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Angela Llanas
Libby Williams
Annette Flavel
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INITIAL INTERACTION IN ENGLISH
 Unit 1 What’s your name?

Hello!

Exchange personal
information about herself /
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himself and others
Hi!
In Unit 1A you
will introduce
yourself by:
• activating previous knowledge.
• sharing personal information.
• asking for and giving information
about others.
• asking and answering questions.

By the end of this

unit you will:
• create an electronic résumé in English.

In Unit 1B you
will exchange
information by:
• asking and answering questions
about routines.
• writing about your routine activities.
• talking about your family.
• describing weekend activities.

By the end of this

unit you will:
• make a schedule for a field trip
with your friends.

For further practice, go to

the Student’s Digital Component.

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 Unit 1A Introducing myself
Lesson 1 Vocabulary: Alphabet
Grammar: Verb to be
KICK OFF I’m Rigo.
A Follow the instructions and play Catch and Say!

• All the class stands up in a circle. Say your names out loud in turns.
• Throw a ball to someone, and say the name of that classmate. The classmate catches
the ball, throws it to another classmate, and says his / her name.
• If the name is incorrect, the class shouts You’re out, and the student sits down.
• The winners are the students who make no mistakes.

VOCABULARY
B  Match the pictures to the phrases below.

1 2 3

4 5 6
It’s l-o-c-k-e-r.

a Open your book. d Work in pairs.

b Close your book. e Copy the words.

c Turn to page 24. f How do you spell that?

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 LISTENING Unit 1A
C 02  Listen to the conversation and answer the questions in Lesson 1
your notebook.

1 Does the teacher know Jorge?

2 Does Jorge have a common last name?

3 There are three greetings in the conversation. What are they?

4 Which greeting is the most formal? Disciplinary Competency 2

The student evaluates a text and compares its
5 When do you use informal greetings?
content with others, taking into consideration
6 What other greetings in English do you know? previous and new knowledge.

VOCABULARY
D 03  Listen to the pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet, and repeat. Then spell your
name for a classmate.

PRONUNCIATION
Listen and practice the conversation.
Then have your own conversation
with a partner.
A: What’s your last name?
B: It’s Rodríguez.
A: How do you spell Rodríguez?
B: It’s R-O-D-R-I-G-U-E-Z,
Rodríguez. 04

GRAMMAR
E Read the sentences in the box. Then underline the correct option below.

You are a new student. What’s your name? I’m Jorge. My name’s Estela. He is Lucas.

LANGUAGE
1 The correct form of the verb to be after I is am / are.
In informal language and when speaking, we use contractions
2 The correct form of the verb to be after you is are / is.
or short forms of verbs. I’m (I am), you’re (you are), name’s
3 The correct form of the verb to be with it, she, and (name is), and she’s (she is) are some examples.

he is am / is.
Go to the LANGUAGE GUIDE on page 42.

F Complete the table with the correct form of the verb to be.

Subject Verb to be Complement Subject Verb to be Complement

I (1) a student. You are students.

You (2) Miss Sánchez. We are Lupita and Jorge.

He (3) Jorge. They are Mexican.

She (4) Tere.

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 Unit 1A
Lesson 1
TEAM UP Generic Competency 7
G  Walk around the classroom and introduce yourself to your The student has initiative and
classmates. When you finish, make a list of the greetings interest to learn throughout
you heard. his / her life.

Hello! I’m Tania.

Hi. My first name’s

Edgar. What’s
your name?

Good morning! I’m Claudia.

My last name’s López.

SELF-ASSESSMENT
H Complete the graphic organizer about what you studied during this lesson.

English phrases I knew before

I learned

I want to learn
more about

My name’s Francisco.
SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS I’m a high school student.

I Who are you? Complete with your information.

1 My name’s

2 I’m

J  Can you give more information about yourself ? Share.

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 Tryout
Hi. What’s your name? Lesson 1

A Match the actions to the correct ending.

1 Open a in pairs.
My name’s María.
2 Turn b the words.

3 Copy c your books.

4 Work d to page 15.

5 Spell e the word Hello.

B Put the words in order to make sentences. 4 do you spell your name?

5 you repeat that, please?

1 spell / do / your name / How / you / ?

E Number the sentences in the correct order to

2 repeat / you / that / Can / ? make a conversation.

Hello, Jorge.
3 your notebook / words / Copy / in / the / .
Yes. Sit down with Estela.
1 Good morning, Miss Sánchez.
4 to / Open / your books / page / 9 / .
Hi, Estela.

May I come in?

5 Close / books / your / .
F Answer the questions about you.

C Rewrite the sentences using contractions. 1 What’s your first name?

1 My name is Dylan.

2 It is spelled D–y–l–a–n.

3 I am at school. 2 What’s your last name?

4 We are best friends.

5 You are a new student.

3 Do you have a common name?
D Complete the questions with one word.

1 I come in?

2 is your first name? 4 How do you spell your last name?

3 is your last name?

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 Sharing personal
Lesson 2 Information
Vocabulary: Numbers
Grammar: Possessive adjectives
KICK OFF
A Follow the instructions and play Say My Name. He’s Daniel.

• Get into large groups. Everyone stands up in a circle.

• In turns, introduce yourself and say the name of the classmate on your right.
• Sit down if you don’t remember the name of your classmate.
• The last students standing win.
VOCABULARY
B 05 Listen to the numbers and complete. Check your spelling as a class.

1 one 9 17
PRONUNCIATION
Listen to part 1 and
2 two 10 18
repeat the numbers.
3 11 19 a 3, 13, 30
b 14, 40
4 12 twelve 20
c 15, 50
5 13 thirteen 21 twenty-one Then listen to part 2
and say what
6 14 30
number would
7 15 fifteen 40 be next. 06

8 16 50

LISTENING Generic Competency 4

C 07  Listen to the interview between a consulate officer and a The student listens, interprets, and
student who is applying for a visa. Complete the form. communicates messages relevant to
different contexts by using appropriate
means, codes, and tools.

VISA Application Form

Personal information as shown in passport

(1) 
Name:

Registration
number: 280102 Age: (2) Sex: Male 7 Female

(3) 
Address:

Phone
number: (4) 
Email
address: (5) 
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 GRAMMAR Unit 1A
D  ead the examples in the box and circle the correct option to
R Lesson 2
complete each sentence below.

What’s your name? My name’s Sonia. Her email address is rta@mail.com.

1 Possessive adjectives like my and your express a place. b possession.

2 To express something I possess, I use the word a my. b your.

Go to the LANGUAGE GUIDE on page 42.

E Complete the table with the correct possessive adjectives.

Subject Possessive Subject Possessive

pronouns adjectives pronouns adjectives
I (1) It (5)

You (2) We (6) our

He (3) You (7)

She (4) They (8) their

F Complete the conversation with words from the box. Is your

name Sonia?
you your my I’m number address

Officer: Hello. What’s (1) name?

Sonia: (2) Sonia Martínez.

Officer: How old are (3) ?

Sonia: I’m sixteen.

Officer: What’s your (4) ?

Sonia: Juárez 49. Yes, I’m Sonia.

Sonia Martínez.
Officer: And what’s your phone (5) ?

Sonia: It’s 43 67 84 32 and (6) email address is sonimtz@twomail.com.

Officer: Thank you.

SPEAKING Disciplinary Competency 11

G  Interview each other to get your personal information. The student communicates in
a foreign language through logical
speech, oral or written, consistent
with the communicative situation.
  1 Name:
2 Age:
3 Phone number:
4 Address:
5 Email address:
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 Unit 1A
Lesson 2
WRITING Disciplinary Competency 4
H Use the information from Activity G to write the conversation The student produces texts based on the
you had with your partner. normative use of the language, considering
intention and communicative situation.

IT
TEAM UP
I  Share your conversation with another pair. Make Start a class blog online to upload your work
any necessary changes. Upload it to a blog. and share it with all your classmates. Upload
your conversation. If you need help to create
a blog, visit: https://www.edutics.mx/iAd

SELF-ASSESSMENT
J Check (3) the phrase that best describes your performance in this lesson.

I am It is very
I can help I can do it
I can starting difficult
others. very well.
to do it. for me.
use numbers to provide personal information.

write my personal information.

give my information in a conversation.

ask others for their personal information.

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS

K Who are you? Complete with your information.

1 I’m

2 I’m from

3 I live in I’m Paola. I’m from Nayarit, but I live

in Guadalajara. I’m 17 years old.
4 I’m (age)

L  What other important information

about you can you give? Discuss it
as a class.

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Lesson 2

What’s your
phone number?

A Find and circle ten numbers in the puzzle.

It’s 612 182 430.
n i n e t e e n

f i v e f o u r

e t w e n t y t

i b n m o n e w

g e l e v e n o 4 from / Where / you / are / ?

h x z i w e e n

t t h i r t y x 5 that / you / Can / repeat / ?

v f i f t y x z

B Do the math. Write the name of the number. E Complete the interview with the correct questions.

1 23 + 15 = thirty-eight Alma: Hi. My name’s Alma.

2 18 + 14 = (1)

3 32 + 13 = Ximena: Ximena.

4 14 + 12 = Alma: (2)

5 26 + 21 = Ximena: X-i-m-e-n-a

Alma: (3)
C Underline the correct option.
Ximena: I’m 17.
1 Hello, my name ’s / are Jacobo.
Alma: (4)
2 Hi, Susan. What’s your / you address?
Ximena: It’s ximm27@newmail.com
3 How old are / is you?
Alma: (5)
4 My / I phone number is 53 21 98 62.
Ximena: I’m from Puebla.
5 I ’m / is a student.
F Complete the conversation with one word for
D Put the words in order to make questions. each gap.

1 name / your / What’s / ?

Hi. (1) ’m Carlos. My last
2 number / your / phone / What’s / ? name (2) Maduro. I’m
(3) León. My (4)
3 you / old / How / are / ? number is 45 36 78 91. What’s
(5) name?
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 Asking for and giving
Lesson 3 information about others
Vocabulary: Good at, not good at
Grammar: Verb to be (interrogative, negative)
KICK OFF
A Follow the instructions and play My Mirror Name.
Is your name
• Write your first name on a piece of paper. Mariana?
• Go around and ask several classmates their names.
When you answer, spell your name backwards.
• Try to guess the name of your classmates correctly.

READING
B  Read the article and underline the words that are similar in your language (cognates).
Discuss why they are useful to understand what you read.

SKILLS

TEEN NEWS To get the general meaning

of a text, find words that are

TWO MEXICAN STUDENTS WIN familiar to you, including

those similar in your
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP language (cognates).
Congratulations to Brenda Flores and Antonio Rojas! Who are they? Two very talented and
dedicated young people! They’re interested in computer science. They have won scholarships
for a specialized international course in Leipzig, Germany.

This is Brenda Flores. Who is she? She is a student This is Antonio Rojas. Who is he? He’s a student from
from Jalapa. She’s sixteen years old. She’s very Hermosillo. He’s seventeen. Is he good at math? Yes,
good at science. Her ambition is to be a space very! He isn’t interested in space. His aspiration is to
scientist. work in the area of computer games.
ARE THEY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE COURSE? YES, THEY ARE! GOOD LUCK TO THEM!

Disciplinary Competency 1
The student identifies, orders, and interprets the ideas, data,
and concepts explicit and implicit in a text, considering the
context in which it was generated and in which it is received.

C Read the article again and circle the correct option.

1 Are they talented students? a Yes, they are. b No, they aren’t.

2 Is Brenda from Hermosillo? a Yes, she is. b No, she isn’t.

3 Is Antonio seventeen? a Yes, he is. b No, he isn’t.

4 Is he from Germany? a Yes, he is. b No, he isn’t.

5 Are they enthusiastic about the course? a Yes, they are. b No, they aren’t.
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 GRAMMAR Unit 1A
D Read the examples in the box and underline the correct option below. Lesson 3
They’re interested in the course. She’s very good at science.
Are they talented students? Is he good at math?
Is Brenda from Hermosillo?

1 In affirmative sentences, the subject (I, she, they, Brenda, etc.) goes before / after the verb to be.

2 In questions, the subject goes before / after the verb to be.

Go to the LANGUAGE GUIDE on page 42.

E Read the examples from Activity D again and complete the table.

Affirmative Negative Question

I’m good at it. I’m not good at it. (1) Am I good at it?
You’re a student. You’re not a student. (2)

He’s from Hermosillo. He’s not from Hermosillo. (3)

She’s talented. She’s not talented. (4)

We (5) are bad at We’re not bad at speaking. (6)

speaking.
You (7) seventeen. You’re not seventeen. (8)

They (9) American. They’re not American. (10)

SPEAKING Generic Competency 4

F  One of you reads profile A and the other one reads profile B. The student listens, interprets, and
When you finish, ask each other questions about the person communicates messages relevant to
in the profile. different contexts by using appropriate
means, codes, and tools.

A www.makefriends.net B www.makefriends.net

Maite Pérez Miguel Guzmán

Maite Pérez is seventeen. She’s from Cuernavaca and Miguel Guzmán is sixteen years old. He’s from Jalapa,
she’s a student at Morelos High School. She’s not very Veracruz. He’s a prepa student, but he’s not very good
good at sports. She’s very interested in books and her at academic subjects. He loves playing soccer and his
ambition is to be a writer one day. ambition is to play for the Veracruz team when he’s older.

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 Unit 1A
Lesson 3
WRITING
G Write the questions your partner asked you in Activity F and the answers you gave.

What’s the name of the boy? His name’s Miguel.

TEAM UP
H  Use the questions from Activity G to get to know
another classmate.

SELF-ASSESSMENT
I Complete the sentences about your own experience during
this lesson.

1 What I remember about this lesson:

2 What I need to practice more:

3 What I learn better with a partner:

4 What I need to ask my teacher about:

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS

J Who are you? Complete the table with your characteristics.

I’m good at I’m not good at

I’m good at robotics. I’m not good at speaking in public.

K  What is your ambition for the future? Share your answers.

My ambition is to play baseball for Veracruz.

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 Tryout
Lesson 3

I’m good at
playing soccer.

A Find and circle six cognates from the lesson.

nthusias tic s ci encemk y t

tr we
nte dpt y s tud ent wqr t
k t ale
ere s te dbplz xco mputer v
lgint

B Complete the sentences with words from the box.

ambition area good course 2 fifteen / Are / the / boys / ?

A:
1 His is to be a pilot.
B: Yes, they are.
2 He works in the of
3 interested / in / Is / Maite / science / ?
computer science.
A:
3 Do you like your English ?
B: Yes, she is.
4 She’s very at English.
4 good / at / they / Are / spelling / ?
C Complete the conversations.
A:
1 A: Melanie nineteen? B: No, they aren’t.
B: Yes, she is.
E In your notebook, write five questions you can
2 A:  Pedro and Francisco ask someone to find information about him / her.
from Guadalajara?
F Underline the correct option.
B: Yes, they are.
A: Do you know Simón López?
3 A: Are twenty?
B: No. Who is he?
B: No, I’m not.
A: He’s the new student.
4 A: Penelope a local student?
B: (1) Is / Are he from Mexico City?
B: No, she’s an international student.
A: No, he isn’t. He’s from (2) Veracruz / Mexico City.
5 A: Is she a talented singer?
His (3) ambition / interested is to become an
B: Yes, she
expert on the Maya civilization. And he’s very
D Put the words in order to make questions.
good at soccer.
1 Patricio / Is / Mexico / from / ? B: Fantastic! Is (4) she / he interested in joining
A: our team?
B: No, he isn’t. A: Yes! Come and meet him at my party tonight!

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 Asking and answering
Lesson 4 questions
Vocabulary: Countries, nationalities, occupations
Grammar: Wh– questions, articles

KICK OFF
A Follow the instructions and play Who is it? Who is it? I’m good
at sports, but I’m not
• Write your name and what you are good at on a piece of paper, good at math.
and fold it. Then put all the notes together in a bag or jar.
• One student draws one note, reads it out loud without saying
the name, and asks Who is it?
• Everyone tries to guess who wrote the note until someone gets it right.

PRONUNCIATION
VOCABULARY
B Complete the table below with words from the box. Say the nationalities of
the countries. Then listen
IT specialist Ecuadorian Portugal surgeon mechanic and check.
New Zealand Portuguese American Haiti The United States Ecuador, Haiti,
accountant South Korea New Zealander Ecuador Great Britain the United States, New
Korean teacher lawyer Haitian life guard British Zealand, Great Britain 08

Country Nationality Occupation

LISTENING Generic Competency 8

C 09  Listen to the conversation and complete the profiles. The student participates and
collaborates effectively in groups.

Name Name
PETE RANDY

Country / Nationality: Occupation: Country / Nationality: Occupation:

Name Name
BORA SO-YI

Country / Nationality: Occupation: Country / Nationality: Occupation:

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 GRAMMAR Unit 1A
D Read the list of questions and answers in the box. Then match Lesson 4
the columns to complete the definitions below.

Where are you from? I’m from Russia. What do you do? I’m a sports teacher.
Where’s he from? He’s from Korea. What does she do? She’s a surgeon.
What’s his occupation? He’s a lawyer. How old is she? She is twenty-six.
Who is from New Zealand? Pete is.

1 What asks about a age.

2 Where asks about b a place.

3 Who asks about c a thing.

4 How old asks about d a person.

Go to the LANGUAGE GUIDE on page 43.

E Complete the questions with words from Activity D.

1 does he do? He’s a mechanic. 3 is the leader of the group? Pete is the leader.

2 are you from? I’m from Mexico. 4 is he? He’s twenty-three.

F Complete the sentences with a, an, or the. Leave the space blank if no word is necessary.

LANGUAGE
1 He’s accountant.
We use a / an before singular nouns. An is used when the word
2 She’s mechanic.
after it begins with a vowel sound (She’s an IT specialist).
3 He’s from United Kingdom. The goes before singular and plural nouns. Don’t use the before
the name of countries, except when it is a group of islands or
4 We’re from Mexico.
if it has a political title (the Philippines, the United States).
5 He’s aerobics teacher.
Go to the LANGUAGE GUIDE on page 43.

SPEAKING Generic Competency 7

G  Think about a famous person and take turns asking The student has initiative and interest to
questions to guess the name of the person. learn throughout his / her life.

It’s a man. He’s a film director.

LANGUAGE
When you ask questions use auxiliaries
(like is or are) to get a yes or no for an
answer. Use Wh- questions to learn more
specific information.

Is it a man or What does Is he Alfonso

a woman? he do? Cuarón?

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 Unit 1A
Lesson 4
WRITING
H In your notebook, write questions to ask for personal information. Then interview several classmates
for a survey. When you answer question three, give the occupation you want to have in the future.

1 Question to know the name of a person.

2 Question to know the place a person is from.

Disciplinary Competency 11
3 Question to know the occupation of a person. The student communicates in
a foreign language through logical
4 Question to know about what a person does in his / her free time.
speech, oral or written, consistent
5 Other question. with the communicative situation.

TEAM UP
I  Share the answers of your survey as a class to determine what the most popular future
occupation is.

SELF-ASSESSMENT
J Complete the table with what you learned during this lesson.

By myself With a classmate’s help With my teacher’s help

SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS I want to be a designer.

K Who are you? Answer the questions about you in

your notebook.

What are What do

Where are
you good
you from? you do?
at?

L  What do you want to be in the future?

Share your answer with the class.

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Lesson 4

I’m a mechanic.
I work in a garage.

A Read the descriptions and write the occupations.

1 I work in a school and help people learn.

2 I work in the area of information technology.

3 I operate on people in hospitals or clinics. 5 A: is the leader of the expedition?

B: He’s thirty two.

4 I act for clients in legal matters.
D Put the words in order to make questions.

1 Ellie and John / What / do / do / ?

B Complete the table.

Country Nationality 2 your / What’s / occupation / ?

Portugal (1)

(2) Ecuadorian 3 is / Elena / Where / from / ?

South Korea (3)

New Zealand (4) 4 Martha / is / Who / ?

(5) American

(6) Haitian 5 does / do / What / she / ?

Great Britain (7)

C Complete the questions. Use the answers E Underline the correct option.
as a guide.
A: Hi. What (1) ’s / are your names?
1 A: do you do?
B: I’m Anita and he is Jorge.
B: I’m a doctor.
A: What (2) do / does you do, Anita?
2 A: is Shakira from?
B: I’m (3) a / an vet. I take care of animals.
B: She’s from Colombia.
A: And what (4) do / does Jorge do?
3 A: is your father’s occupation?
B: He’s (5) a / an acupuncturist.
B: He’s a mechanic.
A: Interesting! (6) Where / What are you from?
4 A: is Lionel Messi?
B: (7) They’re / We’re both from Peru.
B: He’s an Argentinian soccer player.
A: (8) Thank you! / Please!

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 Project Electronic résumé
Communicating and influencing
Task: You will create an electronic résumé in English that can be
prepared for electronically storing, tracking, and searching.

A To gather information for your résumé, answer • What’s your name?

the questions on a piece of paper. • Where do you live?
• What are you good at?
• What do you study?
• What languages do
B Decide on the kind of job you can apply for you speak?
according to your knowledge, skills, and
personality. Research the skills needed for
the job you decided on.

C Select the information that is relevant to the job Jorge López Salesperson
Skills
you are applying for. Add necessary information
I’m good at math.
and make a draft résumé. Remember to use
I’m good at talking to people.
simple key words that will be picked up by a I speak English.
program.
Work Experience
D Make changes to your information so that you I work with my mother at her store.
Juárez 206,
have lists of names of skills, job positions, and Education
Col. Independencia
study areas, rather than long explanations or 33-51-52-53-54 Lázaro Cárdenas High School
descriptions. Eliminate unnecessary adjectives jorge06@workmail.com Subjects: Math, English, Science
and focus on key words.

E Make a Word document with your information ,

with the following characteristics. • Only use these fonts: Arial, Cambria
Times New Roman or Tahoma.
ts
• Don’t use special characters or bulle
(only hyphens or asterisks).
• Align to the left (don’t center or
justify texts).
• Avoid graphics or artwork.

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 IT
F Use software to check the spelling and grammar
in your résumé. You can also use another Review your résumé with a writing assisstant
software program to convert your text into program, such as: https://www.grammarly.com
code if you need to upload it to your blog.

G Exchange your résumés in small groups and The résumé reflects a good recognit
ion
tell each other your opinions on your work of personal skills and knowledge.
according to the checklist.
 The résumé contains a sufficient
number of key words.

 The writing is simple and concise.

SELF-ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
H Circle the sentences in the table that best describe your performance.

Needs
Project aspect OK Good Outstanding
improvement
Did you It was very difficult It was hard to It was easy to write I understood well
understand what to write my personal understand, but I did but I need to improve what information to
to do and how to information as the it with some help organizing ideas. include and how to
do it? project required. from others. write it.
My résumé wasn’t My résumé was My résumé was My résumé was
concise and I didn’t concise but I didn’t concise and had concise and
Was your résumé
choose good key choose good key good key words, complete, and the
effective?
words. words. but it needs more key words were
information. effective.
I had many spelling I didn’t have a lot of I found and corrected I had no spelling
How was your mistakes and forgot spelling / punctuation some punctuation or punctuation
spelling and to use punctuation. mistakes, but I didn’t and spelling problems mistakes.
punctuation? see the mistakes and learned from my
by myself. mistakes.
My partners My partners suggested My partners liked My partners gave
What did you suggested changes improvements and most parts of me only positive
learn from your but I didn’t I knew how to my project and comments.
partners? understand them. apply them. suggested very few
changes.

I Complete with your ideas on how to improve.

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
1 Something to improve your attitude: Expressing oneself clearly in writing by
• expressing ideas concisely in writing.
• knowing and tailoring the written communication
2 Something to improve your performance: to reach the audience.
• spelling and using punctuation correctly.
• using concrete, specific, and correct language.
3 Someone who can help you improve: • using an appropriate writing style.

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