3eso-2 Achievements

In this unit we shall learn about:

Achievements and lifetime experiences

The use of the present perfect

Talking about famous people, past experience and interests

Reading and writing about news articles


For present perfect explanations click here


Write one thing that you know the following persons have done

Gandhi

Benjamin Franklin

Miguel de Cervantes

Ana Frank

Fleming

Nelson Mandela


VOCABULARY

compose a song perform

charity orienteering

donate environment (save the environment)

earn money take part

skills archery

pottery canoeing

stage fashion

rock climbing design

PROJECT.

Find out about jobs and careers. Then, choose a person, character, famous or not that is an example of this job.

See LINK for details.

https://sites.google.com/site/thehardmenpathtwo/jobs-and-careers

  • PARTS OF THE PROJECT:

PART 1.

  • Job description:

We have decided to talk about _________ , because it is a very interesting/peculiar/frightening... job.

The job is about... // this jobe involves (speaking.. flying... learning...)

In order to do this job you must study...

  • examples of people with this job. e.g Politician; Obama, Sports person; Nadal, etc.

Talk a little bit about his/her life and career (life experience)

PART 2. NEWS.

Choose one of the following tasks

  • A piece of news telling something about him/her.
  • An interview pretending you have your famous character in front of you.

Pretend you are a news reporter and tell us about this character or something he/she has done.

Structures:

NEWS:

  • Good morning and welcome to ".." news. My name is...
  • We are here today to tell you the breaking news about:
    • where?
    • when?
    • what?

Last night... // it was ten O'clock when...

  • Conclude:
    • And that is all from Seville. My name is .... and this is "Student news for you..."

INTERVIEW:

  • What is your name? where are you from? what do you for a living?
  • why did you choose this career?
  • did you have to work hard?
  • how much do you make?
  • holidays...
  • etc.

PART 3. DEBATE IN CLASS.

What is the best job? why?

What are the elements that in your opinion describe a good or bad job?

If you could choose one of the jobs described, which one would it be?


STRUCTURES:

  • I am going to talk about...
  • this job includes the following responsibilities
  • Hello, we are (names...) we are going to talk about...
  • When choosing a career it is important to take into account different aspect, such as...
  • What I like the most about my (character, topic, etc) is that...
  • Now, let's talk about the...
  • One aspect that we consider extremely important is that...
  • We would like to thank you for your attention
  • If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
  • That's all, thank you very much.

DEBATE:

  • IN MY OPINION
  • I AGREE BUT...
  • I SEE YOUR POINT OF VIEW
  • I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
  • THAT IS A VERY INTERESTING POINT



See example of debate here.


EXAMPLES

JOBS:

LAWYER. TEACHER. ASTRONAUT. SPORTS PLAYERS/ ATHLETES. SCIENTISTS. DOCTORS. COOK. WAITER. COMPUTER SCIENTIST. ARTIST.

PEOPLE:

OBAMA, GANDHI, PICASSO, GAUDI, TOM HANKS, ETC.