TEACHER’S GUIDE/GUÍA DIDÁCTICA c. The Incas could communicate their news.

MODULE 4 Page 3: Oral Communication

Page 1: A Conversation with a Chasqui
Area: Foreign Language/Lengua extranjera Exercise 1.
Subject:​ English/Inglés Answers: ​Answers can vary.
Grade:​ 5 Teacher tip: ​Divide the class into groups and
have the students brainstorm about other
Lesson Title: News Events activities a Chasqui could do during his run.
Grammar and vocabulary content Exercise 2.
● News events Answer:
● Questions in present simple and past b. He trains a lot.
simple; could and couldn’t
● Writing a newspaper article;
advertisement Script
● Venn diagram Hello, I am a Chasqui. My name is Huascar.
Interdisciplinary learning Every day I run and run. I train a lot because I
take important messages. I don’t run with shoes.
● Social Studies: The Chasquis
I run with my feet.
● Science: How to make paper
Yesterday, I ran with an important message. I
Values
started in Quito, and I ran through the
● Constructive and safe use of internet mountains. I gave the message to the next
Chasqui, and then I went to my house to sleep!
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Awareness
Exercise 3.
The Chasquis
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Exercise 1.
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Exercise 4.
Exercise 2.
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Answers:
Teacher tip: ​Have the students read the
1. They ​could ​run very fast for hours. questions aloud. Then, encourage them to
2. They c​ ould ​memorize every message participate with other pairs.
perfectly.
Teacher tip: ​After the grammar tip, have the
students think of other examples with ​could ​and Page 4: Reading
couldn’t​. Encourage them to go to the board and A Newspaper
write those examples down and make sure they
are using them correctly. Exercise 1.
Exercise 3. Teacher tip: ​Before you start, ask the student if
they have newspapers at home. Do they read the
Answers: newspapers?
a. The Chasquis could run fast. Answers: ​Answers can vary.
b. The Chasquis couldn’t communicate with
newspapers.
Exercise 2. Script
Answers: ​Answers can vary. A. What is paper made of?
B: Well…paper is made of trees, but it can also
be made of recycled paper.
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A: Oh, I see.
Want Ads
B: But to make it out of recycled paper you need
Exercise 1. to make the paper first.
Teacher tip: ​Before you start the exercise, show A: What’s the process?
the students the ads section of a newspaper, so
they get an idea of what they look like in B: You cut the trees and take them to a factory.
Ecuador. They remove the bark, that is what covers the
tree, and cut it into small wood chips.
Answers:
A: And what do they do with the wood chips?
First want ad: I am looking for a young person
to walk my dogs every morning. B: They cook them with water into a paste.
(Contact number) 0985654777 A: What do they do with this paste?
Second want ad: They are looking for boys and B: They mix it with chemicals to make it white
girls to act in their movie. and stronger.
(Email) ecuadormovie@olliwood.com A: And what is the last step?
B: They press the paste, take out the water, and
cut the paper into smaller sheets.
Exercise 2.
Answers:
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(c) trees
(a) small wood chips
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(b) water
Rice Paper
(a) to make it stronger
Exercise 1.
(b) cut the paper
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Exercise 3.
Exercise 2.
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Answers:
a. An organization that uses straw from
rice to make paper. Page 8: Communication and Cultural
b. It makes paper. Awareness
c. They don’t burn much straw and this
helps the air quality in Egypt. Magazine vs. Newspapers
Exercise 3. Exercise 2.
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Teacher tip​: You can bring in some magazines
and newspapers to show the students. Then, ask
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How Paper is Made
Exercise 1.
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Exercise 2.
Page 9: Oral Communication · set an alarm clock, timer and stopwatch.
Newspapers and Opinions · check the temperature and ​weather i​ nformation
Exercise 1. and so much more!

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Exercise 2. Receive; save; internet, record; date, weather.
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Exercise 3. Page 12: Reading
Answers: ​Answers can vary. The Internet
Teacher tip: ​After this exercise, you can Exercise 1.
organize a mini debate with the student. On one
side, put the students who are in favor of Answers: ​Answers can vary.
homework and on the other, the ones who are
against it. Then, have them defend their Exercise 2.
arguments; you can act as a moderator. Answers:
c. To discuss the positive and negative aspects of
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Advertisements Exercise 3.

Exercise 1. Answers: ​Answers can vary.

Answers: ​Answers can vary. Exercise 4.

Teacher tip: ​Have the students work with Answers: ​Answers can vary.
magazines/ newspapers so they can use them as
an example to create their own ad.
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A News Report
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Exercise 1.
Smartphones
Teacher tip: ​Prepare more examples of news
Exercise 1. reports to show the students after the reading.
Answers: ​Answers can vary. Exercise 2.
Exercise 2. Answers: ​Answers can vary.
Script Teacher tip: ​You can have the student present
their news report for the whole class as if they
A smartphone is a cell phone that lets you do were on the news. If you have internet access,
more than make and r​ eceive ​phone calls , and you can show them this video, so they can use it
send messages. as a guideline:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvSne8Qxi5
With a smartphone you can: 0

· take, show, s​ ave​, and send photos and videos.

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· access the i​ nternet,​ receive and send emails.
Listening
· use the GPS to locate and navigate.
Script
· play and r​ ecord ​music, and audio. There are many similarities between magazines
and newspapers but there are also many
· see the ​date a​ nd time. differences. Magazines are printed on a special
type of paper. The paper used to make
magazines is stronger than the paper used for Page 16: Communication and Cultural
newspapers. Magazines take longer to make Awareness
than newspapers. They also use colors and
pictures on every page unlike newspapers and Children’s Magazines
they cost more money than newspapers do.
Exercise 1.
Answers:
Answers:
a. The paper used for magazines is
stronger. 1. (b) Nature and cultures around the
b. Magazines take longer to make. world.
c. Magazines use colors and pictures, 2. (c) Games, sports.
newspapers don’t. 3. (a) Online magazine.
d. Newspapers are cheaper than Exercise 2.
magazines.
Teacher tip: ​Prepare with arts and crafts
Grammar materials. Encourage the students to be as
Answers: creative as they want.

a. I couldn’t read the newspaper when I

was a baby. Page 17: Oral Communication
b. I could cry when I was a baby.
c. I could wave my hands when I was a Tourism in Ecuador
baby.
d. I couldn’t sing songs when I was a baby. Exercise 1.
Vocabulary Answers: ​Answers can vary.
Answers: Exercise 2.
a. magazine (4); Script
b. advertisement (2);
c. newspaper (3); Interviewer: Good morning everyone! This is
d. smartphone 1(); Mark Jones and you’re listening to Radio
Miami. Today, I have a special guest, her name
is Susan Jolly and she has just come back from
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Reading/Speaking Susan Jolly: Hello everyone!

Exercise 2. Interviewer: So tell us Susan, how was your trip
Answers: to Ecuador?

● Who? Castle Oaks Public School. Susan Jolly: It was great Mark! Ecuador is
located in South America and it is a beautiful
● What? Received an award for country with all kinds of diversity. It has
Community Spirit. mountains, beaches and the Amazon jungle. It
also has lots of different foods you can try and
● Where? In Ontario, Canada. lots of people you can meet!
● When? Yesterday.
Interviewer: That sounds great! So what did you
● Why? Because the students spent 15 like best about Ecuador?
minutes of every morning cleaning up
their neighborhood by picking up Susan Jolly: I enjoyed many things while I was
garbage. there, but my favorite part was traveling to
Quito! It has so many interesting places to visit
● How? The Organization Community that I didn’t want to leave.
Giving presented the award.
Writing Interviewer: Wow, I’d like to travel to Ecuador
too!
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Susan Jolly: You definitely should!
Interviewer: Thank you Susan for telling us Exercise 2.
about all of the amazing things in Ecuador.
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Answers:

a. Ecuador is in South America.

b. Ecuador is a beautiful country. Page 21: Oral Communication
What did Susan like best about Ecuador? Advantages and Disadvantages of Watching
TV
b. Quito.
Exercise 1.
Exercise 4.
Script
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Journalist: Today we are going to interview Dr.
Lopez. We will discuss an interesting topic. How
much television is much television?
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Welcome doctor Lopez.
Bullying
Doctor: Thank you, it is a pleasure to be here
Exercise 1. and talk about this topic

Answers: Journalist: How much television should a child

watch?
a. Samantha Smith is the person who
wrote the letter. Doctor: The American Academy of Pediatrics
b. Because she thinks that adults and (AAP) recommends limiting television time to 1
parents should help with cyberbullying. to 2 hours a day for children 3 and older.
c. It is the name of the newspaper.
d. In Sun City, New Mexico. Journalist: What are the disadvantages of
watching too much TV?
Exercise 2.
Doctor: The first disadvantage is that there is
Answers: ​Answers can vary. too much violent content on television. ...

Also if children watch too much TV they don’t

burn calories and they can become obese. Too
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Sitting on the couch watching television all day
Radio Interview does little to burn excess calorie intake in the
body. As a result, many chronic viewers become
obese.
Teacher tip: ​Show the students an example of
radio interviews, so they get an idea of how they Journalist: Are there benefits of watching tv?
have to perform. You can show them this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2rRb55V8
S0 Doctor: Yes, there are educative programs as
well. Parents need to guide the children to
choose good programs.
Journalist: Very interesting. So, we need to
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the time we spend in front of the tv. Thank you
Teacher tip: ​Prepare your own flip book in doctor for coming.
advance, then show it to the students. If they
have trouble understanding the steps in the book, Doctor: It was a pleasure to be here.
you can show them this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29SCiHN9z
CI Answers:
 a. 1 to 2 hours per day b. Because his parents think he is too
b. Violence and obesity young to have one.
c. Some education programs c. He searches for information on the
internet.
Exercise 2. d. Because they live in Canada.
e. He can use it for one hour per day.
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Grammar
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Listening
Exercise 1.
Vocabulary
Script
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Interviewer: Hello everyone! I’m your radio
host Camila Miller and welcome to our show
“Let’s talk about it.” Today we will be talking
with Sam Newton about his trip to Ecuador! Speaking
Sam: Hello everyone! Answers: ​Answers can vary.
Interviewer: So tell us Sam, what did you do on
your trip?
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to the province of Napo and I visited the capital,
Tena. It was a hot and sunny day and I saw Teacher tips: ​Prepare a script with easy special
many new things there like amazing, clean rivers effects so they can use objects in the classroom.
and lots of animals. Show them this video before starting the activity
so they get an idea of what to use in advance:
Interviewer: That sounds incredible! What was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTL1DbnP
your favorite part of your trip? Lng

Sam: I really liked the monkeys that I saw in

Tena, they were lots fun.
Interviewer: Do you want to visit Ecuador
again?
Sam: Definitely, I want to go explore other parts
of Ecuador!

Exercise 2.
Answers:

a. F
b. T
c. T
d. F
e. T
Reading

Answers:
a. James is 10 years old.