Lesson  3

Get in Touch with a VIP

1. Match the words with the pictures.
a. actress Vocabulary
b. soccer player Strategy
c. computer scientist Associate
vocabulary with
pictures to get
the meaning of
words.
2. Guess the nationality of these famous people. Then, read the text and confirm you answers.
• Lionel Messi is .
Key Expressions
• Mark Zuckerberg is .
VIP: Very Important Person
• Emma Watson is .

3. Read the profiles. Then, match the text with the corresponding picture.

a. This is Mark Zuckerberg, b. This is Lionel Messi. He is a c. This is Emma Watson. She
the creator of Facebook. soccer player. is an actress.
He is a computer scientist.
He is Argentinian. He is She is French. She is from
He is from New York and is from Rosario and is 25 Paris and is 23 years old.
28 years old. He is creative. years old. He is athletic. She is sociable.
Find more information Find more information at Find more information at
at www.facebook.com/ www.leomessi.com.org. www.emmawatson.com.
markzuckerberg.

Useful Expressions
• He is a soccer player. (a + consonant sound)
• She is an actress. (an + vowel sound)
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4. Read the statements and circle the mistakes. Then, correct them.

a. Emma Watson is an actress. She is d. Mark is a computer scientist. He is

American. sociable.
She is French. / She is from France.
Reading
b. Emma is an actress. She is 28 years old. e. Lionel Messi is from Paris. He is a Strategy
soccer player.
Go back to the
text to look
c. Mark Zuckerberg is the creator of
for specific
Facebook. He is from Argentina. f. Lionel is athletic. He is 23 years old.
information.

5. Identify the rules for capitalization. Use the information in the box.

Capitalization Rules
Name and last name
Use capital letters in the following cases:
The pronoun I a. This is Lionel Messi. Name and last name
Countries, cities and nationalities b. Get in touch with a VIP
At the beginning of a sentence c. Mark is American. He is from New
York. It’s a city in The United States.
Abbreviations / Acronyms

d. Emma Watson is 26 and I’m 11.

6. Read the ID card and write the profile.

e. This is Emma. She is sociable.

International
School
ID

This is
(Name–Surname)

(Age)

(City of Origin)
Name: Juan

(Nationality)
Surname: Lopez

Age: 14 Project  Stage 3

• Create three profiles with the information of stage 2 on a piece of paper.
City of origin: Santiago
• Check spelling and capitalization.
Nationality: Chilean • Type three slides with the profiles.
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 Lesson  4

The World We Live In

1. Look at the world map. Write the continents in the correct place. Word Bank
Use the Word Bank. • South America
• North America
• Australia
• Antarctica
• Europe
• Asia
• Africa

Vocabulary Strategy
Identify similar words in
English and Spanish to
learn more vocabulary.

2. Complete the following sentences. Use nationalities and the words from exercise 1.
Continent Nationality
a. Holland is in Europe . Dutch people are European.
b. China is in . kids are Asian.
c. Greece is in . children are European.

3. Listen and complete the conversations with the

expressions on the right.
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5

a. Salesman: It’s 10 dollars.

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Boy: Thanks. with Annie. Here’s 5 dollars. I go Dutch
Girl: And here’s 5.
b. Teacher: This is the answer to the exercise.
Boy: I am confused. It’s very difficult. .
c. Boy: Mary is not 10 years old. She’s 12.
Girl: That information is false. .
4. Read the expressions and circle the correct meaning. It’s a Chinese whisper
a. Go Dutch: To pay the total / 50-50.
b. It’s all Greek to me: It’s confusing / easy.
c. It’s a Chinese whisper: It’s a rumor / testimony.
It’s all Greek to me
Reflect on Values
Always Sometimes Never
¾¾I use formal greetings with adults. Gap Activity
¾¾I value cultural diversity. Student A goes to page 87.
¾¾I’m collaborative in group work. Student B goes to page 89.
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