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Pedagogical Module 3 in a museum?

Curricular Threads: Communication and Cultural Awareness,
Language Through the Arts, Reading, Writing, Oral Communication

Sixth Grade EGB

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Do you like museums? What do you

learn about in a museum? Circle the
words in the boxes.

history dinosaurs

paintings buildings

sculpture shoes

candy toys
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 Lesson A

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Culture

World Famous Museums

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Dinosaur Ridge

Dinosaur Ridge is a very interesting museum for dinosaur fans.

It has dozens of Jurassic dinosaur bones. This museum is located in
Denver, Colorado. Visitors can walk to the Visitor’s Center and take a
guided tour to see and touch the bones. They can also see an exhibition
of the history of dinosaurs. People admire murals of the Mesozoic past
of Denver. The best activity for children is the bone digging program.
In this program, children dig and discover dinosaur bones and learn
while they play.
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Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box.

There is one verb you do not need.
admire – walk – go – play – see – discover – touch – take

Visitors in the Dinosaur Ridge Museum:

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• to the Visitor’s Center.

Denver, Colorado

Vocabulary • a guided tour to see and

the bones.
ridge. a high edge along
a mountain • an exhibition of dinosaurs’ history.

bone. the hard part that forms • murals of the Mesozoic past.
the skeleton of a dinosaur,
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animal or person dinosaur bones.

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• Dig and
dig. to break up and move soil
using a tool, a machine,
or your hands

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T-Rex
Exercise 1. Pair work. Do you know the name of this dinosaur?
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Describe it to a partner. Fr
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Audio
Listen to the dialogue

Exercise 2. Listen to a
conversation between two
classmates, Erick and Daniel.
Then, answer the questions.

• What did Erick do

last Sunday?

• What does Daniel

like the most?
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Exercise 3. Fill in the blanks with the verbs in past tense form. Then,
practice the conversation with a partner. There is one extra word.

love hurt watch run see Tip

Practice and learn the
Erick: Last Saturday I the movie words in Vocabulary
Jurassic Park 2. before you listen to the
conversation.
Daniel: Oh really? I Jurassic Park 1!
I want to watch it too!
Vocabulary
Erick: The scariest part was when the people
away from the T-Rex. scary. causing fear

scariest. the most horrible

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Daniel: Wow! And did you see any Dilophosaurus in the movie?
or scary
They’re my favorite!
hurt. to cause pain
Erick: Yes, I did! And he one of the important or suffering
scientists in the park.
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Reading
A Visit to the Dinosaur
Did James like the museum? Read the text again
Ridge Museum
and circle the word that tells you the answer.
Exercise 1. James visited the Dinosaur Ridge
Museum last weekend. Here is his post on
Facebook. Read it, and then replace the words
in blue with the information from the text.

Last Saturday, I visited the

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Dinosaur Ridge Museum. I had
a great time with my family in this
fabulous place. When we arrived, the sun
was shining, and it was a beautiful, sunny
day. First, we passed by dinosaur tracks. Dinosaur Ridge Museum

While we were walking, we saw the

dinosaur bones, and we touched them. Grammar Tip
Then we decided to take the dino van
To form the verb in the past continuous,
(dinosaur van, get it?), and while we were
you need the correct form of “to be”
riding on the tour, we were amazed to
(was /were) and the -ing form of the verb.
see an entire rock covered in dino tracks.
Next, we went to the Visitor’s Center I going
where we experimented with our hands. He playing
was
We were digging in the backyard, when She touching
we found some fossils. It was definitely It shining
the best museum day in my life! We walking
were
You riding
• First, James and his family They digging
passed by this place.
Spelling tip
• James touched these while he To add -ing:
was walking on the tracks.
Verbs ending in “e”: drop the “e”.
Verbs ending in a consonant: double
• They took it and received a
the consonant.
guided tour.

• A complete rock was covered

Vocabulary
with these.
track. marks left on the ground

• He found these when he was van. a closed truck or car used to move people
or goods
digging in the backyard.
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backyard. an open area behind the house

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fossil. the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant

or animal that has been preserved in rock

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 Writing
Social Studies

T-Rex Returns

Exercise 1. Pair work. Make a list of

words about the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

E.g.: green

Exercise 2. Pair work. Write six

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complete sentences about the
Tyrannosaurus Rex with the
information from the chart.

The T-Rex lived in the Cretaceous period

around 66 million years ago.
Tyrannosaurus
Rex or T- Rex
Period:
Cretaceous, around
66 million years ago
Location:
Western North
America
Measurement:
13 m in length and
up to 7 tons in weight
Movement: Grammar Tip
walked on two legs
Remember the word order of a sentence.
Physical description:
powerful small arms, Subject + Verb + Complement
and big head about
1.5 m long
Tooth: Vocabulary
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30 cm long
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ton. a unit of weight equal to 1,000 kilograms

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weight. the quality of being heavy

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Language Through the Arts
Exercise 1. Look at the two pictures and label them. Then, read the text.

Virtual Reality

sensation they are in another place. Virtual

reality uses special devices like screens and
projectors. People feel like they walk, see and
move things. There are special gloves that

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make users have the sensation they touch the
things they see.
An example is the game Pokémon Go. In
this game people have the sensation that the
Pocket Monsters or Pokémons are real. When
players walk, their Pokémon also walks and
Virtual reality uses computer technology to the sensation is closer to reality.
produce sounds and images that give people the Adapted from: [Link]

Exercise 2. Were your answers in

Exercise 1 correct?
Exercise 4. Pair work. Ask and answer
these questions in pairs.

Exercise 3. Replace the words in the boxes with

information from the text.
a. Do you like computer games?
1. Virtual reality uses this to make
b. Do you play games with
people feel they are somewhere else. virtual reality? Which ones?
c. Do you know Pokémon Go?
2. Virtual reality technology uses
these devices .
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3. People use this and have the

sensation they touch what they see.

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4. This is an example of
augmented reality. device. an invention or machine invented for
a particular purpose
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screen. the surface on a computer or phone

5. In the game, people have the sensation on which you see images
that these are real.
glove. a covering for the hand

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 Writing
Computer Games Grammar Tip
Exercise 1. Answer these questions
Exercise 2. Which of these options does not
about a computer game that you like
have a capital letter?
very much.
the word at the beginning of a sentence
• What is your favorite computer game?
the pronoun I
names of people, cities
or places
countries, nationalities,
• Where is the game from? or languages
seasons and parts of the day
days and months
streets, parks, and roads
• How often do you play it?

Exercise 3. Write a paragraph about your

favorite computer game. Choose some
of your answers from Exercise 1.
• How much time do you play it?
Check the correct use of capital letters.

• Topic sentence:
Say what video game you like.

• Supporting sentence 1:
• Do you play this game alone or with
Say the characters of the game.
someone else?
• Supporting sentence 2:
Say the purpose of the game.

• Supporting idea 3:
Say what you can do there.
• Where do you play it?
• Concluding sentence:
Write the topic sentence again using
different words.

• Who/what are the main characters

in the game?

• What is the purpose of the game?

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 Lesson B

Communication and Cultural Awareness

The Computer Game Museum
Exercise 1. Pair work: Do you
like computer games? Write
the names of two computer

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games you like to play.

Museum Guide Computer Game Museum

Welcome to the Computer Game Museum in Berlin. I hope you have

a great time and learn a lot about old and new computer games!
The Computer Game Museum is a modern museum. It opened in
1997, and has more than 300 exhibits. As you can see, a lot of people
from all over the world visit this exciting place!

Here, visitors learn about the history of games. Adults remember

their childhood, and children learn about old and new games.
Everybody can play and have fun! The Computer Game Museum now
exhibits interesting augmented reality games. With these games,
people go to far places around the world in a few seconds, and they
have fantastic sensations.

Feel free to try any computer game you like and enjoy your visit!
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Audio
Listen to the recording

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Exercise 2. Listen to the museum guide talk about the Computer
Game Museum. Complete his notes with adjectives (there is an extra
one). When you listen for the first time, cover the text above, and
answer the questions. Then, listen again and check your answers
while you read.

fantastic interesting exciting far

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the
new great boring modern old Practice and learn
fore
Vocabulary words be
a. I hope you have a time. you listen.

b. The Computer Game Museum is a/an museum.

c. A lot of people from all over the world visit this place. Vocabulary

d. Children learn about and games. exciting. that stimulates

or causes much interest
e. The Computer Game Museum now exhibits
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childhood. the time of being

augmented reality games. a child
f. People go to places around the world in a few seconds. exhibit. a collection of things
that are shown
g. They have sensations.
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 Oral Communication
What topics do you like to talk about?

Share with Your Family

Exercise 1. Individual work.

a.
Prepare a small talk to share
with your family, so that they
can see you speak English!
You can choose to talk about b.
a dinosaur, a computer game,
a video game you like, or a
museum you have visited. c.

Take some notes to help you

remember, but do not write
d.
the entire talk. Prepare 4-5
sentences.
Draw some pictures below, e.
or cut out some photos to help

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Exercise 2. Pair work. Practice with a partner Exercise 3. Group work. Share your presentation
until you can easily talk about your topic. with a different group.

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You Choose!

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Imagine your class is going to Quito on a museum trip! But, you have to Exercise 1. Pair work. Choose
choose which museum to visit. You can only choose one! Here is some one of the museums to visit
useful information about each museum: and give two reasons why.

1. Yaku: You can take a trip “underwater”. You can play with bubbles
and watch movies about the importance of water. You can touch Exercise 2. Group work.
freezing cold water and walk on an ecological path. Convince your group to go
to the museum you chose.
2. La Compañia: You can see the most important church in
South America. You can see the gold altar and the gold ceiling.
You can also see beautiful paintings and the sculptures on the front Exercise 3. Vote as a class.
of the building.
3. Botanical Garden in the Carolina Park: You can see hundreds
of orchids, and many other plants from all over Ecuador. You can
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learn why Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse countries
in the world. You can also ride the boats in the Carolina Park. path. small street
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ceiling. the upper interior

4. Museum of Interactive Science: You can learn about women and
surface of a room
science. You can learn about the history of Carnaval. You can make
puzzle. game to solve
masks and you can work with puzzles. a problem

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 Oral Communication
What time did you…?

Exercise 1. Try to pronounce these

regular past simple tense verbs.

/t/
worked
asked
/d/
stopped
arrived
planned

/Id/ opened

invited
started
rented

Audio

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Exercise 2. Listen and underline:

Tip
a. Regular verbs in the past that end with the /t/ sound:
11 12 1

10
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11 12 1 2
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Six o’ clock.
7 6 5 4
8 11 12 1

stopped worked asked talked agreed

10 7 6 5 2
9 3

Six -oh- five. /

8 11 12 1 4
1011
7 12
12 5 2
1
11 6 1
910
10 23
2

Five past six.

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98 43
3
8 7
11 12 5 4
6 1
8 12 1 4
1011
7 6 5 2
10 7 6 5 2
12
9 11 1 3
910 23

b. Regular verbs in the past that end with a /ıd/ sound

8 4
8 7 43
9 11
7 6 5
12
12 1
5
11 6 1
8
10
10 12 1 4
2
2
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910 7 6 5 23

Six fifteen. /
9 3
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7
7 6 5
5 4
10
8 11 12
6 1 2

A quarter past six.

7
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6 1
910
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interested invited chatted started dressed 98 7

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Six thirty. / Half

8 11 6
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c. Regular verbs in the past that end with a /d/ sound. past six.
7
98 11 12 5
6 1 43
10 7
11
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12 5
1 2
6 1 4
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Six forty-five. / A
8 4

answered arrived amazed planted 98 11

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quarter to seven.
6 5
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11 12 5 4
7
8 11
7 6 1 4
12
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1 2
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910
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4

Exercise 3. Pair work. Say what time you did these activities
98 7 6 5 43
7 12 1
8 11 6 5 4

Six fifty. /
10 7 2
6 5

yesterday. Use the simple past of regular verbs.

9 3
8 11 12 1 4

Ten to seven.
10 7 6 5 2
9 11 12 1 3

Check your pronunciation. 10

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9 7
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4
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7 6 5

watch TV arrive at school play with friends

wash your face start class

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Reading
Intiñan Museum
Exercise 1. Work in pairs. Match the pictures with the words.

1 2 3 4 5

Equatorial

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Line

nails equatorial line drainage water in a container egg

It is popular with national and international

tourists because it is close to the equatorial line.
It is a fun place for kids because it offers different
activities to learn and understand more about the
equatorial line. For example, children and adults
walk along the equatorial line with their eyes
closed to practice stability. Finally, visitors try to
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balance an egg on the head of a nail because there

is more equilibrium in the middle of the world.
People who do this without breaking the egg get
a certificate!
The Intiñan Museum is located three minutes
from the Mitad del Mundo monument in Quito. This museum has interesting things to do and see,
and all members of the family can have a great
time and learn more about our amazing country.

Exercise 2. Exercise 3. Look at these sentences. Which sentence is a fact?

Pair work. Ask and answer the Which is the writer’s opinion? Write Fact or Opinion on the line.
questions about the reading. Then, underline one more example of a fact (in green) and one
more example of an opinion (in orange) in the text.
a. Where is the
Intiñan Museum? a. The Intiñan Museum is located three minutes from Mitad
del Mundo monument in Quito.



b. It is a fun place for kids.
b. What do visitors learn
about in this museum?

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a certificate?
stability. the condition of being firm
and without moving
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nail. a pointed metal with a flat top

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 Writing
My Favorite Museum

Página oficial Yaku

Página oficial Yaku

Yaku Yaku

Exercise 1. Write an outline for your paragraph.

Exercise 2. Write a paragraph about an
• Topic sentence: Write about an interesting museum in your town or city.
interesting museum.

Write a title for your paragraph.
• Supporting idea 1: Write about what you can
see/do there.

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• Supporting idea 2: Write about another thing
you can do there.

• Supporting idea 3: Write about another thing

you can see there.

• Concluding sentence: Write the topic

sentence again using different words.

Sample paragraph

Yaku is an interesting museum about water in

Quito. Visitors in this museum see different
water exhibits and games, and learn about
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the relationship between humans and water.

People also learn about marine diversity learn. to know something new
and conservation in Ecuador. Yaku is a fun fun. something that you really
museum to go with the family. like to do

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Assessment

Reading / Grammar
1. Complete the text with the simple past or continuous form of the
verbs in the box. There is one extra verb. look get

Last Friday afternoon, I (1)_____________ through the center think walk

of Quito when something interesting happened. While I
(2)_______________ at everything around me, I felt surprised visit talk
by all the movement of workers, school children, salespeople,
police officers, and even street artists. I (3)_______________
about their lives and just continued walking. Suddenly, I noticed
that everything got calmer.
I (4)______________ in a different neighborhood. The streets
seemed quieter and slower. I (5)______________ to the corner
of a street when I saw a museum sign.
It was the City Museum. I always wanted to go there!
2. Read this sentence. Underline the correct answer.
I was walking in a different neighborhood when

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I saw a museum sign.
a. I was walking is a finished action / an action in progress in the past.
b. I saw is a finished action / an action in progress in the past.

Listening Writing / Speaking

Listen to the pronunciation of these words and 1. Choose five verbs from the listening activity.
repeat them to yourself (in silence). Underline Write sentences about what you did last week.
the -ed in each word as you listen.
a. Regular verbs in the past that end with
the /t/ sound:
stepped – shopped – walked –
worked -asked
b. Regular verbs in the past that end
with a /ıd/ sound:
interested – pretended – 2. Work in pairs.
estimated – stated -landed Read your sentences.
c. Regular verbs in the past that end Which ones do you
and your partner
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have in common?
stayed – raised – amazed – answered

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Assessment

Reading / Vocabulary Speaking / Grammar

The Please Touch Museum is in Philadelphia, United States, opened 1. Choose five verbs from the
in 1976 to motivate children to experiment with their hands. This previous activity. Write
museum helps children discover the power of learning while they play sentences about what you
and solve problems. In this museum, children create works of art, did last week.
read stories, sing songs and exercise their bodies.
E.g.: I read a good story
Kids explore science and technology by doing interesting activities. last night.
For example, they design their own neighborhoods, or experience
the sound and view of the rainforest. In the Please Touch Museum,
kids play together and make new friends.
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1. Read the text. What is unusual about this museum?

Underline the correct answer.
a. Children learn about science and technology.
b. They experiment with their hands.
c. They can visit the museum.

2. Match the verbs with the nouns about the activities children do in
the Please Touch Museum. Write the correct number on the line.
In the Please Touch Museum children:

1. friends 2. songs 3. stories 4. art work

5. the sound of the rainforest

6. their bodies

sing
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create
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read 2. Pair work. Compare your

make sentences with a classmate.
What information
listen to is the same?

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.

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I do it very well. I do it I can improve. I can’t do it

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somewhat well. without help.

I can talk and write about museums.

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 Lesson C

Communication and Cultural Awareness

Vincent Van Gogh, the Artist
Exercise 1. Read the text. Write the letter of the correct image in the
circles. Then underline the sentences in past continuous in the text.

A B

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C
The Sunflowers

The Yellow House

The Starry Night

over the Rhone
Van Gogh

Grammar Tip
Vincent Van Gogh was famous for his
beautiful paintings. One interesting thing Exercise 2. Read the chart. Then choose
about this painter is that he cut off his the correct answers (sentences a-d).
left ear. In 1888, Van Gogh was living in
The Yellow House in the south of France. Past continuous
While he was staying in that house, he
painted The Sunflowers. Later, he met was/ were + verb-ing
painter Paul Gaugin. They were working While he was staying in that house,
and living together for some time, but they he painted The Starry Night over
were always fighting, so Gaugin decided to the Rhone and The Sunflowers.
return to Paris. Some people say that Van
Gogh did not want Gaugin to leave, and They were always fighting, so
they had a big fight. When his friend left, Gaugin decided to return to Paris.
Van Gogh cut his ear with a razor.
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a. The past continuous refers to a long /
short action.
Vocabulary b. The past continuous describes a finished
action /an action in progress in the past.
left. the location opposite of right
c. While introduces an action in progress /
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fight. when people disagree and get really angry

at each other a short finished action in the past.

razor. a small tool with a sharp blade for d. When introduces an action in progress /
removing hair a short finished action in the past.

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Do you like to paint?

Van Gogh's Painting

Exercise 1. Pair work. Look at
this painting from Vincent Van
Gogh. Make a list of the objects
you see in it. Who has the
longest list?

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Audio
Listen to the recording

“La Chambre” Van Gogh

Exercise 2. Listen to the audio about Van Gogh. Are these

sentences True (T) or False (F)? Correct the false sentences
on the line.
Tip
• Vincent Van Gogh cut off his right ear.
Learn and practice
the words in the
Vocabulary before you
• Paul Gaugin and Van Gogh were always good friends.
listen to the audio.

• Van Gogh cut off his ear with a pair of scissors.

Exercise 3. Draw a picture of your bedroom like

Van Gogh’s painting.
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cut off. to remove something

with a sharp tool (like a razor)

met. past tense of meet; Exercise 4. Pair work. What’s in your bedroom picture?
to be introduced to
What color are the objects? Tell your classmate.
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Reading
Do you like to paint?

Pablo Picasso, the Painter Exercise 2. Read the text

again. Fill in the blanks with the
negative form of a verb in the
simple past tense.

a. Picasso was one of the

greatest painters of the
20th century.

b. He a writer.

c. In the Blue Period, his colors

were sad and dark.

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d. They happy
and bright.

e. He fell in love with a girl.

Pablo Picasso f. Picasso paint
Pablo Picasso was one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. only in blue.
He was born in Spain in 1881 and died in France in 1973.
Picasso’s painting style changed several times during his life. He
liked to try new things. Sometimes he painted things that looked
flat and other times things that were round. When he was 19
he went to Paris, France.
At the beginning, he didn’t have any money. He was sad and he
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in love and the colors in Picasso’s paintings changed. That was

the beginning of the Rose Period. In this period, his colors were
happier, and he painted circus people. Then came the Cubism
style. A man in one of Picasso’s paintings looks like he is broken
into small cubes.
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Exercise 1. Read the text. Then, complete the chart with the past
form of regular and irregular verbs from the text.

Simple Past Regular Verbs Simple Past Irregular Verbs Vocabulary

several. more than two but

died was fewer than many

flat. a straight surface

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round. shaped like a ball

or circle

cube. figures with six square

faces the same size

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What Do You See?

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Exercise 1. Individual work.
In your notebook, choose one
of the paintings, and answer
the questions in complete
sentences. There is no
wrong answer!

a. What do you see in

the picture?

b. What colors are in

the picture?

c. What is the largest part

of the picture?

d. What is the smallest part

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of the picture?

e. What title would you give

to the picture?

f. What will you remember

about the picture?

Picasso did not try to copy real things in his art. Many modern
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Exercise 2. Pair work. Read

artists paint with even more imagination! Each person can your sentences to a partner.
interpret what the paintings mean. They should guess the picture
you are describing.

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Language Through the Arts
Oswaldo Guayasamín,
Ecuadorian Painter

Exercise 1. Read the biography of the

Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamín.
Underline the verbs in the past.

Oswaldo Guayasamín was born in

Quito in 1919 and died in 1999.
His father was indigenous and his
mother was mestiza.
He started painting when he was
a child. His first drawings were
caricatures of friends and teachers.
He worked on the streets selling his
paintings to tourists. In 1932, he started
his studies in the School of Fine Arts
in Quito. His first exhibition was in
1942. In his paintings, he showed an
oppressed indigenous society. His
paintings were about the pain and
misery of humans.

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Audio
Listen to the recording
Exercise 3. Research and write five
Exercise 2. Listen to the biography of Oswaldo sentences about a famous painter.
Guayasamín. Cover the text and write the regular Use regular and irregular verbs like the
verbs that you hear in the past in the correct ones in Exercise 1.
column. Then, practice the pronunciation.

/t/ /id/ /d/

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 Oral Communication
Pronunciation: /th/
Exercise 1. Match the pictures with the words.
Write the correct number next to each word.

1 2 3 Month

Ninth

Athlete
4 5 6

Theater
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Thursday

Tip
7 Earth
To pronounce this
sound, you need to put
your tongue between Three
Audio your teeth and blow
Listen to the recording a little.

Exercise 2. Listen to the audio Exercise 3. Find words from Exercise 2 in the grid below,
and check the words you hear. and pronounce them.

• ( __ ) month
( __ ) mouth
f t h i r s t y
• ( __ ) three
( __ ) thing j a b g n i h t
• ( __ ) booth
( __ ) tooth w t q c n n e m
• ( __ ) thirsty t h u r s d a y
( __ ) Thursday

• ( __ ) ninth f l c i o y r k
( __ ) north

• ( __ ) tenth
r e s n o r t h
( __ ) earth
e t d c v f h l
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• ( __ ) three
( __ ) free e e m o n t h n
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Assessment

Grammar Writing
Write sentences with this information in the Answer the questions with information from your
simple past and past continuous. life. Use the past continuous.
a. I (watch) TV /the telephone (ring) a. What was your mother or father doing when
you woke up yesterday?
I was watching TV when the telephone rang.

b. My dad (walk) / he (see) the accident

b. What were you watching on TV last week?

c. The children (play) /the teacher (come) in.

c. Where were you walking last Saturday morning?
d. Sandra (do) her homework /
her mother (arrive)
d. Who were you playing with yesterday?

e. The baby (sleep) / I (play) video games

e. What was the English teacher doing when you
were playing?

Speaking
Work in pairs. Read your answers from the writing
activity to a classmate and discuss.

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Listening / Vocabulary
Listen to the story of the Mona Lisa theft at the
museum. Complete the chart with the past
continuous form of the verbs.

Subject Past Continuous Complement

I was walking around the galleries.

We at some portraits.

I for a friend at the pyramid.

We at the museums office.

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I a phone call.

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 What can we see in a museum?
Assessment

Reading Comprehension Writing

Use the verbs in the box to write five sentences
Mystery in the about your life in simple past or past continuous.
Wax Museum
I work in the Wax Museum. It is a very nice break clean begin
place but last week, there was a problem.
explain go try
The biggest piece of wax cheese mysteriously
disappeared. The security guards were looking
for clues and finally, they found the missing Ex: I broke my leg when
cheese in another exhibit! Someone had I jumped from a high tree.
broken the wheel of a cart and they replaced it
with the cheese. The mystery was solved!
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Read the text. Then, answer the questions with

True (T) or False (F).
a. The Wax Museum is a very
ugly place.
b. The biggest piece of wax cheese
was stolen. Speaking
c. The janitors were looking for clues. Read your answers from the writing activity to
a classmate and discuss.
d. The security guards found the cheese
in another exhibit. A: I went to the movie theatre this weekend!
e. The mystery was never solved. B: Really? What movie did you see?

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 very well. I do it I can improve. I can’t do it

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Topics
somewhat well. without help.

I can talk about museums.

I can talk about painters and painting.

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 Project
A Museum Poster

Pair work. Create a museum poster with drawings,

photographs or magazine cutouts.
1. Make a draft to organize your ideas. Analyze where
to put all the images and important information.
2. Get the reader’s attention. Choose a vertical or
horizontal orientation. Then, put the most important
pictures or words at the top/center of the poster.
3. Think of short and clear messages for your poster.
Choose types of letters and colors that the reader
can see easily.
4. Choose the best pictures. Remember they
have to relate to the message.
5. Present your poster to the class.

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You can create posters

of announcements or
visual aids.
Think carefully about the images
that you want to include, what you
want to say, and how you want to
organize your message.

Vocabulary

draft. the original text or

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drawing before it is developed

relate. to show the connection

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between two or more things

visual aid. visual help

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