gift economy.
• The Milne Bay Province of Papua New
Parents give their children food, clothes,
Guinea
education, toys, etc. Children don’t have to pay
• The American Indian Potlatch in North for that. The gift economy also exists in some
America‘s Pacific Northwest communities. People in the community help
each other. Generosity, respect, reciprocity,
In this kind of economy people just give others and thankfulness are important values in the
what they need. People help other people gift economy.
without paying with money.
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1. Answer the following questions.

Are there communities that live in a gift based economy?
Which ones?
Vocabulary

economy. Use of money and
resources.
Is the gift economy similar to the exchange economy? value. How useful or
Explain. important something is.

Are families an example of a gift economy? Why?

Which values are important in a gift economy?
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2. Discussion questions.
• Do you consider you are part of a gift economy?
• Would you like to live in a country based on a gift economy? Why? Why not?
• Which of your possessions are you ready to give to other
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people?
• Which items would you like to receive?
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 Oral Communication

Have you ever met a person who decided to live without money?

1. Listen to a person talk about Suelo. This man said no to

money. Take notes on the important points.

2. Look at the underlined sentences in the script. Complete these

sentences with the words missing from the script.
a. Daniel and Mark friends for more
than 20 years.
b. Daniel Suelo taxes.
c. The three political movements in the USA

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to the conclusion that their

financial movement is a big problem.

d. ‘I that you can survive (…)

for many years without using any money.’

We use the present perfect to talk about past actions in a time

period which starts in the past and continues now,
for example: today, this week, this year, your lifetime.
Vocabulary
+ -
collapse. Stop working.
proven that
I/you/ discard. Eliminate.
I’ve you can I haven’t paid taxes.
we/they
survive. expire. Come to an end.
proven that freely. Not controlled
He/she/
He’s you can He hasn’t paid taxes. by another person.
it
survive.
pay. Give money to.
prove. To show to be true or
correct.
right. Correct.
stranger. A person you don’t
know.
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tax. An amount of money you

give the government
to pay for its services for
the people.
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trash cans. Container where

you put things that you don’t
use or eat anymore.
quit. Refuse; not want
to get.

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Language Through the Arts
Do you think graffiti can be considered art?

1. Listen to the following interview and answer the following questions:

Past simple
Yes/No questions

Yes/No questions Short answers

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enjoy painting
Did he Yes, he did.
I/he/she/it in the subway.
We/you/ permit him to
they they
Did they paint in the No,
didn’t.
subways.

Wh- questions
Vocabulary I/he/she/it
Why Did he go to jail?
We/you/they
audience. A group of people
watching or listening to
artists, dancers or painters. Remember, don’t change the main verb in questions and in
negatives.
expensive. Costing a lot of
money.

2. Write questions in simple past to complete the following interview:

Journalist: Welcome again Paula. In our last Paula Sams: He organized his first art
program you talked about Keith exhibition in 1980.
Haring. This is the American
artist that said: “Art is for Journalist:
Everyone”.
Paula Sams: Yes he did, He painted in
Paula Sams: Hello, happy to be here. Australia, Brazil and Germany.
Journalist: Journalist:

Paula Sams: He liked to draw in the New York Paula Sams: He died in 1990, but people
subway. always remember him as a great
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artist and a generous person.

Journalist:
Journalist: Oh, very interesting artist. Thank
Paula Sams: He liked to draw dogs, fish and you again Paula for coming to this
hearts. People in New York loved “Language Through the Arts Radio
his graffitti and little by little little Program” Hope to see you here
by little he became famous. next week to discover another
artist.
Journalist:
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 Oral Communication

ny,
Keith Haring's paintings are fun
s political.
energetic, angry, and sometime
ion, and
His art is about children, educat
ldren on
social issues. He worked with chi
made a
many projects. For example, he
pital in
large sculpture for a children’s hos
because
New York. He is a different artist
so that
his paintings are in public places
everyone could can enjoy them.

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Pixabay / Marco Pomella

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Look at the two pieces of art on this page and

in pairs discuss the following questions.
Tip
• What do you see?
Answering questions
• Do you think this painting is difficult to
reproduce? When we answer a question we can start
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with phrases such as:

• What are these two pieces about?
If you ask me …. I feel that …
• How do they make you feel?
I believe that …. I think that ….
• Do you think that Keith Haring was
a real artist? I feel that Keith Haring was a good person.
• Keith Haring used to say “Art is for I believe that I can reproduce Keith Haring’s
everyone”. Do you agree with his opinion? pictures.
Why? /Why not?
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Reading
Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day While reading
Before reading Look at the titles of the sections. What do you
think is the purpose of this text? Choose one.
• What is Black Friday?
a. To motivate you to buy more.
• When do you celebrate it?
b. To make you think about buying less.
• What do you think happens on
‘Buy Nothing Day?’ c. To teach you what Black Friday is.

What is Black Friday? What’s the alternative to Black Friday?

Black Friday is the day after the American Since 1997, Buy Nothing Day has been
holiday of Thanksgiving (the fourth Thursday celebrated on the same day as Black Friday. The
of November). It is a popular holiday in the rules are simple. Just don’t buy anything at all
United States. Many consumers start shopping for 24 hours. Many people are surprised how
that day for Christmas. People don’t work or difficult this actually is. Buy Nothing Day is
go to school that day. Over the last 20 years big for you to think about what you buy and help
stores have offered discounts or bargains on you become a more responsible consumer. For
this day. In Ecuador, November is the month example, you could decide not to get a more
when people use their credit cards the most. modern cell phone at the end of a contract.
These kinds of decisions can help to protect the
Is Black Friday out of control? environment and save money.
Black Friday encourages people to buy things
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that they don’t really need and can’t afford.
Many people seem to completely lose control
of both their money and their emotions.
Black Friday is also bad for small shopkeepers
because they cannot offer discounts and
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bargains like the big companies can.

After reading
Read the text again and take Black Friday Buy Nothing Day
notes in the Venn Diagram
below. Write in each circle
the differences between Black
Friday and Buy Nothing Day
and in the middle what they
have in common.
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Vocabulary

afford. Have enough money

to buy.

bargain. Something sold

at a good price.

consumer. Someone who

buys goods and services.

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 Writing

How can we use money in a better way?

Read the article called: How to live without money

Many people relate a life of success and happiness with Look at the words in color
money, but more and more people are deciding to live in the text. These words
without it. Life without money reduces the level of stress. are in the imperative.
The impact on the environment is less when people live
without money. This is one of the benefits. It’s important to The imperative is the
understand the problem, to appreciate what you have and infinitive of the verb with
live a life with purpose. These techniques will help you reduce no subject.
waste less in your life. For negative imperatives,
1. Try reducing the amount of money you spend. use don’t + infinitive.

• Walk or use your bike. You will save money on gas, par-
king, etc.
• Don’t go shopping until you finish the food you have in
the fridge.
• Find free entertainment in your area.
2. Examine what your family needs. If you’re single, it is

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easier to spend less money.
3. Read about other people’s experience. For example, you
can read about Daniel Suelo or Heidemarie Schwermer
and decide if you can live like them.
4. Find things that make your life easier to live without Tip
money. For example, you can plant your own vegetables.
5. Understand that you must spend money on things that A tip is a piece of advice
are necessary. For example, if you need medication, you someone gives you on
must buy the medicine that you need. If you have a job, certain topic.
you will need to pay taxes.
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Vocabulary

benefit. Something
What other tips can you think of? that does good.
Write 5 more tips people can use to live without money.
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purpose. The reason

Use the imperative to write your tips. Write two positives or plan to do something.
and two negatives.
reduce. Make less.
a. relate. Have a connection.
b. success. Someone or
something doing well
c.
stress. Pressure or tension.
d.

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Assessment

Speaking
Listening
1. Look at the images and answer the
following questions: 2. Listen to the person tell you how to make
a quilt. Follow the instructions step - by -
a. Who are those women? step.
b. What do you think they do?
c. Do you like their quilts?
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d. Would you pay a lot of money for one
of those quilts?
e. Do you think the quilts are works
of art?

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Mine
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Vocabulary
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quilt. A cover people use on the beds to stay

warm at night.

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 Assessment My¿Xxxxxxx?
Treasure
Reading:

1. Read the following paragraph and answer 2. Answer the following question with true T
the questions. or false F.
There is a poor town in Alabama called Gee’s a. Gee’s Bend is a rich town
Bend. In this town, women are real artists. They in Alabama.
make quilts. Quilts are covers for the bed to
keep people warm at night. These quilts are real b. The quilts are works of art.
works of art. Some of the quilts are in museums
but, the women in Gee’s Bend do not think they c. The quilts are made with
were works of art. They just made the quilts to expensive material.
stay warm. They just take old clothes and decide
how to put them together in different ways. d. They use old material to make
They used old clothes because they do not have the quilts.
money to
e. First, the women decide on a good
buy expensive materials.
combination.
To make a quilt, they cut the material into Writing:
pieces and then, they put all the material on the
floor. They put the pieces in a way or in another. Write a paragraph of 30 - 40 words about a
Then they see how the colors go together. If they picture or painting you have in your house.
do not like the combination, they just move What is it about? What are its colors? How
the pieces. When the women meet to make the does it represent? How does it make you feel?
quilts, they sew, talk and sing. Do you think it is a work of art?

Vocabulary:

3. Complete the following sentences with a word from the boxes.

There is an extra word that you will not use.

museum value college barter expensive graduate

a. The quilts are now in the art of Alabama

b. The quilts are . They cost more than $1000.
c. The quilts have a sentimental . Some of the quilts
are made with the clothes of their family members.
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d. In Alabama people quilts for other goods or services.

e. Most of the women who make the quilts didn’t go to .
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I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me
I can’t do
I do it
Topics I do it very well I can improve it without
somewhat well
help
I can use vocabulary related to money.
Anade: I can use present perfect to talk about a time
period which starts in the past and continues now.

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 Project

Have yo
these pain u seen
tings befo
re?

vector
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Art Institute of Chicago / Grant Wood

Flickr / Christopher Carfi

Painting 1
Painting 2
This represents a farmer and his daughter
posing in front of their house. This picture Keith Haring's paintings are colorful. This painting
represents hard, difficult rural life in is part of a poster collection. Sometimes his
America in the 20th century. In fact, the paintings are controversial, and many people don’t
models were the painter’s sister and their like them.
dentist.

1. This exercise is a role Your school wants to buy a painting. Your art teacher asks
play. Imagine that school your class to choose one of these two paintings.
director asked you to Step 1: Form groups of four.
choose a painting for
your school. Use the Step 2: Look carefully at the pictures and discuss the
grammar, vocabulary, following questions.
and phrases to express • Is this painting beautiful or interesting?
opinions that you • Does the painting have a special meaning?
learned in this unit.
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What is it?
• How do you feel when you see this painting?
• What message does the artist want to transmit?
• Why is this a good piece of art for the school?
Step 3: Decide which painting you are going to buy
for the class.
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Step 4: Compare your answers with the other groups.

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 Review My Treasure

1. Choose a verb from the box to complete the sentences.

have x 2 use x 2 prefer

be x 2 like illustrate

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a. In Ecuador, people the American dollar as currency.
b. Since 2000, Ecuadorians a national currency.
c. Dollars Ecuadorian culture.
d. The dollar bills green.
e. These bills have security bands.
f. Dollars the official currency in Colombia.
g. Since the year 2000, Rosa American dollars in Ecuador.
h. My grandmother dollars. She the old sucres.

2. Change the positive past simple sentences

to negative past simple sentences.

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a. She wanted to save money.

3. Each sentence contains a mistake.

Highlight the mistake and correct it.
b. They decided to barter their house for
a. She have saved some money.
a new car.

b. Black Friday has be a tradition

since 1924.
c. Chinese created the coins.

c. They has spent all their money

on candies and chocolates.
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d. Egyptians invented the paper.

d. I hasn’t visited my friends for long time.

e. Marco Polo discovered paper e. We have discover different animals

in China. in this farm.

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 Lesson C

Communication and Cultural Awareness

What is a treasure?

Culture and traditions as treasures

Vocabulary

community. (n) Group

of people that live in What is a treasure? For many native people
a specific area the biggest treasures are their culture and
traditions. Many communities are proud of
culture. (n) Form of
that. Sadly, many native communities during
civilization; art and traditions
of a community the colonization period lost their traditions
and languages. Elders were not happy about
tradition. (n) People’s that. Now, many communities are aware of
beliefs, legends, customs,
or practices
the beauty of diversity, and they make great
efforts to protect their culture, traditions
treasure. (n) Valuable and native languages. Elderly people are
things such as metals,
a way to revive the culture.
money, jewels, etc.
That is the case of the Ojibwe community.
They lived in the Lacs area of Minnesota.
They had a traditional and peaceful way of
living. They liked to fish and hunt, but when
the Europeans arrived, their lives changed.
Their government also changed and their
language disappeared. Now things are
different because they are trying to recover
their culture and traditions. Elder Ojibwe
people go to schools to talk about their
history and traditions.
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• What is a treasure for some people?

• What happened during the period of colonization?
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• What was life in the Ojibwe community in the past like?

• What did they lose during the colonization period?

• Are your culture and traditions treasures for you? Why?

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 Oral Communication

What are some valuable things people collect?

a. W hat do you think
Valuable collections this image represents?
1. Look at the picture and answer the questions. b. W hy are there so
many magazines?
Antiques Roadshow c. W
hat do other
Antiques Roadshow started in England in 1979. people collect?
It’s a popular British television program. The d. W hat is a sentimental
antique experts decide the value of the things value?
that the local people bring.

Some people bring old and valuable things, like

furniture, art and jewelry old, valuable. Other
people show collections of books and toys. Some
of the things they bring are common and and
they are not expensive. Other people, bring
valuable things. Some items are in very good
condition, others are in poor condition. Some
things are gifts. They have a sentimental value.

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Sometimes they are things that people just like
a lot, like
a favorite thing.
Tips
The antique experts talk about the value of the
items. The guests always want to know how
"What’s it worth to you" refers to the
much their things cost. You can learn a lot on
value that something has for you. The
the Antiques Roadshow. There are shows like
value could be in money, feelings or
this one in other countries of the world.
emotions.

2. Complete the following glossary with the words in from the text that are in
blue.
a. people that have a lot of experience with something
b. people who visit someone or a place
c. something that has value in emotions or personal feelings
d. things or objects
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e. the state of something-good or bad

f. something that has a high price
g. things that people like to collect, they come in groups
h. something you like more than other things
i. equal to
j. something that someone gives you, a present
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Reading

Do you know what a dream catcher is?

Before reading
Dream catchers
1. Answer the Dream catchers are a great tradition of Native Americans. Dream
following questions. catchers protect dreams. They are hung on beds. Dreams
fly during the night. If the dream is beautiful, it passes through
a. What does this
the hole but if the dream is negative bad, it doesn’t pass through.
object represent?
The web catches the dream. In the morning those bad dreams
disappear.
b. What materials are used Dream catchers are always round because that represents how
to make this object? the sun travels across the sky. To make the circle, people use
everyday life material such as parts of trees, seeds and plants.
There are also feathers. The feathers represent the air.
c. W
hat do you know about For many generations, native American Indians
this object? have valued dream catchers. They are part of their
lives and homes. Dream catchers also represent
strength and unity. Now, we can also find dream
catchers in tmarkets, but they are made of modern
materials. Tourists love to buy dream catchers.

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While reading
2. Look at the underlined words and think about
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the following questions.

• Which of the underlined words do you know?
• What is the meaning? Is it similar to Spanish?

Vocabulary After reading

dream. Images or actions 3. Decide if the following statements are True (T) of False
that occur while you sleep. (F). Correct the False statements.
feather. The covering a. Dream catchers are an important tradition of Native
of the body of birds.
American Indians.
hole. An area where
something is missing. b. Dream catchers are hung over the doors.
hung. Past simple of
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hang; attach or suspend

c. Bad dreams pass through the web of dream catchers.
something.

protect. To keep a person

or something safe.
d. Tourists buy dream catchers made of everyday life
materials.
tradition. The way a group
of people do things.

web. A net that can e. Dream catchers also represent the unity of Native
catch something. American people.
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 Writing
1. Using some of the words you learned in Antiques Roadshow,
complete the following sentences. There are some new words
included here.
a. (condition / valuable)

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I found some of my childhood coins in my father’s house.
Perhaps they are today. They are all in very
good .
b. (worth / guest)
My brother wants to be a on the British
Grammar
TV program. He wants to bring his antique bike. The bike isn’t
much, but he enjoys riding it. A noun names a person,
thing, place or idea.
c. (collector / collection / collect)
An adjective describes
I began to postcards when I was 9. I plan to give
a noun.
my to my daughter when she’s nine years old.
I hope she wants to be a postcard like I am. A verb shows an action.
d. (rare / similar) Many nouns end in –ment,
-tion, -or and -ity.
This was my great-grandparents’ desk. It is really
, so you can’t buy a desk today. Many adjectives end in
It’s not beautiful, but I like it. –able, -al, -ed, -ing, and –
ible.
e. (expert / favorite)
Some words are both
My mother loves to read about astronomy. Her
an adjective and a noun,
subject is the stars. She is an on the
like sports and expert.
constellations. She knows more than anyone else about it.

2. Put the following words into the correct group. 3. Write about your special
collection or possession in
• collector •valuable • collection • excited 30 - 40 words. Use some of
• collectible • excitement • excite • possession the words from the chart in
• value • similar • similarity • exciting your sentences.
•value • possess • collect

Nouns Adjectives Verbs

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Language Through theArts

Do you collect anything?

Vocabulary
Many people love to collect antique furniture like old tables,
collector. A person
that collects. wardrobes, chairs, and armchairs. In the United States
collectors love antique furniture. The styles of that furniture
furniture. Tables, chairs, desks have names such as Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Gothic or Rococo
or cabinets that we have at
home.
style. Some of those styles are British or French. Antique
furniture is expensive. The price depends on the quality
last. Continue. of the material and the good care the pieces have received.

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long. For more time. Can your grandma’s furniture have a second life? For many
wardrobe. A large cabinet to people antique collecting is a great and fun hobby. You can
hang clothes. also try to repair that furniture and redecorate your house.
Remember that the old furniture is in general made
of good material, will last longer, and in many cases
has sentimental value.

1. In pairs answer the following questions.

• What do you think about the idea of collecting antique furniture?
• Do you agree with the sentence that reads: “Antique collecting
is a fun hobby”.
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2. Answer the following questions. Draw a picture of that object in

the box below and answer the following questions:
a. What is your special possession?

b. Where did you get it?

c. Do you have an idea of its price?
d. Why did you keep it?
e. Is it useful?
f. Is it beautiful?
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g. Is it a traditional part of the family?

h. Does it have sentimental value?

3. Present the picture to the class.

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 Oral Communication
What are some things that you think people treasure?

Treasured possessions
John: ‘My album is my favorite possession.
1. Look at the picture and It’s my treasured possession. It’s called
answer the questions. London Calling. It’s by a group called The
Clash. It’s a double album. The records are
a. What do you think
made of vinyl. They were made in 1979. On
"treasured" means?
the front cover you can see the bass player,
b. What do you think Paul Simonon. On the back cover, you can
this image represents? see the song tracks and photographs of
the band. I think this is the best rock
c. D
o you know what photograph ever taken. It’s also the best
a vinyl album is? album cover of all times. I was looking
d. What do you treasure? through lots of records when I saw this
Why? album. I bought it, took it home, and fell
in love with it. I have been listening to it
since then. That was about 20 years ago.
I have this record on my desk. I look
at it. I don’t play it anymore. I have
this music on CD and also as a digital

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download. I still listen to The Clash.
I have listened to this group for
over 20 years. I keep the record as a
memento of my discovery of music’.

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2. Complete the following glossary. Match the words from the text
with their definitions. Tips
a. what protects the record
1. vinyl 1. Read all the
b. a person who plays the bass. possible answers.
2. treasured
c. send information from one 2. Try to guess
3. download computer to another computer the right answer.
4. song tracks d. short audio with information 3. Match the answers
you know first.
5. looking through e. to see something
6. possession f. something that reminds you
of a past event
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7. strings
g. something that is yours
8. bass player
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h. a cord on a musical instrument

9. memento
i. that you appreciate something
10. cover
j. material that is shiny
and plastic.
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 Lesson D

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Treasures tell us about rituals and religions. They tell us about
Vocabulary people’s Gods, beliefs and rites. They tell us about the skills that our
ancestors had to work metal. Treasures teach us about common and
advisor. A person who guides
you. powerful people’s daily lives at that time. There are many important
treasures in the world.
bury. Cover with earth.
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earthquake. When the earth
moves. Tutankhamun
jewelry. Articles of gold, Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh. He was born more than three
silver, precious stones, etc., thousand years ago. His name was Tutankhaten. He was the son of
for personal adornment.
Akhenaten. Akhenaten made many changes. He made people believe
monarchs. A king, queen or in the sun as their only God and not in many gods. He changed the
emperor capital city from Thebes to Amarna. He died when Tut was a child.
pharaoh. A king during At the age of nine, Tut became the new pharaoh. Many advisors
ancient Egypt. helped him reverse his father’s decisions. He also changed his name
to Tutankhamun to show that he ruled and not Aten any more.
reverse. Ahange things so
that they return to the way Tutankhamun died at 19. The cause is not clear, maybe an infection or
they were before. an injury. It was not common for a pharaoh to die so young, so his tomb
was incomplete. This is why he was buried in someone else’s tomb.
rule. To control.

tomb. A structure built

Pompeii
to put a dead body.
Pompeii was a Roman city in Italy. Now it is located near the city
of Naples. This city was on the base of the Vesuvius Volcano. People
lived from agriculture. In AD 79 this Volcano erupted and the city
was buried under 5 meters of volcano ash. People who lived in
Pompeii could not escape the eruption and the earthquake.
Many volcanologists studied that eruption. People died because
the temperature was more than 250°C and there was a lot of ash.
For many people Pompeii was lost forever.
Crown’s jewels of England
Monarchs are people who direct a state or country. They can be
queens, kings or emperors. They have many treasures. Those
treasures can be historical paintings, palaces or jewelry.
Atahualpa’s treasure
Atahualpa was the last emperor of the Inca Empire. He became
emperor in a civil war, after fighting against his younger half-brother
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Huascar. During the war, Francisco Pizarro captured Atahualpa and

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controlled the Inca Empire. Eventually, Pizarro executed Atahualpa.

This is how the Inca Empire ended.

1. W hy are these things treasures?

2. W hat do you know about these treasures?
3. W hat would you like to know?
4. W hy do you think it’s important to study about treasures?

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 Oral Communication

Can you put Tutankhamun’s story together?

1. Look at the picture and discuss.

a. What do you think this image represents?

b. What material is it made of?

2. Read part of a text about the famous pharaoh Tutankhamun.

You can read this text many times.

Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh. He was born
more than three thousand years ago. His name was
Tutankhaten. He was the son of Akhenaten. Akhenaten
made many changes. He made people believe in the sun
as their only God and not in many gods. He changed the
capital city from Thebes to Amarna. He died when Tut

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was a child. At the age of nine, Tut became the
new pharaoh.

3. Get in pairs. Cover the text and practice telling each other
the story. Use the words below to help you remember the
story. Discuss what impressed you the most.

Tut- Egyptian- pharaoh.-born- 3000- years. - name-was

-Tutankhaten- son-Akhenaten. Akhenaten - changes. He
-people - the sun- their -God -not -many gods. He- capital
-from Thebes-Amarna.- died –Tut- -child. At - nine, Tut
- new pharaoh.
Get with another pair to discuss your ideas and any
similarities and differences. The group of four students
practices presenting their version of the story to the rest
of the class.
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While all the groups of students present, the rest

of students will take notes and decide which group
remembered the most details.
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Reading

What do you think happened to these people?

Before reading While reading

1. Look at this picture. 2. Look at the underlined words and think about
a. Do you think the bodies are the following questions.
sculptures or real humans? • Which of the underlined words do you know?
• What is the meaning? Is it similar to Spanish?
b. Have you ever heard about Pompeii?
life in Roman times. Another interesting
discovery was the texts written on the walls in
Vulgar Latin.
This treasure has a value of hundreds of millions
This picture was taken in Pompeii, Italy. of dollars. Now Pompeii is one of the biggest
In that city there is a Volcano called Vesuvius. attraction in Italy. 2.5 million visitors go to
The volcano erupted and all the people died Pompeii every year.
because of the heat and the ash. Everyone
thought that the city was lost but in the
1700s, excavations started in Pompeii and
a great treasure appeared.
After the excavation, archeologists found
interesting objects, graffiti on the walls and
many human bodies. The bodies were like

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stones after the ash cooled. Now Pompeii
permits us to understand people’s everyday

After reading
3. Answer the following questions.
Tips
a. Which volcano erupted near the city of Pompeii?
Many words are similar in
Spanish and in English.
For example, we say
b. What were the principal causes of death?
"volcano" in English and
"volcán" in Spanish. Those
words help you understand
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the text better. c. What did the archeologists find?

Vocabulary

ash. The gray or black

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powder that remains after d. Is Pompeii a tourist attraction?

ne
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burning something.

heat. The quality of

being hot.

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 Writing

What is a paragraph?

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1. Read this paragraph and the explanations below. Notice the

Tip
structure.

A paragraph has three

I live in a very beautiful apartment. My apartment is great, but
parts
very small. I have to use the space in a smart way. My apartment
is located in the center of the town. It has big windows. I have a 1. A topic sentence. This
living room with two sofas and a table for the TV. The kitchen is sentence is in general
my favorite room. It is a modern kitchen. I also like my room. It the first sentence of a
is small. It has a bed, two side tables and a desk. I love to study in paragraph. It contains
my room. My apartment is not big, but it is a place I really like. the main idea of the
paragraph.
2. Write a paragraph about your house (rooms, your favorite room 2. Supporting sentences.
and some of its furniture). Keep the structure of the paragraph. These sentences give
details to develop and
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Topic sentence:
support the main idea
of the paragraph.

Supporting sentence: 3. Concluding sentence.

This is the last sentence
of the paragraph. It
restates the main idea
Concluding sentence:
of the paragraph.

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Language Through the Arts

What do you know about the woman in this picture?

Elizabeth II is the queen of the UK. She has an The queen uses the crown jewels only during
important collection of jewels. We are going to the coronations. She has many crowns, but one
discover in this lesson some of the most precious of the most popular is the St. Edward’s crown.
jewelry of Elizabeth II. Some of the jewels belong It weighs 4.9 lb. and has 444 precious and semi-
to the State. Others are part of her private precious stones. The queen of England has more
collection. Some of the jewels date from the than 300 items of jewelry. She has 98 brooches,
16th century. Many gems and jewels come from 15 rings, 34 pairs of earrings, 14 watches and
other countries. 5 pendants.

1. Answer the following statements with True (T) or False (F).

Correct the false statements.
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• The queen has a state and a personal collection of jewelry.

• All the jewels were acquired in England.

• Some jewelry is used only on very important occasions.

• The real crown is very heavy.

2. Discuss the following questions.

• Do you think a person should possess a alot of of jewelry?
Why? /Why not?
Vocabulary • Do you think it is easy to have a heavy crown on your head?
Why? /Why not?
coronation. The ceremony of
• Would you like to visit the museum where some of the
crowning a king, queen,
or other sovereign. queen’s jewelry is exhibited? Why? /Why not?

gems. Polished precious a/an

stone used in jewelry. Singular I have a watch.
jewelry. Articles of gold,
I lost an earring.
silver, precious stones, etc., Some/any
used for personal adornment.
Countable
She bought some gems.
Plural I don’t have any watches.
few
The queen has few tiaras.
Some/any
She has some jewelry.
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Uncountable Do you have any jewelry?

little
I have little time.
• We use a or an with singular nouns. A/an means ONE.
• We use some and any when we don’t know or it is not
important to know the exact quantity of something. Some
is used in affirmative sentences and any is used in negative
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sentences and questions.

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 Oral Communication

Why is it important to compare stories?

1. Look at the picture and answer the questions.

• What do you think this image represents?
• What material are these people putting
together?

Wikimedia Commons / Brooklyn Museum

In November 1532, the Spanish conqueror Fran-
cisco Pizarro attacked Atahualpa’s army in Caja-
marca. Pizarro sent Atahualpa to prison in the
Temple of the Sun. However, Atahualpa could not
believe that Pizarro wanted to control his king-
dom. Atahualpa thought if he gave them a room
filled with gold and two rooms filled with silver he
would leave, but he didn’t. Pizarro ordered his men
to kill Atahualpa.
Blake took what he could carry and left. On the
In the 1850s, an Englishman named Spruce plane to New York he disappeared. Some people
traveled to Ecuador to look for the seeds that are say someone pushed him. Many people, who have
used to produce an antimalarial drug called qui- followed his same steps looking for Atahualpa’s
nine. When he returned to England, he said he treasure, have died.
found Valverde’s guide and a map. Valverde was a
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man that mysteriously became rich 50 years after Adapted from: https://on.natgeo.com/2XXIcaC
Atahualpa died.
In 1886, Barth Blake followed Spruce. Blake wrote
about Atahualpa’s treasure. He said there were Vocabulary
thousands of silver and gold pieces, all beautiful.
conqueror. A person who defeats another.
He wrote about the human figurines, animals,
flowers and incredible jewelry, and also about seed. The part of a plant that grows into
golden vases full of emeralds. He mentioned that a new plant.
you would need thousands of men to take all the vase. A container used to put flowers inside,
treasure out. usually used to decorate.

2. Get in small groups of three or four to

compare Tutankhamun’s story (on p.25)
to Atahuallpa’s story.
Tips
Tutankhamun’s story Atahuallpa’s story
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Answering questions
In groups, make a list of things that the two
You can use some of these words to write
stories have in common.
your comparison. To Show Contrast:
When you finish, exchange charts with however- but- in contrast- on the other
another group. And add their ideas to your hand. To show similarity: equally-like
list. Trade charts until you have shared with -similarly-in a similar way
all the groups in the class. Write a comparison Adapted from: https://bit.ly/2OauxOa
of the two stories.

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Assessment

Is it easy to collect objects?

Listening

Listen to the following audio and do the activities below.

1. Which of the following ideas summarize best this audio?

• You can just collect any kind of object.
• Collecting is great, but to enjoy it more there are four helpful rules.
• Collecting is mostly about enjoyment. Just start your collection and that’s it.

2. Match each example with one of the rules in the listening.

Example Rule

Learn about the object you want to collect

Collect antique objects for example antique
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coins or stamps. They will have a great

value in the future.
If you are curious about bills and stamps,
collect them.
Do not buy a stamp for your collection if it
is ripped.

Speaking

1. What do you think these treasures are? Discuss then with your
partner and make a list. Look at the following “treasures” and
complete the columns.
How important is it
What is it for me?
in my life?
Honor
Trust
Dignity
Reputation
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Respect
Honesty

2. Discuss with your partners the following questions:

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• Which values are important for you?

• Which values are important in a friendship?
• Which values are important in a school?
• Which values are important in a society?

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 Assessment My Treasure
What do you learn when you put a story in order?

Reading

1. This is a summary of the original legend

of “El Dorado.” The legend is not in order.
Put the following paragraphs in order.

‘El Dorado’

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“El Dorado” means in Spanish “the
golden one.” This legend had other names
before like the golden man, the golden
native, and the golden king. In 1545, the
Spaniards tried to remove the water. They
recovered a lot of gold.

Lake Guatavita is located a couple of

hours north to Bogota. People think this
is where the El Dorado legend happened. Before the Spanish conquistadors arrived
But what does “El Dorado” mean? to Colombia, there was a leader of a tribe
called Muisca. This leader said that he
To see a bit of “El Dorado” you can go covered himself in gold dust, floated into
to the Gold Museum in the capital city the Lake Guatavita and threw the gold
of Colombia, Bogota. You can see the and treasure into the waters of the lake..
raft that Muisca used. It shows the king
offering gold to the gods Now the Colombian government doesn’t
allow people in the lake. There is only a
Since that year, they have tried many guard taking care of “El Dorado.” so you
times to remove more gold. Many cannot see anything.
workers have died since the first time.
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Writing

Of all the treasures you learned about in class, choose one. Write a short
paragraph about your favorite treasure.
Explain why this is your favorite treasure. Can you name a treasure?
A legend? A famous pharaoh? What strange event happened after
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Atahualpa’s death?
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I’m completing this self-evaluation based on what I learned in the module

Self-evaluation I check the box that most applies to me

I do it I can’t do it
Topics I do it very well I can improve
somewhat well without help
I can describe a spacial possession.
I can use the present perfect in affirmative and
negative sentences.
I understand nouns can be countable and
uncountable.

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 Project

Tip

Connectors of sequence
help you to organize the
content when you write
or speak. We use these
connectors to explain
a process or tell a story.
We have the following
connectors:
First,
Next / then / after that
Last / Finally
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Example:
Good morning everyone.
First, I am going to talk
about Kevin’s special
possession. After that,
I am going to explain the
story of that possession
and finally I am going
to let you know what
will happen with that Bring a special possession to the class.
possession in the future.
Step 1: Pair discussion: interview your partner and ask him/
her the following questions:

• Why is this possession important to you

and your family?
• Where does it come from?
• Who keeps it or who takes care of it?
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Step 2: Groups of 4
Present your classmate’s possession to your group.
Step 3: Groups of 4
Choose one possession per group.

Step 4: Class presentation

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One student in the group will present it to the class.

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