Semana 2

Actividades
Pre Reading
I.

Make a semantic map with the word river

For example:
dirty
deep

river

fast
long
Puedes buscar palabras en la liga de la anterior lectura.
II.

Qu te hace pensar este ttulo? Explica con tus propias palabras

que entiendes

CAR WENT IN DEEP RIVER

Habla de un carro y de un rio profundo, no s a lo mejor un carro
en un rio de picnic.
III.

PRESENT
Want

Complete the verb chart with the help of this link:

http://www.saberingles.com.ar/lists/verbs.html
And do this exercise:
http://www.saberingles.com.ar/curso/lesson06/06.html
PAST
MEANING
EXAMPLE
wanted
querer
she want apple

start

Started

comenzar

he started the school

IV.

knew

Saba (saber)

I know english

know
See

saw

ver

I see the teacher

lose

lost

perder

He lost his car.

Did not

hacer

i does not homework

does not
can

could

No podia

she could swim

Watch

watched

ver

I watched the sea

go

Went

ir

she go to eschool

tried

tratar

They try hard

was

ser estar

she is my teacher

try
Is
Were

V.

Complete the gaps with the words below the text

Two cars ___wanted________to cross a river. They ___watched_____the road on the other side of the river. The river
______was____very slow, but they __didnt___know how deep the river was.

When the first car ____went___into the river, the driver ___knew______very fast that the river ____was_____very deep and
he ___lost_____control of his car. The driver didnt stop the car. He _tried__to continue. It was a good idea.

When his friend saw the situation, he _went_back with his car and he __watched__the situation. He couldnt do anything.
He __couldnt___ help his friend.

The river ___started___to take the car and water was going into the car. This situation could be horrible for many people.
There was more and more water in the car. The drivers feet __were__under water, but he _tried__to continue. He didnt stop
the car. After some time, the car __started__to go.

In the end, the car _went___to the other side of the river. The people and the car __were__safe.

wanted

started (2x) went (3x)

VI.

saw was(2x) didnt knew was watched couldnt were (2x) lost tried (2x)

Play this verb game and copy your results

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/vocabulary/memor
yaudio/12%20action%20verbs/index.html

While reading activities

READ
TYPES OF TEXT.
Instructional
texts

Desarrollo de procedimientos compuestos por pasos que deben

cumplirse para conseguir un resultado.

Informative
texts
Historical texts

A travs del cual el emisor da a conocer a su receptor algn hecho,

situacin o circunstancia. Da a conocer algo.
Relata hechos, acciones, personajes y acontecimientos pasados y,
generalmente, son los ms destacados en su poca.
En el que se realiza un relato de una serie de acontecimientos que
afectan a unos personajes y se desarrollan en un entorno

Narrative texts

Descriptive
texts
Argumentative
texts
Expository
texts
Persuasive
texts
I.
II.

determinado.
Exposicin verbal que describe un lugar, paisaje, personaje o
cualquier otro objeto salido de la imaginacin del escritor.
Destinado nicamente a convencer de una determinada tesis a
un interlocutor, mediante la utilizacin de una serie de pruebas o
ideas, que se denominan argumentos.
Discurso destinado a un pblico espectador. Normalmente se trata
de textos que consisten en la lectura de datos y explicaciones.
Tratan de convencer al lector o al que escucha de hacer o
comprar algo por medio de un discurso argumentativo.

Write the type of text and justify your answer. Informative text.
Comenta en el foro Qu tipos de textos conoces?
Investiga en la web por tu propia cuenta y comenta en el foro sobre
algunos tipos de textos?

III.

Meaning:
rpido

Example:
the fast
river

Write for each adjective: Fast, deep, slow, safe

Deep: profundo
Synonym:
Synonym: profound
Example: the deep river
quick
Antonym: shallow
Slow: lento
Synonym:
dilatory
FAST
Ex. The slow river
Antonym: fast
Safe: seguro
Antonym:
secure
slow
I am (safe
1. The car went into the deep river
c ) in house
insecure
2. The river was deep
( a)
3. The water was under the drivers feet
( b )
Match the
withsafe
the pictures
4.IV.The people
andsentences
the car were
( d )
5. The car never stopped
( c )

a)

b)

c)

d)

Lectura: Car went in deep river http://www.newsinlevels.com/level-1/fun2/

Post Reading activities
I.

Complete the story map with the help of the text.

El primer recuadro est hecho para ti

Characters

Setting

Two cars with

people inside

The car went in the

river

Problem
They could no go out

Sequence of events
The river was deep
The car went into the deep river
The water was in the drivers feet
The car never stopped

Solution
They never stopped

Authors message
Prevenir, mejor esperarse a que pase la
lluvia o regresarse

II.

En tus propias palabras describe que paso en el ro

Qu haras ante una situacin as, alguna vez has estado?
Me asustara mucho, si manejara lo k hara es salirme del carro y nadar si el
carro se fuera con la corriente.